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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.commons.codec;
+
+/**
+ * Defines common encoding methods for byte array encoders.
+ *
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public interface BinaryEncoder extends Encoder {
+
+    /**
+     * Encodes a byte array and return the encoded data as a byte array.
+     *
+     * @param source
+     *            Data to be encoded
+     * @return A byte array containing the encoded data
+     * @throws EncoderException
+     *             thrown if the Encoder encounters a failure condition during the encoding process.
+     */
+    byte[] encode(byte[] source) throws EncoderException;
+}
+