Decoder.java

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package org.forgerock.http.decoder;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Map;

import org.forgerock.http.util.CaseInsensitiveMap;
import org.forgerock.http.util.Indexed;
import org.forgerock.http.util.Loader;

/**
 * Decodes an HTTP message entity input stream.
 */
public interface Decoder extends Indexed<String> {

    /** Mapping of supported codings to associated decoders. */
    Map<String, Decoder> SERVICES = Collections.unmodifiableMap(new CaseInsensitiveMap<>(Loader.loadMap(
            String.class, Decoder.class)));

    /**
     * Returns the coding that the decoder supports, as it would appear in the {@code Content-Encoding} header.
     *
     * @return The coding that the decoder supports, as it would appear in the {@code Content-Encoding} header.
     */
    @Override
    String getKey();

    /**
     * Returns an instance of an input stream that decodes the specified input.
     *
     * @param in
     *            The input stream to be decoded.
     * @return an input stream exposing the decoded content.
     * @throws IOException
     *             If an I/O exception occurs during decoding.
     */
    InputStream decode(InputStream in) throws IOException;
}