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+/** @file
+ * IPRT - Base64, MIME content transfer encoding.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Oracle Corporation
+ *
+ * This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
+ * available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
+ * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
+ * General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation, in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the
+ * VirtualBox OSE distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the
+ * hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
+ *
+ * The contents of this file may alternatively be used under the terms
+ * of the Common Development and Distribution License Version 1.0
+ * (CDDL) only, as it comes in the "COPYING.CDDL" file of the
+ * VirtualBox OSE distribution, in which case the provisions of the
+ * CDDL are applicable instead of those of the GPL.
+ *
+ * You may elect to license modified versions of this file under the
+ * terms and conditions of either the GPL or the CDDL or both.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ___iprt_base64_h
+#define ___iprt_base64_h
+
+#include <iprt/types.h>
+
+RT_C_DECLS_BEGIN
+
+/** @defgroup grp_rt_base64 RTBase64 - Base64, MIME content transfer encoding.
+ * @ingroup grp_rt
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/** @def RTBASE64_EOL_SIZE
+ * The size of the end-of-line marker. */
+#if defined(RT_OS_OS2) || defined(RT_OS_WINDOWS)
+# define RTBASE64_EOL_SIZE (sizeof("\r\n") - 1)
+#else
+# define RTBASE64_EOL_SIZE (sizeof("\n") - 1)
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Calculates the decoded data size for a Base64 encoded string.
+ *
+ * @returns The length in bytes. -1 if the encoding is bad.
+ *
+ * @param pszString The Base64 encoded string.
+ * @param ppszEnd If not NULL, this will point to the first char
+ * following the Base64 encoded text block. If
+ * NULL the entire string is assumed to be Base64.
+ */
+RTDECL(ssize_t) RTBase64DecodedSize(const char *pszString, char **ppszEnd);
+
+/**
+ * Decodes a Base64 encoded string into the buffer supplied by the caller.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @retval VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW if the buffer is too small. pcbActual will not
+ * be set, nor will ppszEnd.
+ * @retval VERR_INVALID_BASE64_ENCODING if the encoding is wrong.
+ *
+ * @param pszString The Base64 string. Whether the entire string or
+ * just the start of the string is in Base64 depends
+ * on whether ppszEnd is specified or not.
+ * @param pvData Where to store the decoded data.
+ * @param cbData The size of the output buffer that pvData points to.
+ * @param pcbActual Where to store the actual number of bytes returned.
+ * Optional.
+ * @param ppszEnd Indicates that the string may contain other stuff
+ * after the Base64 encoded data when not NULL. Will
+ * be set to point to the first char that's not part of
+ * the encoding. If NULL the entire string must be part
+ * of the Base64 encoded data.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTBase64Decode(const char *pszString, void *pvData, size_t cbData, size_t *pcbActual, char **ppszEnd);
+
+/**
+ * Calculates the length of the Base64 encoding of a given number of bytes of
+ * data.
+ *
+ * This will assume line breaks every 64 chars. A RTBase64EncodedLengthEx
+ * function can be added if closer control over the output is found to be
+ * required.
+ *
+ * @returns The Base64 string length.
+ * @param cbData The number of bytes to encode.
+ */
+RTDECL(size_t) RTBase64EncodedLength(size_t cbData);
+
+/**
+ * Encodes the specifed data into a Base64 string, the caller supplies the
+ * output buffer.
+ *
+ * This will make the same assumptions about line breaks and EOL size as
+ * RTBase64EncodedLength() does. A RTBase64EncodeEx function can be added if
+ * more strict control over the output formatting is found necessary.
+ *
+ * @returns IRPT status code.
+ * @retval VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW if the output buffer is too small. The buffer
+ * may contain an invalid Base64 string.
+ *
+ * @param pvData The data to encode.
+ * @param cbData The number of bytes to encode.
+ * @param pszBuf Where to put the Base64 string.
+ * @param cbBuf The size of the output buffer, including the terminator.
+ * @param pcchActual The actual number of characters returned.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTBase64Encode(const void *pvData, size_t cbData, char *pszBuf, size_t cbBuf, size_t *pcchActual);
+
+/** @} */
+
+RT_C_DECLS_END
+
+#endif
+