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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;
+
+/**
+ * Decodes a String into a String. 
+ *
+ * @author Apache Software Foundation
+ * @version $Id: StringDecoder.java,v 1.9 2004/02/29 04:08:31 tobrien Exp $
+ */
+public interface StringDecoder extends Decoder {
+    
+    /**
+     * Decodes a String and returns a String.
+     * 
+     * @param pString a String to encode
+     * 
+     * @return the encoded String
+     * 
+     * @throws DecoderException thrown if there is
+     *  an error conidition during the Encoding process.
+     */
+    String decode(String pString) throws DecoderException;
+}  
+