BASE64Encoder

[Chris Berg]

There is a class named sun.misc.BASE64Encoder, it's been there at
least since java 1.1. It works fine if I do

String enc=new sun.misc.BASE64Encoder().encode(myString.getBytes()));

But it is considered bad practice to use classes inside the sun
package, so I wish to avoid calling it directly. How do I get to the
base64encoder from the normal api?

Chris

 

[Ken]

The Apache Software Foundation has a collection of resuable Java components
(called "The Commons") in it's Jakarta project. Included is a Base64 class
to do encoding and decoding:

http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/index.html

O'Reilly's onjava.com web site has a three part article on the features of
the Jakarta Commons, part two discusses the Base64 class:

http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/07/09/commons.html

Ken

 

[karl wettin]

There is a class named sun.misc.BASE64Encoder, it's been there at
least since java 1.1. It works fine if I do

String enc=new sun.misc.BASE64Encoder().encode(myString.getBytes()));

But it is considered bad practice to use classes inside the sun
package, so I wish to avoid calling it directly. How do I get to the
base64encoder from the normal api?

The iharder project contains an awesome Base64-lib. Check it out:
http://sf.net/projects/iharder



karl
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