Base16 (Apache Commons Codec 1.15 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.commons.codec.binary.BaseNCodec
- - org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base16

All Implemented Interfaces:

BinaryDecoder, BinaryEncoder, Decoder, Encoder
```
public class Base16
extends BaseNCodec
```
Provides Base16 encoding and decoding.
This class is thread-safe.

This implementation strictly follows RFC 4648, and as such unlike the Base32 and Base64 implementations, it does not ignore invalid alphabet characters or whitespace, neither does it offer chunking or padding characters.

The only additional feature above those specified in RFC 4648 is support for working with a lower-case alphabet in addition to the default upper-case alphabet.

Since:

1.15

See Also:

RFC 4648 - 8. Base 16 Encoding

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class org.apache.commons.codec.binary.BaseNCodec
  DECODING_POLICY_DEFAULT, lineLength, MASK_8BITS, MIME_CHUNK_SIZE, pad, PAD, PAD_DEFAULT, PEM_CHUNK_SIZE

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`Base16()`	Creates a Base16 codec used for decoding and encoding.
`Base16(boolean lowerCase)`	Creates a Base16 codec used for decoding and encoding.
`Base16(boolean lowerCase, CodecPolicy decodingPolicy)`	Creates a Base16 codec used for decoding and encoding.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description

boolean isInAlphabet(byte octet)
Returns whether or not the octet is in the Base16 alphabet.
- Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.codec.binary.BaseNCodec
  containsAlphabetOrPad, decode, decode, decode, encode, encode, encode, encodeAsString, encodeToString, ensureBufferSize, getChunkSeparator, getCodecPolicy, getDefaultBufferSize, getEncodedLength, isInAlphabet, isInAlphabet, isStrictDecoding, isWhiteSpace
- Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
  clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Base16
```
public Base16()
```
    Creates a Base16 codec used for decoding and encoding.
  - Base16
```
public Base16(boolean lowerCase)
```
    Creates a Base16 codec used for decoding and encoding.
    
    Parameters:
    
    lowerCase - if true then use a lower-case Base16 alphabet.
  - Base16
```
public Base16(boolean lowerCase,
              CodecPolicy decodingPolicy)
```
    Creates a Base16 codec used for decoding and encoding.
    
    Parameters:
    
    lowerCase - if true then use a lower-case Base16 alphabet.
    
    decodingPolicy - Decoding policy.
- Method Detail
  - isInAlphabet
```
public boolean isInAlphabet(byte octet)
```
    Returns whether or not the octet is in the Base16 alphabet.
    
    Specified by:
    
    isInAlphabet in class BaseNCodec
    
    Parameters:
    
    octet - The value to test.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the value is defined in the the Base16 alphabet false otherwise.