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20
21 package org.apache.directory.server.kerberos.shared.io.decoder;
22
23
24 import java.io.IOException;
25
26 import org.apache.directory.server.kerberos.shared.messages.Encodable;
27
28
29 /**
30 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
31 * @version $Rev: 540371 $, $Date: 2007-05-22 02:00:43 +0200 (Di, 22 Mai 2007) $
32 */
33 public interface Decoder
34 {
35 /**
36 * Decodes the byte array into an {@link Encodable} object.
37 *
38 * @param object
39 * @return The {@link Encodable} object.
40 * @throws IOException
41 */
42 public Encodable decode( byte[] object ) throws IOException;
43 }