protocols/ovsdb/rfc/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ovsdb/rfc/utils/StringEncoderUtil.java

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 * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
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package org.onosproject.ovsdb.rfc.utils;

import io.netty.handler.codec.string.StringEncoder;
import io.netty.util.CharsetUtil;

/**
 * StringEncoder utility class.Only UTF-8 encoding is supported refer to
 * RFC7047's Section 3.1.
 */
public final class StringEncoderUtil {

    /**
     * Constructs a StringEncoderUtil object. Utility classes should not have a
     * public or default constructor, otherwise IDE will compile unsuccessfully. This
     * class should not be instantiated.
     */
    private StringEncoderUtil() {
    }

    /**
     * Returns StringEncoder of UTF_8 .
     * @return StringEncoder
     */
    public static StringEncoder getEncoder() {
        return new StringEncoder(CharsetUtil.UTF_8);
    }
}