com.twelvemonkeys.io.enc
Interface Decoder

All Known Implementing Classes:

Base64Decoder, PackBits16Decoder, PackBitsDecoder

public interface Decoder

Interface for decoders. A Decoder may be used with a DecoderStream, to perform on-the-fly decoding from an InputStream.

Important note: Decoder implementations are typically not synchronized.

Version:

$Id: //depot/branches/personal/haraldk/twelvemonkeys/release-2/twelvemonkeys-core/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/io/enc/Decoder.java#2 $

Author:

Harald Kuhr

See Also:

Encoder, DecoderStream

Method Summary

int	decode(java.io.InputStream stream, java.nio.ByteBuffer buffer) Decodes up to buffer.length bytes from the given input stream, into the given buffer.

Method Detail

decode

int decode(java.io.InputStream stream,
           java.nio.ByteBuffer buffer)
           throws java.io.IOException

Decodes up to buffer.length bytes from the given input stream, into the given buffer.

Parameters:

stream - the input stream to decode data from

buffer - buffer to store the read data

Returns:

the total number of bytes read into the buffer, or 0 if there is no more data because the end of the stream has been reached.

Throws:

DecodeException - if encoded data is corrupt

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs

java.io.EOFException - if a premature end-of-file is encountered