[CODEC-59] Add methods to Base64 which work with String instead of byte[]

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.4
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Pepijn Schmitz
• Created: 16/Nov/07 12:31
• Updated: 11/Oct/10 02:13
• Resolved: 01/Aug/09 04:16

Description

It would be great if the Base64 class had String encode(byte[]) and byte[] decode(String) methods. The RFC is stated in terms of "characters" for the encoding, so there should be no problem with unwarranted assumptions with this. Currently everyone is having to convert to and from Strings themselves.