Method Detail

• decode

  Object decode(Object source)
                throws DecoderException

  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.

  Parameters:

  source - the object to decode

  Returns:

  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.