Package net.fortuna.ical4j.util

Class EncoderFactory

java.lang.Object

net.fortuna.ical4j.util.EncoderFactory

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultEncoderFactory

public abstract class EncoderFactory
extends Object

Abstract base class for encoder factory implementations. $Id$ Created on 13/05/2006

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	KEY_FACTORY_CLASS	The system property used to specify an alternate EncoderFactory implementation.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
EncoderFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract org.apache.commons.codec.BinaryEncoder	createBinaryEncoder(Encoding encoding)	Returns a new BinaryEncoder for the specified encoding.
abstract org.apache.commons.codec.StringEncoder	createStringEncoder(Encoding encoding)	Returns a new StringEncoder for the specified encoding.
static EncoderFactory	getInstance()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

KEY_FACTORY_CLASS

public static final String KEY_FACTORY_CLASS

The system property used to specify an alternate EncoderFactory implementation.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

EncoderFactory

public EncoderFactory()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static EncoderFactory getInstance()

Returns:

Returns the instance.

createBinaryEncoder

public abstract org.apache.commons.codec.BinaryEncoder createBinaryEncoder(Encoding encoding)
                                                                    throws UnsupportedEncodingException

Returns a new BinaryEncoder for the specified encoding.

Parameters:

encoding - an encoding type

Returns:

a BinaryEncoder instance

Throws:

UnsupportedEncodingException - where an encoder supporting the specified encoding is not available.

createStringEncoder

public abstract org.apache.commons.codec.StringEncoder createStringEncoder(Encoding encoding)
                                                                    throws UnsupportedEncodingException

Returns a new StringEncoder for the specified encoding.

Parameters:

encoding - an encoding type

Returns:

a StringEncoder instance

Throws:

UnsupportedEncodingException - where an encoder supporting the specified encoding is not available.