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using System;
/*
 * Copyright 2003 Paulo Soares
 *
 * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
 *
 * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
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 *
 * The Original Code is 'iText, a free JAVA-PDF library'.
 *
 * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Bruno Lowagie. Portions created by
 * the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Bruno Lowagie.
 * All Rights Reserved.
 * Co-Developer of the code is Paulo Soares. Portions created by the Co-Developer
 * are Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002 by Paulo Soares. All Rights Reserved.
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namespace iTextSharp.text.pdf {
    /**
    * Classes implementing this interface can create custom encodings or
    * replace existing ones. It is used in the context of <code>PdfEncoding</code>.
    * @author Paulo Soares (psoares@consiste.pt)
    */
    public interface IExtraEncoding {
        
        /**
        * Converts an Unicode string to a byte array according to some encoding.
        * @param text the Unicode string
        * @param encoding the requested encoding. It's mainly of use if the same class
        * supports more than one encoding.
        * @return the conversion or <CODE>null</CODE> if no conversion is supported
        */    
        byte[] CharToByte(String text, String encoding);
        
        /**
        * Converts an Unicode char to a byte array according to some encoding.
        * @param char1 the Unicode char
        * @param encoding the requested encoding. It's mainly of use if the same class
        * supports more than one encoding.
        * @return the conversion or <CODE>null</CODE> if no conversion is supported
        */    
        byte[] CharToByte(char char1, String encoding);

        /**
        * Converts a byte array to an Unicode string according to some encoding.
        * @param b the input byte array
        * @param encoding the requested encoding. It's mainly of use if the same class
        * supports more than one encoding.
        * @return the conversion or <CODE>null</CODE> if no conversion is supported
        */
        String ByteToChar(byte[] b, String encoding);   
    }
}