net.sf.ooweb.util
Class Base64

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.ooweb.util.Base64

public class Base64
extends java.lang.Object

A Base64 Encoder/Decoder. This class is used to encode and decode data in Base64 format as described in RFC 1521.

Copyright 2003: Christian d'Heureuse, Inventec Informatik AG, Switzerland.
License: This is "Open Source" software and released under the GNU/LGPL license. It is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Please contact the author for other licensing arrangements.
Home page: www.source-code.biz

Version history:
2003-07-22 Christian d'Heureuse (chdh): Module created.
2005-08-11 chdh: Lincense changed from GPL to LGPL.

Constructor Summary

Base64()

Method Summary

static byte[]	decode(char[] in) Decodes Base64 data.
static java.lang.String	decode(java.lang.String s) Decodes a Base64 string.
static char[]	encode(byte[] in) Encodes a byte array into Base64 format.
static java.lang.String	encode(java.lang.String s) Encodes a string into Base64 format.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Base64

public Base64()

Method Detail

encode

public static java.lang.String encode(java.lang.String s)

Encodes a string into Base64 format. No blanks or line breaks are inserted.

Parameters:

s - a String to be encoded.

Returns:

A String with the Base64 encoded data.

encode

public static char[] encode(byte[] in)

Encodes a byte array into Base64 format. No blanks or line breaks are inserted.

Parameters:

in - an array containing the data bytes to be encoded.

Returns:

A character array with the Base64 encoded data.

decode

public static java.lang.String decode(java.lang.String s)

Decodes a Base64 string.

Parameters:

s - a Base64 String to be decoded.

Returns:

A String containing the decoded data.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the input is not valid Base64 encoded data.

decode

public static byte[] decode(char[] in)

Decodes Base64 data. No blanks or line breaks are allowed within the Base64 encoded data.

Parameters:

in - a character array containing the Base64 encoded data.

Returns:

An array containing the decoded data bytes.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the input is not valid Base64 encoded data.