Java Base64 base64ToByteArray(String s)

Description

Translates the specified Base64 string (as per Preferences.get(byte[])) into a byte array.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static byte[] base64ToByteArray(String s) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

public class Main {
    /**//from  w  w  w  . j a v  a2 s .  co  m
     * This array is a lookup table that translates unicode characters drawn from the "Base64 Alphabet" (as specified in
     * Table 1 of RFC 2045) into their 6-bit positive integer equivalents. Characters that are not in the Base64
     * alphabet but fall within the bounds of the array are translated to -1.
     */
    private static final byte base64ToInt[] = { -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,
            -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,
            62, -1, -1, -1, 63, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4,
            5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,
            26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50,
            51 };
    /**
     * This array is the analogue of base64ToInt, but for the nonstandard variant that avoids the use of uppercase
     * alphabetic characters.
     */
    private static final byte altBase64ToInt[] = { -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,
            -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, -1, 62,
            9, 10, 11, -1, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 12, 13, 14, -1, 15, 63, 16, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,
            -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 17, -1, 18, 19, 21,
            20, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50,
            51, 22, 23, 24, 25 };

    /**
     * Translates the specified Base64 string (as per Preferences.get(byte[])) into a byte array.
     * 
     * @throw IllegalArgumentException if <tt>s</tt> is not a valid Base64 string.
     */
    public static byte[] base64ToByteArray(String s) {
        return base64ToByteArray(s, false);
    }

    private static byte[] base64ToByteArray(String s, boolean alternate) {
        byte[] alphaToInt = (alternate ? altBase64ToInt : base64ToInt);
        int sLen = s.length();
        int numGroups = sLen / 4;
        if (4 * numGroups != sLen) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("String length must be a multiple of four.");
        }
        int missingBytesInLastGroup = 0;
        int numFullGroups = numGroups;
        if (sLen != 0) {
            if (s.charAt(sLen - 1) == '=') {
                missingBytesInLastGroup++;
                numFullGroups--;
            }
            if (s.charAt(sLen - 2) == '=') {
                missingBytesInLastGroup++;
            }
        }
        byte[] result = new byte[3 * numGroups - missingBytesInLastGroup];

        // Translate all full groups from base64 to byte array elements
        int inCursor = 0, outCursor = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < numFullGroups; i++) {
            int ch0 = base64toInt(s.charAt(inCursor++), alphaToInt);
            int ch1 = base64toInt(s.charAt(inCursor++), alphaToInt);
            int ch2 = base64toInt(s.charAt(inCursor++), alphaToInt);
            int ch3 = base64toInt(s.charAt(inCursor++), alphaToInt);
            result[outCursor++] = (byte) ((ch0 << 2) | (ch1 >> 4));
            result[outCursor++] = (byte) ((ch1 << 4) | (ch2 >> 2));
            result[outCursor++] = (byte) ((ch2 << 6) | ch3);
        }

        // Translate partial group, if present
        if (missingBytesInLastGroup != 0) {
            int ch0 = base64toInt(s.charAt(inCursor++), alphaToInt);
            int ch1 = base64toInt(s.charAt(inCursor++), alphaToInt);
            result[outCursor++] = (byte) ((ch0 << 2) | (ch1 >> 4));

            if (missingBytesInLastGroup == 1) {
                int ch2 = base64toInt(s.charAt(inCursor++), alphaToInt);
                result[outCursor++] = (byte) ((ch1 << 4) | (ch2 >> 2));
            }
        }
        // assert inCursor == s.length()-missingBytesInLastGroup;
        // assert outCursor == result.length;
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Translates the specified character, which is assumed to be in the "Base 64 Alphabet" into its equivalent 6-bit
     * positive integer.
     * 
     * @throw IllegalArgumentException or ArrayOutOfBoundsException if c is not in the Base64 Alphabet.
     */
    private static int base64toInt(char c, byte[] alphaToInt) {
        int result = alphaToInt[c];
        if (result < 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal character " + c);
        }
        return result;
    }
}

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