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020
021package org.apache.directory.server.dns.io.encoder;
022
023
024import java.io.IOException;
025
026import org.apache.directory.server.dns.messages.ResourceRecord;
027import org.apache.mina.core.buffer.IoBuffer;
028
029
030/**
031 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
032 */
033public interface RecordEncoder
034{
035    /**
036     * Encodes the {@link ResourceRecord} into the {@link IoBuffer}.
037     *
038     * @param buffer
039     * @param record
040     * @throws IOException
041     */
042    void put( IoBuffer buffer, ResourceRecord record ) throws IOException;
043}