PayloadEncoder (Lucene 3.6.2 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractEncoder, FloatEncoder, IdentityEncoder, IntegerEncoder
```
public interface PayloadEncoder
```
Mainly for use with the DelimitedPayloadTokenFilter, converts char buffers to Payload.
NOTE: This interface is subject to change

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Payload`	`encode(char[] buffer)`
`Payload`	`encode(char[] buffer, int offset, int length)`	Convert a char array to a `Payload`

Method Detail

encode
```
Payload encode(char[] buffer)
```

encode

Payload encode(char[] buffer,
               int offset,
               int length)

Convert a char array to a Payload

Parameters:: buffer -; offset -; length -
Returns:: encoded Payload