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MIME::Decoder::Base64(3)             User Contributed Perl Documentation            MIME::Decoder::Base64(3)



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 preexisting
       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 45 bytes at a time: this ensures that the output lines are not
           too long.   We chose 45 since it is a multiple of 3 and produces lines under 76 characters, as
           RFC-1521 specifies.

SEE ALSO
       MIME::Decoder(3pm)


AUTHOR
       Eryq (eryq@zeegee.com), 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.

VERSION
       $Revision: 1.10 $ $Date: 2006/03/17 21:03:23 $



perl v5.8.8                                      2006-03-17                         MIME::Decoder::Base64(3)