public List<Object> parse(byte[] bytes) throws IOException 
{
        input = new DataInput(bytes);
        hstemCount = 0;
        vstemCount = 0;
        sequence = new ArrayList< Object >();
        while (input.hasRemaining())
        {
            int b0 = input.readUnsignedByte();
            if (b0  >= 0 && b0 < = 27)
            {
                sequence.add(readCommand(b0));
            } 
            else if (b0 == 28)
            {
                sequence.add(readNumber(b0));
            } 
            else if (b0  >= 29 && b0 < = 31)
            {
                sequence.add(readCommand(b0));
            } 
            else if (b0  >= 32 && b0 < = 255)
            {
                sequence.add(readNumber(b0));
            }
            else
            {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException();
            }
        }
        return sequence;
}

The given byte array will be parsed and converted to a Type2 sequence.