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// "liveMedia"
// Copyright (c) 1996-2024 Live Networks, Inc.  All rights reserved.
// Base64 encoding and decoding
// C++ header
 
#ifndef _BASE64_HH
#define _BASE64_HH
 
#ifndef _BOOLEAN_HH
#include "Boolean.hh"
#endif
 
unsigned char* base64Decode(char const* in, unsigned& resultSize,
                            Boolean trimTrailingZeros = True);
    // returns a newly allocated array - of size "resultSize" - that
    // the caller is responsible for delete[]ing.
 
unsigned char* base64Decode(char const* in, unsigned inSize,
                            unsigned& resultSize,
                            Boolean trimTrailingZeros = True);
    // As above, but includes the size of the input string (i.e., the number of bytes to decode) as a parameter.
    // This saves an extra call to "strlen()" if we already know the length of the input string.
 
char* base64Encode(char const* orig, unsigned origLength);
    // returns a 0-terminated string that
    // the caller is responsible for delete[]ing.
 
#endif