DecoderState (Qpid ProtonJ2 Parent 1.0.0-M9 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ProtonDecoderState
```
public interface DecoderState
```
Retains state of decode either between calls or across decode iterations

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`decodeUTF8(ProtonBuffer buffer, int length)`	Given a set of UTF-8 encoded bytes decode and return the String that represents that UTF-8 value.
`Decoder`	`getDecoder()`
`DecoderState`	`reset()`	Resets any intermediate state back to default values.

- Method Detail
  - reset
```
DecoderState reset()
```
    Resets any intermediate state back to default values.
    
    Returns:
    
    this DecoderState instance.
  - getDecoder
```
Decoder getDecoder()
```
    Returns:
    
    the decoder that created this state object
  - decodeUTF8
```
String decodeUTF8(ProtonBuffer buffer,
                  int length)
           throws DecodeException
```
    Given a set of UTF-8 encoded bytes decode and return the String that represents that UTF-8 value.
    
    Parameters:
    
    buffer - A buffer containing the UTF-8 encoded bytes to be decoded.
    
    length - The number of bytes in the passed buffer that comprise the UTF-8 encoding.
    
    Returns:
    
    a String that represents the UTF-8 decoded bytes.
    
    Throws:
    
    DecodeException - if an error occurs while decoding the string value.