java string base64 encoded

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I need a way to know if a string is Base64 encoded... any idea ?

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take a look at this answer stackoverflow.com/questions/1677497/… — Boris Pavlović
– Boris Pavlović, Commented Oct 22, 2010 at 7:47

phihag · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-22 08:20:23Z

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The string length hast to be a multiple of 4 and only the following characters are allowed A-Z, a-z, 0-9 *+, */ and = as padding character (only at the end)

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Alex Abdugafarov · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-22 07:49:29Z

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IMHO you need to try to decode it, and if it fails - it is not encoded.

There are many Base64 decoders for Java, here are some:

sun.misc.BASE64Decoder

Apache codec

http://migbase64.sourceforge.net/

http://www.source-code.biz/base64coder/java/

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