Encoder (Apache Tomcat 8.5.87 API Documentation)

All Known Subinterfaces:

BinaryEncoder

All Known Implementing Classes:

Base64, BaseNCodec
```
@Deprecated
public interface Encoder
```
Deprecated.
This interface is unused and will be removed in Tomcat 9

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.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Object`	`encode(java.lang.Object source)`	Deprecated. Encodes an "Object" and returns the encoded content as an Object.

- Method Detail
  - encode
```
java.lang.Object encode(java.lang.Object source)
                 throws EncoderException
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Encodes an "Object" and returns the encoded content as an Object. The Objects here may just be byte[] or Strings 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.