/*
 * Copyright (c) 2012-2016 Arne Schwabe
 * Distributed under the GNU GPL v2 with additional terms. For full terms see the file doc/LICENSE.txt
 */

package org.spongycastle.util.encoders;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * Encode and decode byte arrays (typically from binary to 7-bit ASCII 
 * encodings).
 */
public interface Encoder
{
    int encode(byte[] data, int off, int length, OutputStream out) throws IOException;
    
    int decode(byte[] data, int off, int length, OutputStream out) throws IOException;

    int decode(String data, OutputStream out) throws IOException;
}