Interface ComplexEncoding

All Superinterfaces:
Encoding, EncodingCore
All Known Implementing Classes:
Utf16LE

public interface ComplexEncoding extends Encoding
A complex encoding has a non-uniform relationship between the number of characters and the number of bytes generated. UTF-8 is an example for such a non-uniform encoding.
Author:
Thomas Morgner
  • Method Details

    • isEncodingSupported

      boolean isEncodingSupported()
      Checks, whether this implementation supports encoding of character data.
      Returns: