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package com.twelvemonkeys.io.enc;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
/**
* Interface for decoders.
* A {@code Decoder} may be used with a {@code DecoderStream}, to perform
* on-the-fly decoding from an {@code InputStream}.
*
* Important note: Decoder implementations are typically not synchronized.
*
*
* @see Encoder
* @see DecoderStream
*
* @author Harald Kuhr
* @version $Id: //depot/branches/personal/haraldk/twelvemonkeys/release-2/twelvemonkeys-core/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/io/enc/Decoder.java#2 $
*/
public interface Decoder {
/**
* Decodes up to {@code buffer.length} bytes from the given input stream,
* into the given buffer.
*
* @param stream the input stream to decode data from
* @param buffer buffer to store the read data
*
* @return the total number of bytes read into the buffer, or {@code 0}
* if there is no more data because the end of the stream has been reached.
*
* @throws DecodeException if encoded data is corrupt.
* @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
* @throws java.io.EOFException if a premature end-of-file is encountered.
* @throws java.lang.NullPointerException if either argument is {@code null}.
*/
int decode(InputStream stream, ByteBuffer buffer) throws IOException;
}