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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;
}
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