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/** Java interface "Encoder.java" generated from Poseidon for UML.
* Poseidon for UML is developed by <A HREF="http://www.gentleware.com">Gentleware</A>.
* Generated with <A HREF="http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/">velocity</A> template engine.
*/
package com.sun.pept.encoding;
import com.sun.pept.ept.MessageInfo;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.util.*;
/**
* <p>
*
* @author Arun Gupta
* </p>
*/
public interface Encoder {
///////////////////////////////////////
// operations
/**
* <p>
* Does ...
* </p><p>
*
* </p><p>
*
* @param messageInfo ...
* </p>
*/
public void encodeAndSend(MessageInfo messageInfo);
/**
* <p>
* Does ...
* </p><p>
*
* @return a ByteBuffer with ...
* </p><p>
* @param messageInfo ...
* </p>
*/
public ByteBuffer encode(MessageInfo messageInfo);
} // end Encoder