BFCommonKit/BFCommonKit/Classes/Vendors/DES/GTMBase64.h

//
//  GTMBase64.h
//
//  Copyright 2006-2008 Google Inc.
//
//  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
//  use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy
//  of the License at
// 
//  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
// 
//  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
//  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
//  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
//  License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
//  the License.
//


// WARNING: This class provides a subset of the functionality available in
// GTMStringEncoding and may go away in the future.
// Please consider using GTMStringEncoding instead.


#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import "GTMDefines.h"

// GTMBase64
//
/// Helper for handling Base64 and WebSafeBase64 encodings
//
/// The webSafe methods use different character set and also the results aren't
/// always padded to a multiple of 4 characters.  This is done so the resulting
/// data can be used in urls and url query arguments without needing any
/// encoding.  You must use the webSafe* methods together, the data does not
/// interop with the RFC methods.
//
@interface GTMBase64 : NSObject

//
// Standard Base64 (RFC) handling
//

// encodeData:
//
/// Base64 encodes contents of the NSData object.
//
/// Returns:
///   A new autoreleased NSData with the encoded payload.  nil for any error.
//
+(NSData *)encodeData:(NSData *)data;

// decodeData:
//
/// Base64 decodes contents of the NSData object.
//
/// Returns:
///   A new autoreleased NSData with the decoded payload.  nil for any error.
//
+(NSData *)decodeData:(NSData *)data;

// encodeBytes:length:
//
/// Base64 encodes the data pointed at by |bytes|.
//
/// Returns:
///   A new autoreleased NSData with the encoded payload.  nil for any error.
//
+(NSData *)encodeBytes:(const void *)bytes length:(NSUInteger)length;

// decodeBytes:length:
//
/// Base64 decodes the data pointed at by |bytes|.
//
/// Returns:
///   A new autoreleased NSData with the encoded payload.  nil for any error.
//
+(NSData *)decodeBytes:(const void *)bytes length:(NSUInteger)length;

// stringByEncodingData:
//
/// Base64 encodes contents of the NSData object.
//
/// Returns:
///   A new autoreleased NSString with the encoded payload.  nil for any error.
//
+(NSString *)stringByEncodingData:(NSData *)data;

// stringByEncodingBytes:length:
//
/// Base64 encodes the data pointed at by |bytes|.
//
/// Returns:
///   A new autoreleased NSString with the encoded payload.  nil for any error.
//
+(NSString *)stringByEncodingBytes:(const void *)bytes length:(NSUInteger)length;

// decodeString:
//
/// Base64 decodes contents of the NSString.
//
/// Returns:
///   A new autoreleased NSData with the decoded payload.  nil for any error.
//
+(NSData *)decodeString:(NSString *)string;

//
// Modified Base64 encoding so the results can go onto urls.
//
// The changes are in the characters generated and also allows the result to
// not be padded to a multiple of 4.
// Must use the matching call to encode/decode, won't interop with the
// RFC versions.
//

// webSafeEncodeData:padded:
//
/// WebSafe Base64 encodes contents of the NSData object.  If |padded| is YES
/// then padding characters are added so the result length is a multiple of 4.
//
/// Returns:
///   A new autoreleased NSData with the encoded payload.  nil for any error.
//
+(NSData *)webSafeEncodeData:(NSData *)data
                      padded:(BOOL)padded;

// webSafeDecodeData:
//
/// WebSafe Base64 decodes contents of the NSData object.
//
/// Returns:
///   A new autoreleased NSData with the decoded payload.  nil for any error.
//
+(NSData *)webSafeDecodeData:(NSData *)data;

// webSafeEncodeBytes:length:padded:
//
/// WebSafe Base64 encodes the data pointed at by |bytes|.  If |padded| is YES
/// then padding characters are added so the result length is a multiple of 4.
//
/// Returns:
///   A new autoreleased NSData with the encoded payload.  nil for any error.
//
+(NSData *)webSafeEncodeBytes:(const void *)bytes
                       length:(NSUInteger)length
                       padded:(BOOL)padded;

// webSafeDecodeBytes:length:
//
/// WebSafe Base64 decodes the data pointed at by |bytes|.
//
/// Returns:
///   A new autoreleased NSData with the encoded payload.  nil for any error.
//
+(NSData *)webSafeDecodeBytes:(const void *)bytes length:(NSUInteger)length;

// stringByWebSafeEncodingData:padded:
//
/// WebSafe Base64 encodes contents of the NSData object.  If |padded| is YES
/// then padding characters are added so the result length is a multiple of 4.
//
/// Returns:
///   A new autoreleased NSString with the encoded payload.  nil for any error.
//
+(NSString *)stringByWebSafeEncodingData:(NSData *)data
                                  padded:(BOOL)padded;

// stringByWebSafeEncodingBytes:length:padded:
//
/// WebSafe Base64 encodes the data pointed at by |bytes|.  If |padded| is YES
/// then padding characters are added so the result length is a multiple of 4.
//
/// Returns:
///   A new autoreleased NSString with the encoded payload.  nil for any error.
//
+(NSString *)stringByWebSafeEncodingBytes:(const void *)bytes
                                   length:(NSUInteger)length
                                   padded:(BOOL)padded;

// webSafeDecodeString:
//
/// WebSafe Base64 decodes contents of the NSString.
//
/// Returns:
///   A new autoreleased NSData with the decoded payload.  nil for any error.
//
+(NSData *)webSafeDecodeString:(NSString *)string;

@end