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 * Copyright 2014 The Netty Project
 *
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 * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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package io.netty.handler.codec;

/**
 * Provides the accessor methods for the {@link DecoderResult} property of a decoded message.
 */
public interface DecoderResultProvider {
    /**
     * Returns the result of decoding this object.
     */
    DecoderResult decoderResult();

    /**
     * Updates the result of decoding this object. This method is supposed to be invoked by a decoder.
     * Do not call this method unless you know what you are doing.
     */
    void setDecoderResult(DecoderResult result);
}
