uk.org.ogsadai.common
Class Base64

java.lang.Object
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public class Base64

extends java.lang.Object

A wrapper for an Axis Base64 encoder. This class uses the org.apache.axis.encoding.Base64 class.

Author:

The OGSA-DAI Project Team

See Also:

Base64

Field Summary

private static java.lang.String

COPYRIGHT_NOTICE

Constructor Summary

Base64()

Method Summary

byte[]	decode(byte[] bytes) Base64 decodes a byte array.
byte[]	encode(byte[] bytes) Base64 encode a byte array.
char[]	encode(byte[] bytes, int start, int length) Base64 encodes part of a byte array to a char array.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

COPYRIGHT_NOTICE

private static final java.lang.String COPYRIGHT_NOTICE

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Base64

public Base64()

Method Detail

encode

public byte[] encode(byte[] bytes)

Base64 encode a byte array.

Parameters:

bytes - The source byte array to be encoded.

Returns:

An encoded byte array.

encode

public char[] encode(byte[] bytes,
                     int start,
                     int length)

Base64 encodes part of a byte array to a char array.

Parameters:

bytes - The source byte array from which data should be encoded.

start - The offset within the array to begin encoding.

length - The length of bytes from the offset to encode.

Returns:

A char array containing the Base64 encoded bytes.

decode

public byte[] decode(byte[] bytes)

Base64 decodes a byte array.

Parameters:

bytes - The source byte array to be decoded.

Returns:

A decoded byte array.