Encoder

All Known Subinterfaces:

ArrayElementEncoder, AttributeEncoder

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArrayEncoder, BitSetDelegate.BitSetEncoder, ByteArrayDelegate.ByteArrayEncoder, ColorStateEncoder, CursorDelegate.CursorEncoder, DimensionDelegate.DimensionEncoder, Ellipse2DDoubleDelegate.Ellipse2DDoubleEncoder, Ellipse2DFloatDelegate.Ellipse2DFloatEncoder, Encoders, Encoders.BoolEncoder, Encoders.ByteEncoder, Encoders.ClassEncoder, Encoders.ColorEncoder, Encoders.DateEncoder, Encoders.DoubleEncoder, Encoders.FloatEncoder, Encoders.IntEncoder, Encoders.LongEncoder, Encoders.QualityCodeEncoder, Encoders.ShortEncoder, Encoders.SignatureEncoder, Encoders.StringEncoder, Encoders.UUIDEncoder, FontDelegate.FontEncoder, GeneralPathDelegate.GeneralPathEncoder, InsetsDelegate.InsetsEncoder, LayoutConstraintsEncoder, MethodDelegate.MethodEncoder, Point2DDoubleDelegate.Point2DDoubleEncoder, Point2DFloatDelegate.Point2DFloatEncoder, PointDelegate.PointEncoder, Rectangle2DDoubleDelegate.Rectangle2DDoubleEncoder, Rectangle2DFloatDelegate.Rectangle2DFloatEncoder, RectangleDelegate.RectangleEncoder, RoundRectangle2DDoubleDelegate.RoundRectangle2DDoubleEncoder, RoundRectangle2DFloatDelegate.RoundRectangle2DFloatEncoder
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public interface Encoder
```
An encoder contains a value of some type that it knows how to encode as both XML text or as binary.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`getBinaryLength()`	Report the number of bytes that a call to `objectToBinary(DataOutput, XMLSerializationContext, StringEncodingTable)` will put on the output stream
`void`	`objectToBinary(java.io.DataOutput out, XMLSerializationContext context, StringEncodingTable stringTable)`	Encode the object as binary data by writing it to the provided DataOutput.
`void`	`objectToString(java.io.Writer out, XMLSerializationContext context)`	Encode the object as character data by writing it to the provided Writer.

- Method Detail
  - objectToString
```
void objectToString(java.io.Writer out,
                    XMLSerializationContext context)
             throws java.io.IOException
```
    Encode the object as character data by writing it to the provided Writer.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
  - objectToBinary
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void objectToBinary(java.io.DataOutput out,
                    XMLSerializationContext context,
                    StringEncodingTable stringTable)
             throws java.io.IOException
```
    Encode the object as binary data by writing it to the provided DataOutput. It is preferrable not to write String data to the DataOutput, but instead use the string table to get an ID for the string, and write the ID instead. All strings that are given IDs will be written in a shared string pool.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
  - getBinaryLength
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int getBinaryLength()
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    Report the number of bytes that a call to objectToBinary(DataOutput, XMLSerializationContext, StringEncodingTable) will put on the output stream