StringEncoding SourceCode GPL - https://github.com/iboxdb/db4o-gpl

All Known Implementing Classes:

BuiltInStringEncoding, LatinStringEncoding, UnicodeStringEncoding, UTF8StringEncoding
```
public interface StringEncoding
```
encodes a String to a byte array and decodes a String from a part of a byte array

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`decode(byte[] bytes, int start, int length)`	called when a byte array is to be decoded to a string.
`byte[]`	`encode(java.lang.String str)`	called when a string is to be encoded to a byte array.

- Method Detail
  - encode
```
byte[] encode(java.lang.String str)
```
    called when a string is to be encoded to a byte array.
    
    Parameters:
    
    str - the string to encode
    
    Returns:
    
    the encoded byte array
  - decode
```
java.lang.String decode(byte[] bytes,
                        int start,
                        int length)
```
    called when a byte array is to be decoded to a string.
    
    Parameters:
    
    bytes - the byte array
    
    start - the start offset in the byte array
    
    length - the length of the encoded string in the byte array
    
    Returns:
    
    the string