From 5f81b344c30ef9c7cac29e39759b36f55ea3b203 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Will Scott <will.scott@protocol.ai>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 08:29:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Expose a constructor for making a decoder with an existing
 link system

---
 decode.go | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/decode.go b/decode.go
index f8fdbc2..fea5603 100644
--- a/decode.go
+++ b/decode.go
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ func NewDecoder() *Decoder {
 	}
 }
 
+func NewDecoderWithLS(ls ipld.LinkSystem) *Decoder {
+	return &Decoder{
+		codecTable:     map[uint64]codecConverter{},
+		linkSystemBase: ls,
+	}
+}
+
 // RegisterCodec registers a specialized prototype & converter for a specific codec
 func (d *Decoder) RegisterCodec(codec uint64, prototype ipld.NodePrototype, converter NodeConverter) {
 	d.codecTable[codec] = codecConverter{prototype, converter}