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20
21 package org.apache.directory.server.dns.io.decoder;
22
23
24 import java.io.IOException;
25 import java.util.Map;
26
27 import org.apache.mina.common.ByteBuffer;
28
29
30 /**
31 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
32 * @version $Rev$, $Date$
33 */
34 public interface RecordDecoder
35 {
36 /**
37 * Decodes the given length of resource record data into attributes. The
38 * type and number of attributes depends on the type of the resource record.
39 *
40 * @param byteBuffer
41 * @param length
42 * @return The map of attributes.
43 * @throws IOException
44 */
45 public Map<String, Object> decode( ByteBuffer byteBuffer, short length ) throws IOException;
46 }