http://www.jasypt.org: Java library which enables encryption in java apps with minimum effort. (The JASYPT team)
  • Daniel Fernandez 
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/*
 * IMPORTANT NOTE: This class has been included into Jasypt's source tree from 
 * Apache Commons-Codec version 1.3 [see http://commons.apache.org/codec], 
 * licensed under Apache License 2.0 [see http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0].  
 * No modifications have been made to the code of this class except the package name.
 */

package org.jasypt.contrib.org.apache.commons.codec_1_3;


Provides the highest level of abstraction for Decoders. This is the sister interface of Encoder. All Decoders implement this common generic interface.


Allows a user to pass a generic Object to any Decoder 
implementation in the codec package.


One of the two interfaces at the center of the codec package.


Author:Apache Software Foundation
/**
 * <p>Provides the highest level of abstraction for Decoders.
 * This is the sister interface of {@link Encoder}.  All
 * Decoders implement this common generic interface.</p>
 * 
 * <p>Allows a user to pass a generic Object to any Decoder 
 * implementation in the codec package.</p>
 * 
 * <p>One of the two interfaces at the center of the codec package.</p>
 * 
 * @author Apache Software Foundation
 */
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 ClassCastException occurs this decode method will throw a DecoderException. 
Params:
  • pObject – an object to "decode"
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.
Returns:a 'decoded" object
/**
     * 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 java.lang.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;
}