Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.OutputStream; public class Main { /** * Decodes the given Base64 encoded String to a new byte array. The byte array holding the * decoded data is returned. */ public static byte[] decode(String s) { ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); try { decode(s, bos); } catch (IOException e) { throw new RuntimeException(); } byte[] decodedBytes = bos.toByteArray(); try { bos.close(); bos = null; } catch (IOException ex) { System.err.println("Error while decoding BASE64: " + ex.toString()); } return decodedBytes; } private static int decode(char c) { if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') { return ((int) c) - 65; } else if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') { return ((int) c) - 97 + 26; } else if (c >= '0' && c <= '9') { return ((int) c) - 48 + 26 + 26; } else { switch (c) { case '+': return 62; case '/': return 63; case '=': return 0; default: throw new RuntimeException("unexpected code: " + c); } } } private static void decode(String s, OutputStream os) throws IOException { int i = 0; int len = s.length(); while (true) { while (i < len && s.charAt(i) <= ' ') { i++; } if (i == len) { break; } int tri = (decode(s.charAt(i)) << 18) + (decode(s.charAt(i + 1)) << 12) + (decode(s.charAt(i + 2)) << 6) + (decode(s.charAt(i + 3))); os.write((tri >> 16) & 255); if (s.charAt(i + 2) == '=') { break; } os.write((tri >> 8) & 255); if (s.charAt(i + 3) == '=') { break; } os.write(tri & 255); i += 4; } } }