CharacterEncoding (IBM Streams Java Operator API)

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```
public interface CharacterEncoding
```
Interface to encode and decode Tuples into a character encoding. Instances of CharacterEncoding are thread safe.

Since:

InfoSphere® Streams Version 4.0

Method Summary

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Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`java.lang.String`	`encodeTuple(Tuple tuple)` Encode a tuple as a `String` using this encoding.
`void`	`encodeTuple(Tuple tuple, java.lang.StringBuilder buffer)` Encode `tuple` into `buffer` using this encoding.

- Method Detail
  - encodeTuple
```
void encodeTuple(Tuple tuple,
                 java.lang.StringBuilder buffer)
```
    Encode tuple into buffer using this encoding.
    
    Parameters:
    
    tuple - Tuple to be encoded.
    
    buffer - Buffer to hold encoded tuple.
  - encodeTuple
```
java.lang.String encodeTuple(Tuple tuple)
```
    Encode a tuple as a String using this encoding.
    
    Parameters:
    
    tuple - Tuple to be encoded as a String in this encoding.
    
    Returns:
    
    tuple encoded as a String using this encoding.