001 /* 002 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more 003 * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with 004 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. 005 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 006 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with 007 * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 008 * 009 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 010 * 011 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 012 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 013 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 014 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 015 * limitations under the License. 016 */ 017 018 package org.apache.commons.codec; 019 020 /** 021 * Defines common decoding methods for byte array decoders. 022 * 023 * @author Apache Software Foundation 024 * @version $Id: BinaryDecoder.java 651573 2008-04-25 11:11:21Z niallp $ 025 */ 026 public interface BinaryDecoder extends Decoder { 027 028 /** 029 * Decodes a byte array and returns the results as a byte array. 030 * 031 * @param pArray A byte array which has been encoded with the 032 * appropriate encoder 033 * 034 * @return a byte array that contains decoded content 035 * 036 * @throws DecoderException A decoder exception is thrown 037 * if a Decoder encounters a failure condition during 038 * the decode process. 039 */ 040 byte[] decode(byte[] pArray) throws DecoderException; 041 } 042