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package com.bluenimble.platform.encoding;

public interface Decoder {

    /**
     * Decodes an "encoded" Object and returns a "decoded"
     * Object.  Note that the implementation of this
     * interface will try to cast the Object parameter
     * to the specific type expected by a particular Decoder
     * implementation.  If a {@link ClassCastException} occurs
     * this decode method will throw a DecoderException.
     * 
     * @param pObject an object to "decode"
     * 
     * @return a 'decoded" object
     * 
     * @throws DecoderException a decoder exception can
     * be thrown for any number of reasons.  Some good
     * candidates are that the parameter passed to this
     * method is null, a param cannot be cast to the
     * appropriate type for a specific encoder.
     */
    Object decode(Object pObject) throws DecoderException;
}