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+/**
+ * All rights reserved. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @author Florian Schmaus
+ */
+package org.jivesoftware.smack.util;
+
+public interface StringEncoder {
+    /**
+     * Encodes an string to another representation
+     * 
+     * @param string
+     * @return
+     */
+    String encode(String string);
+    
+    /**
+     * Decodes an string back to it's initial representation
+     * 
+     * @param string
+     * @return
+     */
+    String decode(String string);
+}