Method fromString

src/main/java/core/org/xbill/DNS/utils/base64.java:94–143

Convert a base64-encoded String to binary data @param str A String containing the encoded data @return An array containing the binary data, or null if the string is invalid

(String str)

 * @return An array containing the binary data, or null if the string is invalid
 */
public static byte []
fromString(String str) {
	ByteArrayOutputStream bs = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
	byte [] raw = str.getBytes();
	for (int i = 0; i < raw.length; i++) {
		if (!Character.isWhitespace((char)raw[i]))
			bs.write(raw[i]);
	}
	byte [] in = bs.toByteArray();
	if (in.length % 4 != 0) {
		return null;
	}

	bs.reset();
	DataOutputStream ds = new DataOutputStream(bs);

	for (int i = 0; i < (in.length + 3) / 4; i++) {
		short [] s = new short[4];
		short [] t = new short[3];

		for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++)
			s[j] = (short) Base64.indexOf(in[i*4+j]);

		t[0] = (short) ((s[0] << 2) + (s[1] >> 4));
		if (s[2] == 64) {
			t[1] = t[2] = (short) (-1);
			if ((s[1] & 0xF) != 0)
				return null;
		}
		else if (s[3] == 64) {
			t[1] = (short) (((s[1] << 4) + (s[2] >> 2)) & 0xFF);
			t[2] = (short) (-1);
			if ((s[2] & 0x3) != 0)
				return null;
		}
		else {
			t[1] = (short) (((s[1] << 4) + (s[2] >> 2)) & 0xFF);
			t[2] = (short) (((s[2] << 6) + s[3]) & 0xFF);
		}

		try {
			for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++)
				if (t[j] >= 0)
					ds.writeByte(t[j]);
		}
		catch (IOException e) {
		}
	}
	return bs.toByteArray();
}

}