CodecFactory (Rhino 3.0 Management Extensions API)

```
public interface CodecFactory
```
This interface provides support for a human-readable export format of profile attributes of a type defined outside the scope of JAIN SLEE. Codec factories produce codecs, which can convert back and forth between an object and a corresponding string form.

A codec factory can be included in a profile specification component jar if profile specification components included in the jar define profile CMP attributes of a non-standard type. The presence of a codec factory is indicated using the oc-profile-spec-jar.xml deployment descriptor in the jar. Codec factories must be public, must implement this interface, and must have a public no-arg constructor.

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  Codec<?> getCodec(String type)
  Get a codec for the specified type.

- Method Detail
  - getCodec
```
Codec<?> getCodec(String type)
```
    Get a codec for the specified type.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - the fully-qualified class name of the type to get a codec for. The type will always be a non-array type such as java.lang.String.
    
    Returns:
    
    a codec for the type, or null if no codec is available for the specified type.