it.could.util.encoding
Interface Encodable

All Superinterfaces:

EncodingAware

All Known Implementing Classes:

Location, Location.Authority, Location.Schemes, Parameters, Parameters.Parameter, Path, Path.Element

public interface Encodable

extends EncodingAware

The Encodable interface describes an Object whose String representation can vary depending on the encoding used.

Author:

Pier Fumagalli

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface it.could.util.encoding.EncodingAware

DEFAULT_ENCODING, PLATFORM_ENCODING

Method Summary

String	toString() Return the String representation of this instance.
String	toString(String encoding) Return the String representation of this instance given a specific character encoding.

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Return the String representation of this instance.

This method is equivalent to a call to toString(DEFAULT_ENCODING)

toString

public String toString(String encoding)
                throws UnsupportedEncodingException

Return the String representation of this instance given a specific character encoding.

Throws:

UnsupportedEncodingException - if the specified encoding is not supported by the platform.