decode

Convenience method that decodes bytes in this charset into Unicode characters.

An invocation of this method upon a charset cs returns the same result as the expression

{@snippet lang=java :

• cs.newDecoder()

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•   .onMalformedInput(CodingErrorAction.REPLACE)

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•   .onUnmappableCharacter(CodingErrorAction.REPLACE)

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•   .decode(bb);

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• }

except that it is potentially more efficient because it can cache decoders between successive invocations.

This method always replaces malformed-input and unmappable-character sequences with this charset's default replacement byte array. In order to detect such sequences, use the method directly.

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