[flexcoders] Re: Base64Encoder / Base64Decoder
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Peter Farland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just curious, where'd folks see the decoder docs talk about a toString()? Base64Decoder's primary use is to decode to a ByteArray so it has a toByteArray() method. If you wanted to construct a String from this ByteArray you'd need to know the charset encoding used in the bytes. > > Pete > My point was, in the docs there is a reference to a toString() method as being inherited from Object. Even if it is not reasonable to use toString(), it is in the docs as being available. Either it should be removed or an example of how to use the class should be provided. Joao
[flexcoders] Re: Base64Encoder / Base64Decoder
I found this lying around. It might work
package com.one2one.cliex.util{
import mx.utils.Base64Encoder;
import mx.utils.Base64Decoder;
import flash.utils.ByteArray;
public class B64String {
public static function
encodeString(plainString:String):String{
var b64encoder:Base64Encoder = new Base64Encoder();
var bArray:ByteArray = new ByteArray;
bArray.writeUTFBytes(plainString);
b64encoder.encodeBytes(bArray);
return(b64encoder.flush());
}//encodeString
public static function decodeString(eString : String):
String{
var b64decoder:Base64Decoder = new Base64Decoder();
var bArray:ByteArray;
b64decoder.decode(eString);
bArray = b64decoder.drain();
var temp : String = bArray.toString();
return(temp);
}//decodeString
}//class
}//package
Regards, John Luke Mills
[flexcoders] Re: Base64Encoder / Base64Decoder
Has ANYONE got a code sample (of the Decoder, especially) they'd like to share? I'm using the Decoder right now and can't get it to work. Of course I don't know yet if its in my AS3 code; the server guy's Base-64 code (in Java); or--dare I say it--in the Flex library.
[flexcoders] Re: Base64Encoder / Base64Decoder
I found this lying around. It might work.
package com.one2one.cliex.util{
import mx.utils.Base64Encoder;
import mx.utils.Base64Decoder;
import flash.utils.ByteArray;
public class B64String {
public static function encodeString(plainString:String):String{
var b64encoder:Base64Encoder = new Base64Encoder();
var bArray:ByteArray = new ByteArray;
bArray.writeUTFBytes(plainString);
b64encoder.encodeBytes(bArray);
return(b64encoder.flush());
}//encodeString
public static function decodeString(eString : String): String{
var b64decoder:Base64Decoder = new Base64Decoder();
var bArray:ByteArray;
b64decoder.decode(eString);
bArray = b64decoder.drain();
var temp : String = bArray.toString();
return(temp);
}//decodeString
}//class
}//package
Regards, John Luke Mills
RE: [flexcoders] Re: Base64Encoder / Base64Decoder
No problem at all, they're confusingly close APIs and I totally agree they need more docs to explain how to use them. We _could_ create some form of toString()-like method though that could handle UTF-8 bytes (but ByteArray should give you that too with readUTF... I think we'd just need to know whether it was modified or unmodified UTF-8 as per the length header that can prefix the code points). Pete
Re: [flexcoders] Re: Base64Encoder / Base64Decoder
Woops, my bad again. I gotta stop responding to threads without really understanding what I'm talking about. I think I just noticed that both have flush() methods and I assumed that was to a String (which is wrong in the case of the decoder). I'll stop talking now. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Peter Farland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just curious, where'd folks see the decoder docs talk about a toString()? > Base64Decoder's primary use is to decode to a ByteArray so it has a > toByteArray() method. If you wanted to construct a String from this > ByteArray you'd need to know the charset encoding used in the bytes. > > Pete > >> -Original Message- >> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Doug McCune >> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 1:29 PM >> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com >> Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Base64Encoder / Base64Decoder >> >> I assume the bug here is that the toString() method was supposed to be >> implemented the same way in Base64Decoder as it is in Base64Encoder, >> which would then make the docs at least make sense. But it looks like >> that method simply got left out of the decoder class. Add it in just >> like in the encoder and things aren't as confusing (although I'd argue >> that using the toString() method to retrieve the result is an >> inherently confusing way to use the classes). >> >> Doug >> > >
RE: [flexcoders] Re: Base64Encoder / Base64Decoder
Just curious, where'd folks see the decoder docs talk about a toString()? Base64Decoder's primary use is to decode to a ByteArray so it has a toByteArray() method. If you wanted to construct a String from this ByteArray you'd need to know the charset encoding used in the bytes. Pete > -Original Message- > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Doug McCune > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 1:29 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Re: Base64Encoder / Base64Decoder > > I assume the bug here is that the toString() method was supposed to be > implemented the same way in Base64Decoder as it is in Base64Encoder, > which would then make the docs at least make sense. But it looks like > that method simply got left out of the decoder class. Add it in just > like in the encoder and things aren't as confusing (although I'd argue > that using the toString() method to retrieve the result is an > inherently confusing way to use the classes). > > Doug >
Re: [flexcoders] Re: Base64Encoder / Base64Decoder
I assume the bug here is that the toString() method was supposed to be
implemented the same way in Base64Decoder as it is in Base64Encoder,
which would then make the docs at least make sense. But it looks like
that method simply got left out of the decoder class. Add it in just
like in the encoder and things aren't as confusing (although I'd argue
that using the toString() method to retrieve the result is an
inherently confusing way to use the classes).
Doug
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Doug McCune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> woops, that was in Base64Encoder, not Decoder. My mistake.
>
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Doug McCune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> In my version of the SDK source the toString method is defined and
>> looks like this:
>>
>> public function toString():String
>>{
>>return flush();
>>}
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Joao Coelho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Peter Farland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What do you want to do with Base64? I might be able to point you at
>>> an example. I've also logged a bug for documentation to ask them to
>>> provide examples in these classes (note this, and commenting on the
>>> live docs, is a better way to get the doc team's attention).
>>> https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FLEXDOCS-509
>>>
>>> The problem was with the toString() method in Base64Decoder(which does
>>> not exist), according to the docs "Returns the string representation
>>> of the specified object.".
>>> The application threw a compile time error because the method did not
>>> exist.
>>> I ended up using the flush() method, after checking source code for
>>> the class, hence my comment on the previous post about the source.
>>> But thanks anyway.
>>>
>>>
>>
>
Re: [flexcoders] Re: Base64Encoder / Base64Decoder
woops, that was in Base64Encoder, not Decoder. My mistake.
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Doug McCune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In my version of the SDK source the toString method is defined and
> looks like this:
>
> public function toString():String
>{
>return flush();
>}
>
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Joao Coelho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Peter Farland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> What do you want to do with Base64? I might be able to point you at
>> an example. I've also logged a bug for documentation to ask them to
>> provide examples in these classes (note this, and commenting on the
>> live docs, is a better way to get the doc team's attention).
>> https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FLEXDOCS-509
>>>
>>
>> The problem was with the toString() method in Base64Decoder(which does
>> not exist), according to the docs "Returns the string representation
>> of the specified object.".
>> The application threw a compile time error because the method did not
>> exist.
>> I ended up using the flush() method, after checking source code for
>> the class, hence my comment on the previous post about the source.
>> But thanks anyway.
>>
>>
>
Re: [flexcoders] Re: Base64Encoder / Base64Decoder
In my version of the SDK source the toString method is defined and
looks like this:
public function toString():String
{
return flush();
}
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Joao Coelho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Peter Farland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> What do you want to do with Base64? I might be able to point you at
> an example. I've also logged a bug for documentation to ask them to
> provide examples in these classes (note this, and commenting on the
> live docs, is a better way to get the doc team's attention).
> https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FLEXDOCS-509
>>
>
> The problem was with the toString() method in Base64Decoder(which does
> not exist), according to the docs "Returns the string representation
> of the specified object.".
> The application threw a compile time error because the method did not
> exist.
> I ended up using the flush() method, after checking source code for
> the class, hence my comment on the previous post about the source.
> But thanks anyway.
>
>
[flexcoders] Re: Base64Encoder / Base64Decoder
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Peter Farland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What do you want to do with Base64? I might be able to point you at an example. I've also logged a bug for documentation to ask them to provide examples in these classes (note this, and commenting on the live docs, is a better way to get the doc team's attention). https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FLEXDOCS-509 > The problem was with the toString() method in Base64Decoder(which does not exist), according to the docs "Returns the string representation of the specified object.". The application threw a compile time error because the method did not exist. I ended up using the flush() method, after checking source code for the class, hence my comment on the previous post about the source. But thanks anyway.
RE: [flexcoders] Re: Base64Encoder / Base64Decoder
What do you want to do with Base64? I might be able to point you at an example. I've also logged a bug for documentation to ask them to provide examples in these classes (note this, and commenting on the live docs, is a better way to get the doc team's attention). https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FLEXDOCS-509
[flexcoders] Re: Base64Encoder / Base64Decoder
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "nathanpdaniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't think it's ever been documented like everything else... I've > been searching for any type of documentation on it since... Flex 2 > beta - STILL nothing. > Pretty much what I figured... At least there's source code to check, unlike in the flash.* package. Oh well, one can only hope Adobe's Flex team is too busy fixing bugs and developing usefull things instead of updating the docs. ;)
[flexcoders] Re: Base64Encoder / Base64Decoder
I don't think it's ever been documented like everything else... I've been searching for any type of documentation on it since... Flex 2 beta - STILL nothing. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Joao Coelho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Samuel Colak wrote: > > > > check adobes online version of the documents > > > I did, it does not have the updated info... >
[flexcoders] Re: Base64Encoder / Base64Decoder
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Samuel Colak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > check adobes online version of the documents > I did, it does not have the updated info...
