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Gary Gregory commented on CODEC-91: ----------------------------------- On a different tack, I think we should offer an argument to decide if you want to follow the specification WRT "Padding at the end of the data is performed using the "=" character." This would have to be a new API obviously. The default is TDB: should it be the [codec] 1.3 or 1.4 behavior. > Handling of embedded padding in base64 encoded data changed in 1.4 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: CODEC-91 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CODEC-91 > Project: Commons Codec > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 1.4 > Reporter: Chris Pimlott > Attachments: codec-91-actually-works-and-tests-yay.patch > > > 1.4 changed the way that embedded padding characters (i.e. "=") were handled > when decoding base64 data. Previously, the decoder ignored them and decoded > all the data. Now it stops upon encountering the first padding byte. This > breaks compatibility with previous versions. > For example, in 1.4, > b64.decode("Y29tbW9ucwo=".getBytes()); > gives the same result as > b64.decode("Y29tbW9ucwo=Y29tbW9ucwo=".getBytes()); -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.