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003 *
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009 *
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015 */
016package org.talend.sdk.component.api.service.http;
017
018/**
019 * Allows to convert an object to a byte array to be sent accross the network.
020 */
021public interface Encoder {
022
023    /**
024     * @param value the payload instance.
025     * @return the raw representation to be sent to the server.
026     */
027    byte[] encode(Object value);
028}