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+package org.spongycastle.util.encoders;
+
+/**
+ * General interface for an translator.
+ */
+public interface Translator
+{
+    /**
+     * size of the output block on encoding produced by getDecodedBlockSize()
+     * bytes.
+     */
+    public int getEncodedBlockSize();
+
+    public int encode(byte[] in, int inOff, int length, byte[] out, int outOff);
+
+    /**
+     * size of the output block on decoding produced by getEncodedBlockSize()
+     * bytes.
+     */
+    public int getDecodedBlockSize();
+
+    public int decode(byte[] in, int inOff, int length, byte[] out, int outOff);
+}