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+using System;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace Org.BouncyCastle.Utilities.Encoders
+{
+	/**
+	 * Encode and decode byte arrays (typically from binary to 7-bit ASCII
+	 * encodings).
+	 */
+	public interface IEncoder
+	{
+		int Encode(byte[] data, int off, int length, Stream outStream);
+
+		int Decode(byte[] data, int off, int length, Stream outStream);
+
+		int DecodeString(string data, Stream outStream);
+	}
+}