Implemented abstraction of message encoding/decoding by adding another layer of "Encoders" to Transporters.

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diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Transport/ITransportEncoder.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Transport/ITransportEncoder.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Tango.PMR;
+using Tango.PMR.Common;
+
+namespace Tango.Transport
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents a Transport message encoder capable of encoding or decoding <see cref="ITangoMessage">Tango Messages</see>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface ITransportEncoder
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Encodes the specified tango message.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="tangoMessage">The tango message.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        byte[] Encode(ITangoMessage tangoMessage);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Decodes the specified data.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="data">The data.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        ITangoMessage Decode(byte[] data);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Decodes only the container part of the message.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="data">The data.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        MessageContainer DecodeContainer(byte[] data);
+    }
+}