// kelondroCoder.java
// -----------------------
// part of The Kelondro Database
// (C) by Michael Peter Christen; mc@yacy.net
// first published on http://www.anomic.de
// Frankfurt, Germany, 2005
// created 04.01.2006
//
// $LastChangedDate: 2005-09-22 22:01:26 +0200 (Thu, 22 Sep 2005) $
// $LastChangedRevision: 774 $
// $LastChangedBy: orbiter $
//
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// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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//
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package de.anomic.kelondro.order;

public interface Coding {

    public char encodeByte(byte b);
    public byte decodeByte(char b);
    
    public String encodeLongSmart(long c, int length);
    public String encodeLong(long c, int length);
    public long decodeLong(String s);
    
    public String encodeString(String in);
    public String decodeString(String in, String info);
    
    public String encode(byte[] in);
    public byte[] decode(String in, String info);

}