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## org.apache.commons.codec
Interface Encoder

All Known Subinterfaces:
  BinaryEncoder, StringEncoder

All Known Implementing Classes:
  AbstractCaverphone, Base32, Base64, BaseNCodec, BCodec, BeiderMorseEncoder, BinaryCodec, Caverphone, Caverphone1, Caverphone2, ColognePhonetic, DoubleMetaphone, Hex, Metaphone, Nysiis, QCodec, QuotedPrintableCodec, RefinedSoundex, Soundex, URLCodec

    public interface Encoder

Provides the highest level of abstraction for Encoders.

This is the sister interface of `Decoder`. Every implementation of Encoder provides this common generic interface which allows a user to pass a generic Object to any Encoder implementation in the codec package.

Version:
  $Id: Encoder.java 1379145 2012-08-30 21:02:52Z tn $

Method Summary
`Object` | `encode(Object source)` Encodes an "Object" and returns the encoded content as an Object.

Method Detail

### encode

    Object encode(Object source)
                  throws EncoderException

  Encodes an "Object" and returns the encoded content as an Object. The Objects here may just be `byte[]` or `String`s depending on the implementation used.

  Parameters:
    `source` - An object to encode
  Returns:
    An "encoded" Object
  Throws:
    `EncoderException` - An encoder exception is thrown if the encoder experiences a failure condition during the encoding process.

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