def getCodec():
    """Clients should return the codec name [1]_ and error handling scheme [2]_,
        used when decoding into unicode.

        :rtype: tuple(codec, errors)

        .. [1] http://docs.python.org/library/codecs.html#standard-encodings
        .. [2] https://docs.python.org/2/library/codecs.html#codec-base-classes
        """
    pass
