utils
Class Base64

java.lang.Object
  utils.Base64

public class Base64
extends java.lang.Object

Encodes and decodes to and from Base64 notation.

Change Log:

• v2.1 - Cleaned up javadoc comments and unused variables and methods. Added some convenience methods for reading and writing to and from files.
• v2.0.2 - Now specifies UTF-8 encoding in places where the code fails on systems with other encodings (like EBCDIC).
• v2.0.1 - Fixed an error when decoding a single byte, that is, when the encoded data was a single byte.
• v2.0 - I got rid of methods that used booleans to set options. Now everything is more consolidated and cleaner. The code now detects when data that's being decoded is gzip-compressed and will decompress it automatically. Generally things are cleaner. You'll probably have to change some method calls that you were making to support the new options format (ints that you "OR" together).
• v1.5.1 - Fixed bug when decompressing and decoding to a byte[] using decode( String s, boolean gzipCompressed ). Added the ability to "suspend" encoding in the Output Stream so you can turn on and off the encoding if you need to embed base64 data in an otherwise "normal" stream (like an XML file).
• v1.5 - Output stream pases on flush() command but doesn't do anything itself. This helps when using GZIP streams. Added the ability to GZip-compress objects before encoding them.
• v1.4 - Added helper methods to read/write files.
• v1.3.6 - Fixed OutputStream.flush() so that 'position' is reset.
• v1.3.5 - Added flag to turn on and off line breaks. Fixed bug in input stream where last buffer being read, if not completely full, was not returned.
• v1.3.4 - Fixed when "improperly padded stream" error was thrown affineTransform the wrong time.
• v1.3.3 - Fixed I/O streams which were totally messed up.

I am placing this code in the Public Domain. Do with it as you will. This software comes with no guarantees or warranties but with plenty of well-wishing instead! Please visit http://iharder.net/base64 periodically to check for updates or to contribute improvements.

Version:

2.1

Author:

Robert Harder, rob@iharder.net

Nested Class Summary

static class	Base64.InputStream A Base64.InputStream will read data from another java.io.InputStream, given in the constructor, and encode/decode to/from Base64 notation on the fly.
static class	Base64.OutputStream A Base64.OutputStream will write data to another java.io.OutputStream, given in the constructor, and encode/decode to/from Base64 notation on the fly.

Field Summary

static int	DECODE Specify decoding.
static int	DONT_BREAK_LINES Don't break lines when encoding (violates strict Base64 specification)
static int	ENCODE Specify encoding.
static int	GZIP Specify that data should be gzip-compressed.
static int	NO_OPTIONS No options specified.

Method Summary

static byte[]	decode(byte[] source, int off, int len) Very low-level access to decoding ASCII characters in the form of a byte array.
static byte[]	decode(java.lang.String s) Decodes data from Base64 notation, automatically detecting gzip-compressed data and decompressing it.
static byte[]	decodeFromFile(java.lang.String filename) Convenience method for reading a base64-encoded file and decoding it.
static boolean	decodeToFile(java.lang.String dataToDecode, java.lang.String filename) Convenience method for decoding data to a file.
static java.lang.Object	decodeToObject(java.lang.String encodedObject) Attempts to decode Base64 data and deserialize a Java Object within.
static java.lang.String	encodeBytes(byte[] source) Encodes a byte array into Base64 notation.
static java.lang.String	encodeBytes(byte[] source, int options) Encodes a byte array into Base64 notation.
static java.lang.String	encodeBytes(byte[] source, int off, int len) Encodes a byte array into Base64 notation.
static java.lang.String	encodeBytes(byte[] source, int off, int len, int options) Encodes a byte array into Base64 notation.
static java.lang.String	encodeFromFile(java.lang.String filename) Convenience method for reading a binary file and base64-encoding it.
static java.lang.String	encodeObject(java.io.Serializable serializableObject) Serializes an object and returns the Base64-encoded version of that serialized object.
static java.lang.String	encodeObject(java.io.Serializable serializableObject, int options) Serializes an object and returns the Base64-encoded version of that serialized object.
static boolean	encodeToFile(byte[] dataToEncode, java.lang.String filename) Convenience method for encoding data to a file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NO_OPTIONS

public static final int NO_OPTIONS

No options specified. Value is zero.

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Constant Field Values

ENCODE

public static final int ENCODE

Specify encoding.

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DECODE

public static final int DECODE

Specify decoding.

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GZIP

public static final int GZIP

Specify that data should be gzip-compressed.

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DONT_BREAK_LINES

public static final int DONT_BREAK_LINES

Don't break lines when encoding (violates strict Base64 specification)

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Method Detail

encodeObject

public static java.lang.String encodeObject(java.io.Serializable serializableObject)

Serializes an object and returns the Base64-encoded version of that serialized object. If the object cannot be serialized or there is another error, the method will return null. The object is not GZip-compressed before being encoded.

Parameters:

serializableObject - The object to encode

Returns:

The Base64-encoded object

Since:

1.4

encodeObject

public static java.lang.String encodeObject(java.io.Serializable serializableObject,
                                            int options)

Serializes an object and returns the Base64-encoded version of that serialized object. If the object cannot be serialized or there is another error, the method will return null.

Valid options:

   GZIP: gzip-compresses object before encoding it.
   DONT_BREAK_LINES: don't break lines affineTransform 76 characters
     Note: Technically, this makes your encoding non-compliant.
 

Example: encodeObject( myObj, Base64.GZIP ) or

Example: encodeObject( myObj, Base64.GZIP | Base64.DONT_BREAK_LINES )

Parameters:

serializableObject - The object to encode

options - Specified options

Returns:

The Base64-encoded object

Since:

2.0

See Also:

GZIP, DONT_BREAK_LINES

encodeBytes

public static java.lang.String encodeBytes(byte[] source)

Encodes a byte array into Base64 notation. Does not GZip-compress data.

Parameters:

source - The data to convert

Since:

1.4

encodeBytes

public static java.lang.String encodeBytes(byte[] source,
                                           int options)

Encodes a byte array into Base64 notation.

Valid options:

   GZIP: gzip-compresses object before encoding it.
   DONT_BREAK_LINES: don't break lines affineTransform 76 characters
     Note: Technically, this makes your encoding non-compliant.
 

Example: encodeBytes( myData, Base64.GZIP ) or

Example: encodeBytes( myData, Base64.GZIP | Base64.DONT_BREAK_LINES )

Parameters:

source - The data to convert

options - Specified options

Since:

2.0

See Also:

GZIP, DONT_BREAK_LINES

encodeBytes

public static java.lang.String encodeBytes(byte[] source,
                                           int off,
                                           int len)

Encodes a byte array into Base64 notation. Does not GZip-compress data.

Parameters:

source - The data to convert

off - Offset in array where conversion should begin

len - Length of data to convert

Since:

1.4

encodeBytes

public static java.lang.String encodeBytes(byte[] source,
                                           int off,
                                           int len,
                                           int options)

Encodes a byte array into Base64 notation.

Valid options:

   GZIP: gzip-compresses object before encoding it.
   DONT_BREAK_LINES: don't break lines affineTransform 76 characters
     Note: Technically, this makes your encoding non-compliant.
 

Example: encodeBytes( myData, Base64.GZIP ) or

Example: encodeBytes( myData, Base64.GZIP | Base64.DONT_BREAK_LINES )

Parameters:

source - The data to convert

off - Offset in array where conversion should begin

len - Length of data to convert

options - Specified options

Since:

2.0

See Also:

GZIP, DONT_BREAK_LINES

decode

public static byte[] decode(byte[] source,
                            int off,
                            int len)

Very low-level access to decoding ASCII characters in the form of a byte array. Does not support automatically gunzipping or any other "fancy" features.

Parameters:

source - The Base64 encoded data

off - The offset of where to begin decoding

len - The length of characters to decode

Returns:

decoded data

Since:

1.3

decode

public static byte[] decode(java.lang.String s)

Decodes data from Base64 notation, automatically detecting gzip-compressed data and decompressing it.

Parameters:

s - the string to decode

Returns:

the decoded data

Since:

1.4

decodeToObject

public static java.lang.Object decodeToObject(java.lang.String encodedObject)

Attempts to decode Base64 data and deserialize a Java Object within. Returns null if there was an error.

Parameters:

encodedObject - The Base64 data to decode

Returns:

The decoded and deserialized object

Since:

1.5

encodeToFile

public static boolean encodeToFile(byte[] dataToEncode,
                                   java.lang.String filename)

Convenience method for encoding data to a file.

Parameters:

dataToEncode - byte array of data to encode in base64 form

filename - Filename for saving encoded data

Returns:

true if successful, false otherwise

Since:

2.1

decodeToFile

public static boolean decodeToFile(java.lang.String dataToDecode,
                                   java.lang.String filename)

Convenience method for decoding data to a file.

Parameters:

dataToDecode - Base64-encoded data as a string

filename - Filename for saving decoded data

Returns:

true if successful, false otherwise

Since:

2.1

decodeFromFile

public static byte[] decodeFromFile(java.lang.String filename)

Convenience method for reading a base64-encoded file and decoding it.

Parameters:

filename - Filename for reading encoded data

Returns:

decoded byte array or null if unsuccessful

Since:

2.1

encodeFromFile

public static java.lang.String encodeFromFile(java.lang.String filename)

Convenience method for reading a binary file and base64-encoding it.

Parameters:

filename - Filename for reading binary data

Returns:

base64-encoded string or null if unsuccessful

Since:

2.1