package com.thealgorithms.conversions; import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; /** * Base64 is a group of binary-to-text encoding schemes that represent binary data * in an ASCII string format by translating it into a radix-64 representation. * Each base64 digit represents exactly 6 bits of data. * * Base64 encoding is commonly used when there is a need to encode binary data * that needs to be stored and transferred over media that are designed to deal * with textual data. * * Wikipedia Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64 * Author: Nithin U. * Github: https://github.com/NithinU2802 */ public final class Base64 { // Base64 character set private static final String BASE64_CHARS = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/"; private static final char PADDING_CHAR = '='; private Base64() { } /** * Encodes the given byte array to a Base64 encoded string. * * @param input the byte array to encode * @return the Base64 encoded string * @throws IllegalArgumentException if input is null */ public static String encode(byte[] input) { if (input == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Input cannot be null"); } if (input.length == 0) { return ""; } StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(); int padding = 0; // Process input in groups of 3 bytes for (int i = 0; i < input.length; i += 3) { // Get up to 3 bytes int byte1 = input[i] & 0xFF; int byte2 = (i + 1 < input.length) ? (input[i + 1] & 0xFF) : 0; int byte3 = (i + 2 < input.length) ? (input[i + 2] & 0xFF) : 0; // Calculate padding needed if (i + 1 >= input.length) { padding = 2; } else if (i + 2 >= input.length) { padding = 1; } // Combine 3 bytes into a 24-bit number int combined = (byte1 << 16) | (byte2 << 8) | byte3; // Extract four 6-bit groups result.append(BASE64_CHARS.charAt((combined >> 18) & 0x3F)); result.append(BASE64_CHARS.charAt((combined >> 12) & 0x3F)); result.append(BASE64_CHARS.charAt((combined >> 6) & 0x3F)); result.append(BASE64_CHARS.charAt(combined & 0x3F)); } // Replace padding characters if (padding > 0) { result.setLength(result.length() - padding); for (int i = 0; i < padding; i++) { result.append(PADDING_CHAR); } } return result.toString(); } /** * Encodes the given string to a Base64 encoded string using UTF-8 encoding. * * @param input the string to encode * @return the Base64 encoded string * @throws IllegalArgumentException if input is null */ public static String encode(String input) { if (input == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Input cannot be null"); } return encode(input.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)); } /** * Decodes the given Base64 encoded string to a byte array. * * @param input the Base64 encoded string to decode * @return the decoded byte array * @throws IllegalArgumentException if input is null or contains invalid Base64 characters */ public static byte[] decode(String input) { if (input == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Input cannot be null"); } if (input.isEmpty()) { return new byte[0]; } // Strict RFC 4648 compliance: length must be a multiple of 4 if (input.length() % 4 != 0) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid Base64 input length; must be multiple of 4"); } // Validate padding: '=' can only appear at the end (last 1 or 2 chars) int firstPadding = input.indexOf('='); if (firstPadding != -1 && firstPadding < input.length() - 2) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Padding '=' can only appear at the end (last 1 or 2 characters)"); } List result = new ArrayList<>(); // Process input in groups of 4 characters for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i += 4) { // Get up to 4 characters int char1 = getBase64Value(input.charAt(i)); int char2 = getBase64Value(input.charAt(i + 1)); int char3 = input.charAt(i + 2) == '=' ? 0 : getBase64Value(input.charAt(i + 2)); int char4 = input.charAt(i + 3) == '=' ? 0 : getBase64Value(input.charAt(i + 3)); // Combine four 6-bit groups into a 24-bit number int combined = (char1 << 18) | (char2 << 12) | (char3 << 6) | char4; // Extract three 8-bit bytes result.add((byte) ((combined >> 16) & 0xFF)); if (input.charAt(i + 2) != '=') { result.add((byte) ((combined >> 8) & 0xFF)); } if (input.charAt(i + 3) != '=') { result.add((byte) (combined & 0xFF)); } } // Convert List to byte[] byte[] resultArray = new byte[result.size()]; for (int i = 0; i < result.size(); i++) { resultArray[i] = result.get(i); } return resultArray; } /** * Decodes the given Base64 encoded string to a string using UTF-8 encoding. * * @param input the Base64 encoded string to decode * @return the decoded string * @throws IllegalArgumentException if input is null or contains invalid Base64 characters */ public static String decodeToString(String input) { if (input == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Input cannot be null"); } byte[] decodedBytes = decode(input); return new String(decodedBytes, StandardCharsets.UTF_8); } /** * Gets the numeric value of a Base64 character. * * @param c the Base64 character * @return the numeric value (0-63) * @throws IllegalArgumentException if character is not a valid Base64 character */ private static int getBase64Value(char c) { if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') { return c - 'A'; } else if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') { return c - 'a' + 26; } else if (c >= '0' && c <= '9') { return c - '0' + 52; } else if (c == '+') { return 62; } else if (c == '/') { return 63; } else { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid Base64 character: " + c); } } }