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+/*
+ * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */ 
+
+package org.apache.commons.codec;
+
+/**
+ * Defines common decoding methods for byte array decoders.
+ *
+ * @author Apache Software Foundation
+ * @version $Id: BinaryDecoder.java,v 1.10 2004/06/15 18:14:15 ggregory Exp $
+ */
+public interface BinaryDecoder extends Decoder {
+
+    /**
+     * Decodes a byte array and returns the results as a byte array. 
+     *
+     * @param pArray A byte array which has been encoded with the
+     *      appropriate encoder
+     * 
+     * @return a byte array that contains decoded content
+     * 
+     * @throws DecoderException A decoder exception is thrown
+     *          if a Decoder encounters a failure condition during
+     *          the decode process.
+     */
+    byte[] decode(byte[] pArray) throws DecoderException;
+}  
+