Class Base64


  • public final class Base64
    extends Object
    Unceremoniously lifted from jakarta-commons/httpclient/src/java/org/apache/commons/httpclient/Base64.java Revision 1.8 2002/01/05 11:15:59

    Eliminates dependency on sun.misc.Base64Encoding, which isn't appreciated by the J2EE security manager. (it's an access exception to load sun.misc.* classes in application code).

    Base64 encoder and decoder.

    This class provides encoding/decoding methods for the Base64 encoding as defined by RFC 2045, N. Freed and N. Borenstein. RFC 2045: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies. Reference 1996. Available at: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2045.txt

    Author:
    Jeffrey Rodriguez
    • Constructor Detail

      • Base64

        public Base64()
    • Method Detail

      • isBase64

        public static boolean isBase64​(String isValidString)
      • encode

        public static byte[] encode​(byte[] binaryData)
        Encodes hex octects into Base64.
        Parameters:
        binaryData - Array containing binaryData
        Returns:
        Base64-encoded array
      • decode

        public static byte[] decode​(byte[] base64Data)
        Decodes Base64 data into octects.
        Parameters:
        base64Data - Byte array containing Base64 data
        Returns:
        Array containing decoded data.