com.phloc.commons.codec

Interface IByteArrayDecoder

All Superinterfaces:

IDecoder<byte[]>

All Known Subinterfaces:

ICodec, IStringCodec

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCodec, AbstractRFC1522Codec, ASCII85Codec, ASCIIHexCodec, Base64Codec, DCTCodec, FlateCodec, LZWCodec, QuotedPrintableCodec, RFC1522BCodec, RFC1522QCodec, RunLengthCodec, URLCodec

public interface IByteArrayDecoder
extends IDecoder<byte[]>

Interface for a single decoder.

Author:

Philip Helger

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte[]	decode(byte[] aEncodedBuffer) Decode a byte array.

Method Detail

decode

@Nullable
byte[] decode(@Nullable
                     byte[] aEncodedBuffer)

Decode a byte array.

Specified by:

decode in interface IDecoder<byte[]>

Parameters:

aEncodedBuffer - The byte array to be decoded. May not be null.

Returns:

The decoded byte array or null if the parameter was null.

Throws:

DecoderException - in case something goes wrong