edu.vt.middleware.crypt.util
Interface Converter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractEncodingConverter, Base64Converter, HexConverter

public interface Converter

Interface describing conversion of bytes to string and vice versa.

Version:

$Revision: 3 $

Author:

Middleware Services

Method Summary

String	fromBytes(byte[] input) Converts a byte array to a formatted/encoded string.
String	fromBytes(byte[] input, int offset, int length) Converts a byte array to a formatted/encoded string.
byte[]	toBytes(String input) Converts a formatted/encoded string to raw bytes.

Method Detail

fromBytes

String fromBytes(byte[] input)

Converts a byte array to a formatted/encoded string.

Parameters:

input - Input bytes.

Returns:

Formatted/encoded string derived from input bytes.

fromBytes

String fromBytes(byte[] input,
                 int offset,
                 int length)

Converts a byte array to a formatted/encoded string.

Parameters:

input - Input bytes.

offset - Offset into input bytes at which to begin processing.

length - Number of bytes of input data to process.

Returns:

Formatted/encoded string derived from input bytes.

toBytes

byte[] toBytes(String input)

Converts a formatted/encoded string to raw bytes.

Parameters:

input - Formatted/encoded input string.

Returns:

Byte array corresponding to input string.