com.buck.common.codec
Class CodecDecoder

java.lang.Object
  com.buck.common.codec.CodecDecoder

public abstract class CodecDecoder
extends Object

An engine that can transform a sequence of bytes in a specific encoding into a sequence of bytes.

Author:

Robert J. Buck

Constructor Summary

protected

CodecDecoder(Codec codec) Initializes a new decoder.

Method Summary

Codec	codec() Returns the codec that created this decoder.
abstract byte[]	decode(byte[] encoded) Decodes encoded data using the codec.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CodecDecoder

protected CodecDecoder(Codec codec)

Initializes a new decoder.

Parameters:

codec - The codec for this decoder.

Method Detail

codec

public final Codec codec()

Returns the codec that created this decoder.

Returns:

This decoder's codec

decode

public abstract byte[] decode(byte[] encoded)

Decodes encoded data using the codec.

Parameters:

encoded - the encoded data

Returns:

the decoded byte array