de.cismet.tools

Class Base64

java.lang.Object

de.cismet.tools.Base64

public final class Base64
extends Object

Base64 Converter.

Version:

$Revision$, $Date$

Author:

martin.scholl@cismet.de

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static byte[]	fromBase64(byte[] byteString, boolean wipeInput) Converts the given bytes back from base64 and wipes the input array, if desired.
static byte[]	toBase64(byte[] byteString, boolean wipeInput) Converts the given bytes to base64 and wipes the input array, if desired.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

toBase64

public static byte[] toBase64(byte[] byteString,
                              boolean wipeInput)

Converts the given bytes to base64 and wipes the input array, if desired. All generated temporary data is wiped as soon as it is not needed anymore.

Parameters:

byteString - the bytes to be converted

wipeInput - if true, the input bytes will be wiped (for security reasons)

Returns:

the base64 encoded input array

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the given array has length null

fromBase64

public static byte[] fromBase64(byte[] byteString,
                                boolean wipeInput)

Converts the given bytes back from base64 and wipes the input array, if desired. All generated temporary data is wiped as soon as it is not needed anymore.

Parameters:

byteString - the bytes to be converted back

wipeInput - if true, the input bytes will be wiped (for security reasons)

Returns:

the decoded input array

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the given array is of length null or not multiple of four after the CR LR are stripped or if any of the bytes within the given array are not property encoded