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package com.mongodb;

import org.bson.BSONObject;
import org.bson.io.OutputBuffer;

An interface for encoders of BSONObject to BSON.
/**
 * An interface for encoders of BSONObject to BSON.
 */
public interface DBEncoder {
    
Encode the BSONObject.
Params:
outputBuffer – the OutputBuffer to write to
document –     the BSONObject to write
Returns:
the number of characters in the encoding/**
     * Encode the BSONObject.
     *
     * @param outputBuffer the OutputBuffer to write to
     * @param document     the BSONObject to write
     * @return the number of characters in the encoding
     */
    int writeObject(OutputBuffer outputBuffer, BSONObject document);
}