* This class can be used for decoding strings:
* *or for decoding streams:* String encoded = "d2VibWFzdGVyOnRyeTJndWVTUw"; * String decoded = Base64Decoder.decode(encoded); ** *
* **/ public class Base64Decoder extends FilterInputStream { private static final char[] chars = { 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '+', '/' }; // A mapping between char values and six-bit integers private static final int[] ints = new int[128]; static { for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) { ints[chars[i]] = i; } } private int charCount; private int carryOver; /** * Constructs a new Base64 decoder that reads input from the given * InputStream. * * @param in * the input stream */ public Base64Decoder(InputStream in) { super(in); } /** * Returns the next decoded character from the stream, or -1 if end of * stream was reached. * * @return the decoded character, or -1 if the end of the input stream is * reached * @exception IOException * if an I/O error occurs */ public int read() throws IOException { // Read the next non-whitespace character int x; do { x = in.read(); if (x == -1) { return -1; } } while (Character.isWhitespace((char) x)); charCount++; // The '=' sign is just padding if (x == '=') { return -1; // effective end of stream } // Convert from raw form to 6-bit form x = ints[x]; // Calculate which character we're decoding now int mode = (charCount - 1) % 4; // First char save all six bits, go for another if (mode == 0) { carryOver = x & 63; return read(); } // Second char use previous six bits and first two new bits, // save last four bits else if (mode == 1) { int decoded = ((carryOver << 2) + (x >> 4)) & 255; carryOver = x & 15; return decoded; } // Third char use previous four bits and first four new bits, // save last two bits else if (mode == 2) { int decoded = ((carryOver << 4) + (x >> 2)) & 255; carryOver = x & 3; return decoded; } // Fourth char use previous two bits and all six new bits else if (mode == 3) { int decoded = ((carryOver << 6) + x) & 255; return decoded; } return -1; // can't actually reach this line } /** * Reads decoded data into an array of bytes and returns the actual number * of bytes read, or -1 if end of stream was reached. * * @param buf * the buffer into which the data is read * @param off * the start offset of the data * @param len * the maximum number of bytes to read * @return the actual number of bytes read, or -1 if the end of the input * stream is reached * @exception IOException * if an I/O error occurs */ public int read(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException { // This could of course be optimized int i; for (i = 0; i < len; i++) { int x = read(); if (x == -1 && i == 0) { // an immediate -1 returns -1 return -1; } else if (x == -1) { // a later -1 returns the chars read so far break; } b[off + i] = (byte) x; } return i; } /** * Returns the decoded form of the given encoded string. * * @param encoded * the string to decode * @return the decoded form of the encoded string */ public static String decode(String encoded) { byte[] bytes = null; try { bytes = encoded.getBytes("8859_1"); } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException ignored) { } Base64Decoder in = new Base64Decoder(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes)); ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream( (int) (bytes.length * 0.67)); try { byte[] buf = new byte[4 * 1024]; // 4K buffer int bytesRead; while ((bytesRead = in.read(buf)) != -1) { out.write(buf, 0, bytesRead); } out.close(); return out.toString("8859_1"); } catch (IOException ignored) { return null; } } }* InputStream in = new Base64Decoder(System.in); ** *