Base64 – Encode and Decode JAVA Functions

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privatestatic String toBase64Encode(Serializable o)
{
   ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
   ObjectOutputStream oos;
   try
   {
      oos = new ObjectOutputStream( baos );
      oos.writeObject( o );
      oos.close();
   }
   catch (IOException e)
      e.printStackTrace();

   returnnew String(Base64.encodeBytes(baos.toByteArray()));
}

privatestatic Object toBase64Decode(String s)
{
   byte [] data = Base64.decode(s);
   ObjectInputStream ois;
   try
   {
      ois = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(data));
      Object o = ois.readObject();
      ois.close();
      return o;
   }
   catch (IOException e)
      e.printStackTrace();
   catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
      e.printStackTrace();

   returnnull;
}