Type Parameters:

T - the type to decode into, the return type of the decode(org.bson.BsonReader, DecoderContext) method.

All Known Subinterfaces:

Codec<T>, CollectibleCodec<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AtomicBooleanCodec, AtomicIntegerCodec, AtomicLongCodec, BigDecimalCodec, BinaryCodec, BooleanCodec, BsonArrayCodec, BsonBinaryCodec, BsonBooleanCodec, BsonCodec, BsonDateTimeCodec, BsonDBPointerCodec, BsonDecimal128Codec, BsonDocumentCodec, BsonDocumentWrapperCodec, BsonDoubleCodec, BsonInt32Codec, BsonInt64Codec, BsonJavaScriptCodec, BsonJavaScriptWithScopeCodec, BsonMaxKeyCodec, BsonMinKeyCodec, BsonNullCodec, BsonObjectIdCodec, BsonRegularExpressionCodec, BsonStringCodec, BsonSymbolCodec, BsonTimestampCodec, BSONTimestampCodec, BsonUndefinedCodec, BsonValueCodec, ByteArrayCodec, ByteCodec, CharacterCodec, CodeCodec, CodeWithScopeCodec, DateCodec, DBObjectCodec, DBRefCodec, Decimal128Codec, DocumentCodec, DoubleCodec, FloatCodec, GeometryCodec, GeometryCollectionCodec, GridFSFileCodec, InstantCodec, IntegerCodec, IterableCodec, LineStringCodec, LocalDateCodec, LocalDateTimeCodec, LocalTimeCodec, LongCodec, MapCodec, MaxKeyCodec, MinKeyCodec, MultiLineStringCodec, MultiPointCodec, MultiPolygonCodec, NamedCoordinateReferenceSystemCodec, ObjectIdCodec, PatternCodec, PointCodec, PolygonCodec, RawBsonDocumentCodec, ShortCodec, StringCodec, SymbolCodec, UuidCodec
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public interface Decoder<T>
```
Decoders are used for reading BSON types from MongoDB and converting them into Java objects.

Since:

3.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`decode(BsonReader reader, DecoderContext decoderContext)`	Decodes a BSON value from the given reader into an instance of the type parameter `T`.

- Method Detail
  - decode
```
T decode(BsonReader reader,
         DecoderContext decoderContext)
```
    Decodes a BSON value from the given reader into an instance of the type parameter T.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the BSON reader
    
    decoderContext - the decoder context
    
    Returns:
    
    an instance of the type parameter T.

Interface Decoder<T>

Method Summary

Method Detail

decode