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diff --git a/src/unstable/textcodec.h b/src/unstable/textcodec.h
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--- a/src/unstable/textcodec.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Xagasoft, All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This file is part of the libbu++ library and is released under the
+ * terms of the license contained in the file LICENSE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef TEXT_CODEC_H
+#define TEXT_CODEC_H
+
+#include "bu/text.h"
+#include "bu/blob.h"
+
+namespace Bu
+{
+    class Text;
+    class Blob;
+    class TextBuilder;
+    class BlobBuilder;
+
+    /**
+     * Represents a textual format and the routines to convert from that
+     * format to unicode code points and vica versa.
+     */
+    class TextCodec
+    {
+    public:
+        TextCodec();
+        virtual ~TextCodec();
+
+//        virtual Blob encode( const Text &rSource );
+//        virtual Text decode( const Blob &rSource, int32_t &rBytesUsed );
+
+        virtual void encode( BlobBuilder &rTarget, const Text &rSource )=0;
+        virtual int32_t decode( TextBuilder &rTarget, const Blob &rSource )=0;
+
+    private:
+    };
+};
+
+#endif