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  package avrora.arch;
  
  /**
   * The <code>AbstractDisassembler</code> interface is implemented by disassembler implementations and allows
   * architecture-independent processing tools to decode raw machine code into instructions.
   *
   * @author jIntGen
   */
  public interface AbstractDisassembler {
  
      /**
       * The <code>disassemble()</code> method disassembles a single instruction from a stream of bytes. If the binary
       * data at that location contains a valid instruction, then it is created and returned. If the binary data at the
       * specified location is not a valid instruction, this method returns null.
       *
       * @param base  the base address corresponding to index 0 in the array
       * @param index the index into the specified array where to begin disassembling
       * @param code  the binary data to disassemble into an instruction
       * @return a reference to a new instruction object representing the instruction at that location; null if the binary
       *         data at the specified location does not represent a valid instruction
       */
      public AbstractInstr disassemble(int base, int index, byte[] code);
  }
  