passage/minorGems/formats/encodingUtils.h
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/*
* Modification History
*
* 2003-August-22 Jason Rohrer
* Created.
*
* 2003-September-22 Jason Rohrer
* Added base64 encoding.
*/
#ifndef ENCODING_UTILS_INCLUDED
#define ENCODING_UTILS_INCLUDED
/**
* A collection of functions for representing data in various encoding formats.
*
* @author Jason Rohrer
*/
/**
* Encodes data as a ASCII hexidecimal string.
*
* @param inData the data to encode.
* Must be destroyed by caller.
* @param inDataLength the length of inData in bytes.
*
* @return a \0-terminated ASCII hexidecimal string containing
* characters in the range [0-9] and [A-F].
* Will be twice as long as inData.
* Must be destroyed by caller.
*/
char *hexEncode( unsigned char *inData, int inDataLength );
/**
* Decodes raw data from an ASCII hexidecimal string.
*
* @param inHexString a \0-terminated hexidecimal string.
* Must be destroyed by caller.
*
* @return an array of raw data, or NULL if decoding fails.
* Will be half as long as inHexString.
* Must be destroyed by caller if non-NULL.
*/
unsigned char *hexDecode( char *inHexString );
/**
* Encodes data as a ASCII base64 string.
*
* @param inData the data to encode.
* Must be destroyed by caller.
* @param inDataLength the length of inData in bytes.
* @param inBreakLines set to true to break lines every 76 characters,
* or false to produce an unbroken base64 string.
*
* @return a \0-terminated ASCII base64 string containing
* characters in the range [0-9], [A-Z], [a-z], and [+,/,=].
* Must be destroyed by caller.
*/
char *base64Encode( unsigned char *inData, int inDataLength,
char inBreakLines = true );
/**
* Decodes raw data from an ASCII base64 string.
*
* @param inBase64String a \0-terminated base64 string. Can optionally contain
* linebreaks.
* Must be destroyed by caller.
* @param outDataLength pointer to where the length of the decoded data
* should be returned.
*
* @return an array of raw data, or NULL if decoding fails.
* Must be destroyed by caller if non-NULL.
*/
unsigned char *base64Decode( char *inBase64String,
int *outDataLength );
#endif