How to decode / parse base64 Strings in Java

Tue, Nov 3, 2015

/**
 * @param base64
 *            A valid base64 String, without any prefixes
 *            e.g. no leading "data:image/png;base64"
 * @return Decoded base64 String as plain text
 */
public static String base64ToString(final String base64) {
  return new String(DatatypeConverter.parseBase64Binary(base64));
}

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