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package com.mongodb;

import org.bson.BSONDecoder;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

An interface for decoders of BSON into instances of DBObject that belong to a DBCollection.
/**
 * An interface for decoders of BSON into instances of DBObject that belong to a DBCollection.
 */
public interface DBDecoder extends BSONDecoder {

    
Get a callback for the given collection.
Params:
collection – the collection
Returns:
the callback/**
     * Get a callback for the given collection.
     *
     * @param collection the collection
     * @return the callback
     */
    DBCallback getDBCallback(DBCollection collection);

    
Decode a single DBObject belonging to the given collection from the given input stream.
Params:
input –      the input stream
collection – the collection
Throws:
IOException – may throw an exception while decoding from the InputStream
Returns:
the DBObject/**
     * Decode a single DBObject belonging to the given collection from the given input stream.
     *
     * @param input      the input stream
     * @param collection the collection
     * @return the DBObject
     * @throws IOException may throw an exception while decoding from the {@code InputStream}
     */
    DBObject decode(InputStream input, DBCollection collection) throws IOException;

    
Decode a single DBObject belonging to the given collection from the given array of bytes.
Params:
bytes –      the byte array
collection – the collection
Returns:
the DBObject/**
     * Decode a single DBObject belonging to the given collection from the given array of bytes.
     *
     * @param bytes      the byte array
     * @param collection the collection
     * @return the DBObject
     */
    DBObject decode(byte[] bytes, DBCollection collection);
}