# formats.FormatDescriptor.decoder

- **Module:** formats.FormatDescriptor
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Rust
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-rs/blob/8a648c0894dfffc9303583f753b6c8ae01f2fe76/crates/libtmux/src/formats.rs#L251
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/reference/rs/formats-formatdescriptor-decoder/

```
formats.FormatDescriptor.decoder(self) -> DecoderKind
```

Return the primitive decoder.