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Change-Id: I2bb8562c4942b6d6a6d60b663db2e17540477b81
Signed-off-by: Ashlee Young <ashlee@wildernessvoice.com>

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diff --git a/framework/src/onos/protocols/ovsdb/rfc/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ovsdb/rfc/utils/StringEncoderUtil.java b/framework/src/onos/protocols/ovsdb/rfc/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ovsdb/rfc/utils/StringEncoderUtil.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.ovsdb.rfc.utils;
+
+import io.netty.handler.codec.string.StringEncoder;
+import io.netty.util.CharsetUtil;
+
+/**
+ * StringEncoder utility class.Only UTF-8 encoding is supported refer to
+ * RFC7047's Section 3.1.
+ */
+public final class StringEncoderUtil {
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a StringEncoderUtil object. Utility classes should not have a
+     * public or default constructor, otherwise IDE will compile unsuccessfully. This
+     * class should not be instantiated.
+     */
+    private StringEncoderUtil() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns StringEncoder of UTF_8 .
+     * @return StringEncoder
+     */
+    public static StringEncoder getEncoder() {
+        return new StringEncoder(CharsetUtil.UTF_8);
+    }
+}