MIME::Decoder::Base64 - encode/decode a 'base64' stream

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  SEE ALSO  AUTHOR 

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NAME

MIME::Decoder::Base64 − encode/decode a "base64" stream

SYNOPSIS

A generic decoder object; see MIME::Decoder for usage.

DESCRIPTION

A MIME::Decoder subclass for the "base64" encoding. The name was chosen to jibe with the pre−existing MIME::Base64 utility package, which this class actually uses to translate each chunk.

	•		When decoding, the input is read one line at a time. The input accumulates in an internal buffer, which is decoded in multiple−of−4−sized chunks (plus a possible "leftover" input chunk, of course).
	•		When encoding, the input is read 6840 (120 * 57) bytes at a time. Each section of 57 bytes is encoded as a line containing 76 Base64 characters.

SEE ALSO

MIME::Decoder

AUTHOR

Eryq ([email protected]), ZeeGee Software Inc (http://www.zeegee.com).

All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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