com.cloudhopper.commons.util.codec

Class Base64Codec

java.lang.Object

com.cloudhopper.commons.util.codec.Base64Codec

public class Base64Codec
extends Object

Code originally copied from the OpenDS Java project. http://www.opends.org/ This class removes the dependency on the Jakarta commons-codec library. Since this utility package is used in every Cloudhopper Java project, providing our own implementation (that's also much faster) allows the removal of a transitive dependency for every Cloudhopper Java project :-) This class provides methods for performing base64 encoding and decoding. Base64 is a mechanism for encoding binary data in ASCII form by converting sets of three bytes with eight significant bits each to sets of four bytes with six significant bits each.

Author:

joelauer (twitter: @jjlauer or http://twitter.com/jjlauer)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static byte[]	decode(String encodedData) Decodes the provided set of base64-encoded data.
static String	encode(byte[] rawData) Encodes the provided raw data using base64.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

encode

public static String encode(byte[] rawData)

Encodes the provided raw data using base64.

Parameters:

rawData - The raw data to encode. It must not be null.

Returns:

The base64-encoded representation of the provided raw data.

decode

public static byte[] decode(String encodedData)
                     throws ParseException

Decodes the provided set of base64-encoded data.

Parameters:

encodedData - The base64-encoded data to decode. It must not be null.

Returns:

The decoded raw data.

Throws:

ParseException - If a problem occurs while attempting to decode the provided data.