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package org.apache.logging.log4j.util;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.LoggingException;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.status.StatusLogger;

Base64 encodes Strings. This utility is only necessary because the mechanism to do this changed in Java 8 and the original method was removed in Java 9.
/** * Base64 encodes Strings. This utility is only necessary because the mechanism to do this changed in Java 8 and * the original method was removed in Java 9. */
public final class Base64Util { private static Method encodeMethod = null; private static Object encoder = null; static { try { Class<?> clazz = LoaderUtil.loadClass("java.util.Base64"); Class<?> encoderClazz = LoaderUtil.loadClass("java.util.Base64$Encoder"); Method method = clazz.getMethod("getEncoder"); encoder = method.invoke(null); encodeMethod = encoderClazz.getMethod("encodeToString", byte[].class); } catch (Exception ex) { try { Class<?> clazz = LoaderUtil.loadClass("javax.xml.bind.DataTypeConverter"); encodeMethod = clazz.getMethod("printBase64Binary"); } catch (Exception ex2) { LowLevelLogUtil.logException("Unable to create a Base64 Encoder", ex2); } } } private Base64Util() { } public static String encode(String str) { if (str == null) { return null; } byte [] data = str.getBytes(); if (encodeMethod != null) { try { return (String) encodeMethod.invoke(encoder, data); } catch (Exception ex) { throw new LoggingException("Unable to encode String", ex); } } throw new LoggingException("No Encoder, unable to encode string"); } }