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20 package org.apache.mina.filter.codec;
21
22 /**
23 * Provides {@link ProtocolEncoder} and {@link ProtocolDecoder} which translates
24 * binary or protocol specific data into message object and vice versa.
25 * <p>
26 * Please refer to
27 * <a href="../../../../../xref-examples/org/apache/mina/examples/reverser/ReverseProtocolProvider.html"><code>ReverserProtocolProvider</code></a>
28 * example.
29 *
30 * @author The Apache Directory Project (mina-dev@directory.apache.org)
31 * @version $Rev: 555855 $, $Date: 2007-07-13 12:19:00 +0900 (Fri, 13 Jul 2007) $
32 */
33 public interface ProtocolCodecFactory {
34 /**
35 * Returns a new (or reusable) instance of {@link ProtocolEncoder} which
36 * encodes message objects into binary or protocol-specific data.
37 */
38 ProtocolEncoder getEncoder() throws Exception;
39
40 /**
41 * Returns a new (or reusable) instance of {@link ProtocolDecoder} which
42 * decodes binary or protocol-specific data into message objects.
43 */
44 ProtocolDecoder getDecoder() throws Exception;
45 }