Converter (org.refcodes:refcodes-forwardsecrecy 2.2.2 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractEncodingConverter, Base64Converter, HexConverter
```
public interface Converter
```
Interface describing conversion of bytes to string and vice versa.

Version:

$Revision: 2744 $

Author:

Middleware Services

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`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.