This class implements a Base64 Character decoder as specified in RFC1113. Unlike some other encoding schemes there is nothing in this encoding that tells the decoder where a buffer starts or stops, so to use it you will need to isolate your encoded data into a single chunk and then feed them this decoder. The simplest way to do that is to read all of the encoded data into a string and then use:
byte mydata[]; Base64Decoder base64 = new Base64Decoder(); mydata = base64.decodeBuffer(bufferString);
This will decode the String in
bufferString and give you an array of bytes in the array
myData. On errors, this class throws a IOException with the following detail strings:
"Base64Decoder: Bad Padding byte (2)." "Base64Decoder: Bad Padding byte (1)."
@author
Vincent Hardy
@author Chuck McManis
@version $Id: Base64Decoder.java,v 1.1 2000/11/14 00:19:00 vhardy Exp $
@see CharacterEncoder
@see Base64Decoder