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package com.shavenpuppy.jglib.util;
/**
* $Id: Decoder.java,v 1.2 2011/04/18 23:28:06 cix_foo Exp $
* <p>
* Single instance of a decoder
* <p>
* @version $Revision: 1.2 $
* @author $Author: cix_foo $
*/
public interface Decoder {
/**
* Parse an object from a String
* @param String
* @return a new Object; maybe even null, if allowed
* @throws Exception if the incoming string is unparseable
*/
public Object decode(String in) throws Exception;
}