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[feedcatcher.git] / vendor / rails / activesupport / lib / active_support / base64.rb
1 begin
2 require 'base64'
3 rescue LoadError
4 end
5
6 module ActiveSupport
7 if defined? ::Base64
8 Base64 = ::Base64
9 else
10 # Base64 provides utility methods for encoding and de-coding binary data
11 # using a base 64 representation. A base 64 representation of binary data
12 # consists entirely of printable US-ASCII characters. The Base64 module
13 # is included in Ruby 1.8, but has been removed in Ruby 1.9.
14 module Base64
15 # Encodes a string to its base 64 representation. Each 60 characters of
16 # output is separated by a newline character.
17 #
18 # ActiveSupport::Base64.encode64("Original unencoded string")
19 # # => "T3JpZ2luYWwgdW5lbmNvZGVkIHN0cmluZw==\n"
20 def self.encode64(data)
21 [data].pack("m")
22 end
23
24 # Decodes a base 64 encoded string to its original representation.
25 #
26 # ActiveSupport::Base64.decode64("T3JpZ2luYWwgdW5lbmNvZGVkIHN0cmluZw==")
27 # # => "Original unencoded string"
28 def self.decode64(data)
29 data.unpack("m").first
30 end
31 end
32 end
33 end