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Artifact with encoding and decoding (not in terms of encryption/decryption) implementations (codecs) such as BASE64 encoding / decoding.

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// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// REFCODES.ORG
// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// This code is copyright (c) by Siegfried Steiner, Munich, Germany and licensed
// under the following (see "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-licensing")
// licenses:
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// GNU General Public License, v3.0 ("http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html")
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Apache License, v2.0 ("http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0")
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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// also regarding commercial licensing models or regarding the compatibility
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// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

package org.refcodes.codec;

import org.refcodes.codec.BaseMetricsAccessor.BaseCodecMetricsProperty;
import org.refcodes.codec.BaseMetricsAccessor.BaseMetricsBuilder;
import org.refcodes.component.ConnectionComponent;
import org.refcodes.io.ByteProvider;
import org.refcodes.io.ByteReceiver;

/**
 * The {@link BaseDecoder} implements the {@link BaseBuilder} functionality in
 * terms of a {@link ByteReceiver}. It implements the {@link Decoder} interface
 * attaching to the "refcodes-io" artifact via the {@link ByteReceiver}
 * interface. This increases the scope of usage scenarios.
 */
public interface BaseDecoder extends BaseCodecMetricsProperty, BaseMetricsBuilder, Decoder {

	// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// INNER CLASSES:
	// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

	/**
	 * The {@link BaseDecoderProvider} implements the {@link BaseDecoder}
	 * functionality in terms of a {@link ConnectionComponent}. In addition to
	 * the {@link BaseDecoder} it provides means to open a dedicated
	 * {@link ByteProvider} connection.
	 */
	public interface BaseDecoderProvider extends BaseDecoder, ConnectionComponent {}
}