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package org.apache.mina.filter.codec;

import org.apache.mina.core.session.IoSession;

/**
 * Provides {@link ProtocolEncoder} and {@link ProtocolDecoder} which translates
 * binary or protocol specific data into message object and vice versa.
 * <p>
 * Please refer to
 * <a href="../../../../../xref-examples/org/apache/mina/examples/reverser/ReverseProtocolProvider.html"><code>ReverserProtocolProvider</code></a>
 * example.
 *
 * @author <a href="http://mina.apache.org">Apache MINA Project</a>
 */
public interface ProtocolCodecFactory {
    /**
     * Returns a new (or reusable) instance of {@link ProtocolEncoder} which
     * encodes message objects into binary or protocol-specific data.
     */
    ProtocolEncoder getEncoder(IoSession session) throws Exception;

    /**
     * Returns a new (or reusable) instance of {@link ProtocolDecoder} which
     * decodes binary or protocol-specific data into message objects.
     */
    ProtocolDecoder getDecoder(IoSession session) throws Exception;
}