1 /*
2 * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16
17 package org.apache.asn1.codec;
18
19
20 /**
21 * Defines common decoding methods for byte array decoders.
22 *
23 * @author Apache Software Foundation
24 * @version $Id: BinaryDecoder.java,v 1.10 2004/06/15 18:14:15 ggregory Exp $
25 */
26 public interface BinaryDecoder extends Decoder {
27
28 /**
29 * Decodes a byte array and returns the results as a byte array.
30 *
31 * @param pArray A byte array which has been encoded with the
32 * appropriate encoder
33 *
34 * @return a byte array that contains decoded content
35 *
36 * @throws org.apache.asn1.codec.DecoderException A decoder exception is thrown
37 * if a Decoder encounters a failure condition during
38 * the decode process.
39 */
40 byte[] decode(byte[] pArray) throws DecoderException;
41 }
42