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1   /*
2    *   Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation
3    *
4    *   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    *   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    *   You may obtain a copy of the License at
7    *
8    *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9    *
10   *   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11   *   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12   *   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13   *   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   *   limitations under the License.
15   *
16   */
17  package org.apache.asn1.codec.stateful;
18  
19  /***
20   * A factory for creating new StatefulEncoders.
21   *
22   * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
23   * @version $Rev: 157644 $
24   */
25  public interface EncoderFactory
26  {
27      /***
28       * Creates a new chunking state based encoder.
29       *
30       * @return a new chunking state based encoder
31       */ 
32      StatefulEncoder createEncoder();
33  }