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19  
20  package org.apache.geronimo.mail.util;
21  
22  import java.io.IOException;
23  import java.io.OutputStream;
24  
25  /**
26   * Encode and decode byte arrays (typically from binary to 7-bit ASCII
27   * encodings).
28   */
29  public interface Encoder
30  {
31      int encode(byte[] data, int off, int length, OutputStream out) throws IOException;
32  
33      int decode(byte[] data, int off, int length, OutputStream out) throws IOException;
34  
35      int decode(String data, OutputStream out) throws IOException;
36  }