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EDIT :: cdesc-Base64.yaml

--- !ruby/object:RI::ClassDescription attributes: [] class_methods: [] comment: - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P body: The Base64 module provides for the encoding (#encode64) and decoding (#decode64) of binary data using a Base64 representation. - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P body: "The following particular features are also provided:" - !ruby/object:SM::Flow::LIST contents: - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI label: "-" body: encode into lines of a given length (#b64encode) - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI label: "-" body: decode the special format specified in RFC2047 for the representation of email headers (decode_b) type: :BULLET - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::H level: 2 text: Example - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P body: A simple encoding and decoding. - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::VERB body: " require "base64"\n\n enc = Base64.encode64('Send reinforcements')\n # -> "U2VuZCByZWluZm9yY2VtZW50cw==\\n"\n plain = Base64.decode64(enc)\n # -> "Send reinforcements"\n" - !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P body: The purpose of using base64 to encode data is that it translates any binary data into purely printable characters. It is specified in RFC 2045 (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2045.html). constants: [] full_name: Base64 includes: [] instance_methods: - !ruby/object:RI::MethodSummary name: b64encode - !ruby/object:RI::MethodSummary name: decode64 - !ruby/object:RI::MethodSummary name: decode_b - !ruby/object:RI::MethodSummary name: encode64 name: Base64 superclass:

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