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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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.
+ *
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public interface BinaryDecoder extends Decoder {
+
+    /**
+     * Decodes a byte array and returns the results as a byte array.
+     *
+     * @param source
+     *            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[] source) throws DecoderException;
+}
+