BlockDecoder (Lucene 10.5.1 codecs API)
Description: declaration: package: org.apache.lucene.codecs.uniformsplit, interface: BlockDecoder

Package org.apache.lucene.codecs.uniformsplit

# Interface BlockDecoder

public interface BlockDecoder
Decodes the raw bytes of a block when the index is read, according to the `BlockEncoder` used during the writing of the index.

For example, implementations may decompress or decrypt.

See Also:
  - `BlockEncoder`
WARNING: This API is experimental and might change in incompatible ways in the next release.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `BytesRef`
  `decode(DataInput blockBytes, long length)`
  Decodes all the bytes of one block in a single operation.

- ## Method Details

  - ### decode

    BytesRef decode(DataInput blockBytes, long length) throws IOException
    Decodes all the bytes of one block in a single operation. The decoding is per block.
    Parameters:
      `blockBytes` - The input block bytes to read.
      `length` - The number of bytes to read from the input.
    Returns:
      The decoded block bytes.
    Throws:
      `IOException` - If a decoding error occurs.