/**
* Decode a bencode encoded string
*
* @param string $source The string to decode.
* @param string $decodeType Flag used to indicate whether the decoded
* value should be returned as an object or an array.
* @return mixed Returns the appropriate data type for the decoded data.
* @throws RuntimeException
*/
public static function decode($source, $decodeType = Bencode::TYPE_ARRAY)
{
if (!is_string($source)) {
throw new RuntimeException("Argument expected to be a string; Got " . gettype($source));
}
$decoder = new self($source, $decodeType);
$decoded = $decoder->doDecode();
if ($decoder->offset != $decoder->sourceLength) {
throw new RuntimeException("Found multiple entities outside list or dict definitions");
}
return $decoded;
}
