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Commons Codec example source code file (Decoder.java)

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Java - Commons Codec tags/keywords

decoder, decoder, decoderexception, decoderexception, object, object

The Commons Codec Decoder.java source code

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package org.apache.commons.codec;

/**
 * <p>Provides the highest level of abstraction for Decoders.
 * This is the sister interface of {@link Encoder}.  All
 * Decoders implement this common generic interface.</p>
 * 
 * <p>Allows a user to pass a generic Object to any Decoder 
 * implementation in the codec package.</p>
 * 
 * <p>One of the two interfaces at the center of the codec package.

* * @author Apache Software Foundation * @version $Id: Decoder.java 797690 2009-07-24 23:28:35Z ggregory $ */ public interface Decoder { /** * Decodes an "encoded" Object and returns a "decoded" * Object. Note that the implementation of this * interface will try to cast the Object parameter * to the specific type expected by a particular Decoder * implementation. If a {@link ClassCastException} occurs * this decode method will throw a DecoderException. * * @param pObject an object to "decode" * * @return a 'decoded" object * * @throws DecoderException a decoder exception can * be thrown for any number of reasons. Some good * candidates are that the parameter passed to this * method is null, a param cannot be cast to the * appropriate type for a specific encoder. */ Object decode(Object pObject) throws DecoderException; }

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