A small set of interfaces used by the various implementations in the sub-packages.
Definitive implementations of commonly used encoders and decoders.
Codec is currently comprised of a modest set of utilities and a simple framework for String encoding and decoding in three categories: Binary Encoders, Language Encoders, and Network Encoders.
| org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64 | Provides Base64 content-transfer-encoding as defined in RFC 2045 | Production |
| org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Hex | Converts an array of bytes into an array of characters representing the hexidecimal values of each byte in order | Production |
Codec contains a number of commonly used language and phonetic encoders
| org.apache.commons.codec.language.Soundex | Implementation of the Soundex algorithm. | Production |
| org.apache.commons.codec.language.Metaphone | Implementation of the Metaphone algorithm. | Production |
Codec contains network related encoders
| org.apache.commons.codec.net.URLCodec | Implements the 'www-form-urlencoded' encoding scheme. | Production |
| BinaryDecoder | Defines common decoding methods for byte array decoders. |
| BinaryEncoder | Defines common encoding methods for byte array encoders. |
| Decoder | Provides the highest level of abstraction for Decoders. |
| Encoder | Provides the highest level of abstraction for Encoders. |
| StringDecoder | Decodes a String into a String. |
| StringEncoder | Encodes a String into a String. |
| CharEncoding | Character encoding names required of every implementation of the Java platform. |
| StringEncoderComparator | Strings are comparable, and this comparator allows you to configure it with an instance of a class which implements StringEncoder. |
| DecoderException | Thrown when a Decoder has encountered a failure condition during a decode. |
| EncoderException | Thrown when there is a failure condition during the encoding process. |