1 /* 2 * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package org.apache.commons.codec; 18 19 /** 20 * Defines common decoding methods for byte array decoders. 21 * 22 * @author Apache Software Foundation 23 * @version $Id: BinaryDecoder.java,v 1.10 2004/06/15 18:14:15 ggregory Exp $ 24 * 25 * @deprecated Please use {@link java.net.URL#openConnection} instead. 26 * Please visit <a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/09/androids-http-clients.html">this webpage</a> 27 * for further details. 28 */ 29 @Deprecated 30 public interface BinaryDecoder extends Decoder { 31 32 /** 33 * Decodes a byte array and returns the results as a byte array. 34 * 35 * @param pArray A byte array which has been encoded with the 36 * appropriate encoder 37 * 38 * @return a byte array that contains decoded content 39 * 40 * @throws DecoderException A decoder exception is thrown 41 * if a Decoder encounters a failure condition during 42 * the decode process. 43 */ decode(byte[] pArray)44 byte[] decode(byte[] pArray) throws DecoderException; 45 } 46 47