01: /*
02: * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
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: * Decodes a String into a String.
21: *
22: * @author Apache Software Foundation
23: * @version $Id: StringDecoder.java,v 1.9 2004/02/29 04:08:31 tobrien Exp $
24: */
25: public interface StringDecoder extends Decoder {
26:
27: /**
28: * Decodes a String and returns a String.
29: *
30: * @param pString a String to encode
31: *
32: * @return the encoded String
33: *
34: * @throws DecoderException thrown if there is
35: * an error conidition during the Encoding process.
36: */
37: String decode(String pString) throws DecoderException;
38: }
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