1 /*
2 * @(#) $Id: MessageEncoder.java 210062 2005-07-11 03:52:38Z trustin $
3 *
4 * Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation
5 *
6 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
7 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
8 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
9 *
10 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
11 *
12 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
13 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
14 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
15 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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17 *
18 */
19 package org.apache.mina.protocol.codec;
20
21 import java.util.Set;
22
23 import org.apache.mina.protocol.ProtocolEncoder;
24
25 /***
26 * Encodes messages of specific types specified by {@link #getMessageTypes()}.
27 *
28 * @author The Apache Directory Project (dev@directory.apache.org)
29 * @author Trustin Lee (trustin@apache.org)
30 * @version $Rev: 210062 $, $Date: 2005-07-11 12:52:38 +0900 $
31 *
32 * @see DemuxingProtocolCodecFactory
33 * @see MessageEncoderFactory
34 */
35 public interface MessageEncoder extends ProtocolEncoder
36 {
37 /***
38 * Returns the set of message classes this encoder can encode.
39 */
40 Set getMessageTypes();
41 }