diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/BinaryDictionaryGetter.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/BinaryDictionaryGetter.java
index f9f22ecb473086cf6726142431077fcfde4cceb1..0f5fc71cb018c6597952e21a79161dc1a8f3eaf4 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/BinaryDictionaryGetter.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/BinaryDictionaryGetter.java
@@ -21,8 +21,12 @@ import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.content.res.AssetFileDescriptor;
 import android.util.Log;
 
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.BinaryDictDecoder;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.BinaryDictDecoderUtils;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.BinaryDictDecoderUtils.DictBuffer;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.FormatSpec;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.FormatSpec.FileHeader;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.UnsupportedFormatException;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils.CollectionUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils.DictionaryInfoUtils;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils.LocaleUtils;
@@ -227,23 +231,14 @@ final public class BinaryDictionaryGetter {
     // those do not include whitelist entries, the new code with an old version of the dictionary
     // would lose whitelist functionality.
     private static boolean hackCanUseDictionaryFile(final Locale locale, final File f) {
-        FileInputStream inStream = null;
         try {
             // Read the version of the file
-            inStream = new FileInputStream(f);
-            final BinaryDictDecoderUtils.ByteBufferDictBuffer dictBuffer =
-                    new BinaryDictDecoderUtils.ByteBufferDictBuffer(inStream.getChannel().map(
-                            FileChannel.MapMode.READ_ONLY, 0, f.length()));
-            final int magic = dictBuffer.readInt();
-            if (magic != FormatSpec.MAGIC_NUMBER) {
-                return false;
-            }
-            final int formatVersion = dictBuffer.readInt();
-            final int headerSize = dictBuffer.readInt();
-            final HashMap<String, String> options = CollectionUtils.newHashMap();
-            BinaryDictDecoderUtils.populateOptions(dictBuffer, headerSize, options);
+            final BinaryDictDecoder dictDecoder = new BinaryDictDecoder(f);
+            dictDecoder.openDictBuffer(
+                    new BinaryDictDecoder.DictionaryBufferFromReadOnlyByteBufferFactory());
+            final FileHeader header = dictDecoder.readHeader();
 
-            final String version = options.get(VERSION_KEY);
+            final String version = header.mDictionaryOptions.mAttributes.get(VERSION_KEY);
             if (null == version) {
                 // No version in the options : the format is unexpected
                 return false;
@@ -259,14 +254,8 @@ final public class BinaryDictionaryGetter {
             return false;
         } catch (BufferUnderflowException e) {
             return false;
-        } finally {
-            if (inStream != null) {
-                try {
-                    inStream.close();
-                } catch (IOException e) {
-                    // do nothing
-                }
-            }
+        } catch (UnsupportedFormatException e) {
+            return false;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictDecoder.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictDecoder.java
index b86dfe5522cb9b45ebb0bc9ec84f3be7fc36add2..2007b628465b997509f9edb360f30c1835bc3953 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictDecoder.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictDecoder.java
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ package com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict;
 import com.android.inputmethod.annotations.UsedForTesting;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.BinaryDictDecoderUtils.CharEncoding;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.BinaryDictDecoderUtils.DictBuffer;
-import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.decoder.HeaderReader;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.FormatSpec.FileHeader;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.FormatSpec.FormatOptions;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils.ByteArrayDictBuffer;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils.JniUtils;
 
@@ -32,8 +33,9 @@ import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
+// TODO: Rename this class to "Ver3DictDecoder" or something, and make an interface "DictDecoder".
 @UsedForTesting
-public class BinaryDictDecoder implements HeaderReader {
+public class BinaryDictDecoder {
 
     static {
         JniUtils.loadNativeLibrary();
@@ -132,6 +134,35 @@ public class BinaryDictDecoder implements HeaderReader {
         }
     }
 
+    private final static class HeaderReader {
+        protected static int readVersion(final DictBuffer dictBuffer)
+                throws IOException, UnsupportedFormatException {
+            return BinaryDictDecoderUtils.checkFormatVersion(dictBuffer);
+        }
+
+        protected static int readOptionFlags(final DictBuffer dictBuffer) {
+            return dictBuffer.readUnsignedShort();
+        }
+
+        protected static int readHeaderSize(final DictBuffer dictBuffer) {
+            return dictBuffer.readInt();
+        }
+
+        protected static HashMap<String, String> readAttributes(final DictBuffer dictBuffer,
+                final int headerSize) {
+            final HashMap<String, String> attributes = new HashMap<String, String>();
+            while (dictBuffer.position() < headerSize) {
+                // We can avoid an infinite loop here since dictBuffer.position() is always
+                // increased by calling CharEncoding.readString.
+                final String key = CharEncoding.readString(dictBuffer);
+                final String value = CharEncoding.readString(dictBuffer);
+                attributes.put(key, value);
+            }
+            dictBuffer.position(headerSize);
+            return attributes;
+        }
+    }
+
     private final File mDictionaryBinaryFile;
     private DictBuffer mDictBuffer;
 
@@ -157,33 +188,26 @@ public class BinaryDictDecoder implements HeaderReader {
         return getDictBuffer();
     }
 
-    // The implementation of HeaderReader
-    @Override
-    public int readVersion() throws IOException, UnsupportedFormatException {
-        return BinaryDictDecoderUtils.checkFormatVersion(mDictBuffer);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int readOptionFlags() {
-        return mDictBuffer.readUnsignedShort();
-    }
+    // TODO : Define public functions of decoders
+    public FileHeader readHeader() throws IOException, UnsupportedFormatException {
+        final int version = HeaderReader.readVersion(mDictBuffer);
+        final int optionsFlags = HeaderReader.readOptionFlags(mDictBuffer);
 
-    @Override
-    public int readHeaderSize() {
-        return mDictBuffer.readInt();
-    }
+        final int headerSize = HeaderReader.readHeaderSize(mDictBuffer);
 
-    @Override
-    public HashMap<String, String> readAttributes(final int headerSize) {
-        final HashMap<String, String> attributes = new HashMap<String, String>();
-        while (mDictBuffer.position() < headerSize) {
-            // We can avoid infinite loop here since mFusionDictonary.position() is always increased
-            // by calling CharEncoding.readString.
-            final String key = CharEncoding.readString(mDictBuffer);
-            final String value = CharEncoding.readString(mDictBuffer);
-            attributes.put(key, value);
+        if (headerSize < 0) {
+            throw new UnsupportedFormatException("header size can't be negative.");
         }
-        mDictBuffer.position(headerSize);
-        return attributes;
+
+        final HashMap<String, String> attributes = HeaderReader.readAttributes(mDictBuffer,
+                headerSize);
+
+        final FileHeader header = new FileHeader(headerSize,
+                new FusionDictionary.DictionaryOptions(attributes,
+                        0 != (optionsFlags & FormatSpec.GERMAN_UMLAUT_PROCESSING_FLAG),
+                        0 != (optionsFlags & FormatSpec.FRENCH_LIGATURE_PROCESSING_FLAG)),
+                new FormatOptions(version,
+                        0 != (optionsFlags & FormatSpec.SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_UPDATE)));
+        return header;
     }
 }
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictDecoderUtils.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictDecoderUtils.java
index efa491099fd5f2e92fc344a18e7e8325ee53a5c6..d1974c8d46754f60005892715c3889b47bfd9d2e 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictDecoderUtils.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictDecoderUtils.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.FormatSpec.FormatOptions;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.FusionDictionary.CharGroup;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.FusionDictionary.PtNodeArray;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.FusionDictionary.WeightedString;
-import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.decoder.HeaderReader;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 
@@ -639,49 +637,6 @@ public final class BinaryDictDecoderUtils {
         return version;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Reads a header from a buffer.
-     * @param headerReader the header reader
-     * @throws IOException
-     * @throws UnsupportedFormatException
-     */
-    public static FileHeader readHeader(final HeaderReader headerReader)
-            throws IOException, UnsupportedFormatException {
-        final int version = headerReader.readVersion();
-        final int optionsFlags = headerReader.readOptionFlags();
-
-        final int headerSize = headerReader.readHeaderSize();
-
-        if (headerSize < 0) {
-            throw new UnsupportedFormatException("header size can't be negative.");
-        }
-
-        final HashMap<String, String> attributes = headerReader.readAttributes(headerSize);
-
-        final FileHeader header = new FileHeader(headerSize,
-                new FusionDictionary.DictionaryOptions(attributes,
-                        0 != (optionsFlags & FormatSpec.GERMAN_UMLAUT_PROCESSING_FLAG),
-                        0 != (optionsFlags & FormatSpec.FRENCH_LIGATURE_PROCESSING_FLAG)),
-                new FormatOptions(version,
-                        0 != (optionsFlags & FormatSpec.SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_UPDATE)));
-        return header;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Reads options from a buffer and populate a map with their contents.
-     *
-     * The buffer is read at the current position, so the caller must take care the pointer
-     * is in the right place before calling this.
-     */
-    public static void populateOptions(final DictBuffer dictBuffer,
-            final int headerSize, final HashMap<String, String> options) {
-        while (dictBuffer.position() < headerSize) {
-            final String key = CharEncoding.readString(dictBuffer);
-            final String value = CharEncoding.readString(dictBuffer);
-            options.put(key, value);
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Reads a buffer and returns the memory representation of the dictionary.
      *
@@ -706,7 +661,7 @@ public final class BinaryDictDecoderUtils {
         }
 
         // Read header
-        final FileHeader fileHeader = readHeader(dictDecoder);
+        final FileHeader fileHeader = dictDecoder.readHeader();
 
         Map<Integer, PtNodeArray> reverseNodeArrayMapping = new TreeMap<Integer, PtNodeArray>();
         Map<Integer, CharGroup> reverseGroupMapping = new TreeMap<Integer, CharGroup>();
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictIOUtils.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictIOUtils.java
index 4cf72e915726368f2b32f688123d7e791e74565b..1abc779d02bc4413c41e68fdb7429a1cf3d0695d 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictIOUtils.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictIOUtils.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public final class BinaryDictIOUtils {
             final Map<Integer, ArrayList<PendingAttribute>> bigrams) throws IOException,
             UnsupportedFormatException {
         // Read header
-        final FileHeader header = BinaryDictDecoderUtils.readHeader(dictDecoder);
+        final FileHeader header = dictDecoder.readHeader();
         readUnigramsAndBigramsBinaryInner(dictDecoder.getDictBuffer(), header.mHeaderSize, words,
                 frequencies, bigrams, header.mFormatOptions);
     }
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public final class BinaryDictIOUtils {
         if (word == null) return FormatSpec.NOT_VALID_WORD;
         if (dictBuffer.position() != 0) dictBuffer.position(0);
 
-        final FileHeader header = BinaryDictDecoderUtils.readHeader(dictDecoder);
+        final FileHeader header = dictDecoder.readHeader();
         int wordPos = 0;
         final int wordLen = word.codePointCount(0, word.length());
         for (int depth = 0; depth < Constants.DICTIONARY_MAX_WORD_LENGTH; ++depth) {
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ public final class BinaryDictIOUtils {
         final DictBuffer dictBuffer = dictDecoder.getDictBuffer();
         if (position != FormatSpec.NOT_VALID_WORD) {
             dictBuffer.position(0);
-            final FileHeader header = BinaryDictDecoderUtils.readHeader(dictDecoder);
+            final FileHeader header = dictDecoder.readHeader();
             dictBuffer.position(position);
             return BinaryDictDecoderUtils.readCharGroup(dictBuffer, position,
                     header.mFormatOptions);
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ public final class BinaryDictIOUtils {
                 }
             }
         });
-        return BinaryDictDecoderUtils.readHeader(dictDecoder);
+        return dictDecoder.readHeader();
     }
 
     public static FileHeader getDictionaryFileHeaderOrNull(final File file, final long offset,
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils.java
index 5361d2ebadcb2d9ffbe55ae6897cfcc3a3ad8e39..6c1e75cbb517144af42f5bafb407d551169dfe3a 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public final class DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils {
             throws IOException, UnsupportedFormatException {
         final DictBuffer dictBuffer = dictDecoder.getDictBuffer();
         dictBuffer.position(0);
-        final FileHeader header = BinaryDictDecoderUtils.readHeader(dictDecoder);
+        final FileHeader header = dictDecoder.readHeader();
         final int wordPosition = BinaryDictIOUtils.getTerminalPosition(dictDecoder, word);
         if (wordPosition == FormatSpec.NOT_VALID_WORD) return;
 
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ public final class DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils {
 
         // find the insert position of the word.
         if (dictBuffer.position() != 0) dictBuffer.position(0);
-        final FileHeader fileHeader = BinaryDictDecoderUtils.readHeader(dictDecoder);
+        final FileHeader fileHeader = dictDecoder.readHeader();
 
         int wordPos = 0, address = dictBuffer.position(), nodeOriginAddress = dictBuffer.position();
         final int[] codePoints = FusionDictionary.getCodePoints(word);
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/decoder/HeaderReader.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/decoder/HeaderReader.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f2badb444760b68c2f9b8c45b703bd7b02a8a20e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/decoder/HeaderReader.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.decoder;
-
-import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.UnsupportedFormatException;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-
-/**
- * An interface to read a binary dictionary file header.
- */
-public interface HeaderReader {
-    public int readVersion() throws IOException, UnsupportedFormatException;
-    public int readOptionFlags();
-    public int readHeaderSize();
-    public HashMap<String, String> readAttributes(final int headerSize);
-}
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictDecoderEncoderTests.java b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictDecoderEncoderTests.java
index 77397a68ce14da79620586451ac651724d3d9ad3..028e089f851a180a07d21d85e0c52694a9cce3fa 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictDecoderEncoderTests.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictDecoderEncoderTests.java
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ public class BinaryDictDecoderEncoderTests extends AndroidTestCase {
 
         FileHeader fileHeader = null;
         try {
-            fileHeader = BinaryDictDecoderUtils.readHeader(dictDecoder);
+            fileHeader = dictDecoder.readHeader();
         } catch (IOException e) {
             return null;
         } catch (UnsupportedFormatException e) {
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictIOUtilsTests.java b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictIOUtilsTests.java
index 7c0f07d4351d085a2550132dfed472ae22f4e822..b6e439561cb995cd6b091b1e594420023acd500f 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictIOUtilsTests.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictIOUtilsTests.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class BinaryDictIOUtilsTests extends AndroidTestCase {
 
     private static void printBinaryFile(final BinaryDictDecoder dictDecoder)
             throws IOException, UnsupportedFormatException {
-        final FileHeader fileHeader = BinaryDictDecoderUtils.readHeader(dictDecoder);
+        final FileHeader fileHeader = dictDecoder.readHeader();
         final DictBuffer buffer = dictDecoder.getDictBuffer();
         while (buffer.position() < buffer.limit()) {
             printNode(buffer, fileHeader.mFormatOptions);
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public class BinaryDictIOUtilsTests extends AndroidTestCase {
         try {
             final DictBuffer dictBuffer = dictDecoder.openAndGetDictBuffer(
                     new BinaryDictDecoder.DictionaryBufferFromReadOnlyByteBufferFactory());
-            final FileHeader fileHeader = BinaryDictDecoderUtils.readHeader(dictDecoder);
+            final FileHeader fileHeader = dictDecoder.readHeader();
             assertEquals(word,
                     BinaryDictDecoderUtils.getWordAtAddress(dictDecoder.getDictBuffer(),
                             fileHeader.mHeaderSize, position - fileHeader.mHeaderSize,