You are very correct on this. Why it's never part of the standard package has been a puzzle for me. In any case, there is an excellent implementation of the Base 64 encoder/decoder in the Java Cryptography book from O'Reilly. Check this URL:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javacrypt/ and click on the Examples link to download the code examples. I presume you can use this version so that you don't have to rely on Sun's version always being around. Stan -----Original Message----- From: Alan Williamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 4:34 AM To: JDJList Subject: [jdjlist] RE: Java 1.4 Conversion Questions ||| The sun.misc package is built into Java, so you don't have ||| to download it separately. Although you should not rely on it, nor assume its going to be part of every JVM implementation. Your better going after another solution than rely on Sun's classes To change your membership options, refer to: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm To change your membership options, refer to: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm
