On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 7:07 PM, Stefano Bagnara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Burrell Donkin ha scritto: >> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/james/server/trunk/javamail-util/src/main/java/org/apache/james/util/codec/Base64.java >> is a simple base 64 encoding utility. it's currently in javamail utils >> in James. i was wondering whether there's anywhere better for it... >> >> mime4j? >> mailet-base? >> >> or it's best to leave it where it is now... > > IIRC the base64 encoding done in that class is specific for the Auth > procedures. E.g: it appends \0 somewhere...
yes - i see now it's not really a general codec but an authentication specific utility shared by NNTP and SMTP. i'll add something to the javadocs to this effect. would it be better to repackage and rename to avoid confusion with actual universal codecs? - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
