/*
 {"description" : "API to encode or decode data to/from a particular encoding format. Use one of the semantic variants of this interface to select the desired encoding format."
	}
*/

interface Encoder {
	
	/*
	 {"@description" : "Encode a chunk of data using an encoding format.",
	 	"x" : "The plain text input data to encode.",
		"@return" : "The encoded data."
		}
	*/
	char[] encode(char x[])
	
	/*
	 {"@description" : "Decode a chunk of data using an encoding format.",
	 	"x" : "The encoded data.",
		"@return" : "The decoded plain text data."
		}
	*/
	char[] decode(char x[])
	}