- /*
- * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
- *
- * 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.apache.commons.codec;
-
- /**
- * Defines common decoding methods for byte array decoders.
- *
- * @author Apache Software Foundation
- * @version $Id: BinaryDecoder.java,v 1.10 2004/06/15 18:14:15 ggregory Exp $
- */
- public interface BinaryDecoder extends Decoder {
-
- /**
- * Decodes a byte array and returns the results as a byte array.
- *
- * @param pArray A byte array which has been encoded with the
- * appropriate encoder
- *
- * @return a byte array that contains decoded content
- *
- * @throws DecoderException A decoder exception is thrown
- * if a Decoder encounters a failure condition during
- * the decode process.
- */
- byte[] decode(byte[] pArray) throws DecoderException;
- }
-