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package org.mobicents.protocols.ss7.map.api.primitives;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;

/**
 * USSD-String ::= OCTET STRING (SIZE (1..maxUSSD-StringLength))
 *     -- The structure of the contents of the USSD-String is dependent
 *     -- on the USSD-DataCodingScheme as described in TS 3GPP TS 23.038 [25].
 * 
 * maxUSSD-StringLength INTEGER ::= 160
 *
 * 
 * @author amit bhayani
 * 
 */
public interface USSDString extends Serializable {

	/**
	 * Get the decoded USSD String
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	public String getString();

	/**
	 * Get the byte[] that represents encoded USSD String
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	public byte[] getEncodedString();

	/**
	 * Get the {@link java.nio.charset.Charset}
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	public Charset getCharset();


}