* @throws NullPointerException if encodedObject is null
     * @throws java.io.IOException if there is a general error
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the decoded object is of a
     *         class that cannot be found by the JVM
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static Object decodeToObject( String encodedObject )
    throws java.io.IOException, java.lang.ClassNotFoundException {
        return decodeToObject(encodedObject,NO_OPTIONS,null);
    }