/*
 * Decoder.cs - Implementation of the "System.Text.Decoder" class.
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namespace System.Text
{

using System;

[Serializable]
public abstract class Decoder
{

	// Constructor.
	protected Decoder () {}

	// Get the number of characters needed to decode a buffer.
	public abstract int GetCharCount (byte[] bytes, int index, int count);

	// Get the characters that result from decoding a buffer.
	public abstract int GetChars (byte[] bytes, int byteIndex, int byteCount,
								 char[] chars, int charIndex);

}; // class Decoder

}; // namespace System.Text