.TH ENCODING 2
.SH NAME
encoding: encoding, base64 \- textual encodings of binary
.SH SYNOPSIS
.EX
package com.vitanuova.lib;

public abstract class Encoding {
    public abstract String  enc(byte[] a);
    public abstract byte[]  dec(String s);
}

public class Base64 extends Encoding;
.EE
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Encoding
is an class abstraction that represents an encoding of a byte array as text.
It provides two operations:
.B enc
returns a String that contains the chosen encoding of array
.I a
as text;
.B dec
returns a byte array that contains the binary data previously encoded as text in String
.I s .
.PP
.B Base64
is an
Encoding
that implements base-64 encoding of binary as text.
.SH SOURCE
.B /com/vitanuova/lib/Base64.java
.br
.B /com/vitanuova/lib/Encoding.java