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  package org.apache.cassandra.sidecar.common.request;
  
  import java.io.IOException;
  
  /**
   * Decode response bytes into given java type {@code <T>}
   * @param <T> expected java type
   */
  public interface ResponseBytesDecoder<T>
  {
      /**
       * Decodes the provided {@code bytes} to an instance of the type {@code <T>}
       *
       * @param bytes the raw bytes of the response
       * @return the decoded instance for the given {@code bytes}, or null for null input
       * @throws IOException when the decoder is unable to decode successfully
       */
      T decode(byte[] bytes) throws IOException;
  }
  