To add Implementation of Base64 Algorithm

DIRECTORY.md

@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
           - 📄 [AnyBaseToAnyBase](src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/conversions/AnyBaseToAnyBase.java)
           - 📄 [AnyBaseToDecimal](src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/conversions/AnyBaseToDecimal.java)
           - 📄 [AnytoAny](src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/conversions/AnytoAny.java)
+          - 📄 [Base64](src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/conversions/Base64.java)
           - 📄 [BinaryToDecimal](src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/conversions/BinaryToDecimal.java)
           - 📄 [BinaryToHexadecimal](src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/conversions/BinaryToHexadecimal.java)
           - 📄 [BinaryToOctal](src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/conversions/BinaryToOctal.java)
@@ -839,6 +840,7 @@
           - 📄 [AffineConverterTest](src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/conversions/AffineConverterTest.java)
           - 📄 [AnyBaseToDecimalTest](src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/conversions/AnyBaseToDecimalTest.java)
           - 📄 [AnytoAnyTest](src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/conversions/AnytoAnyTest.java)
+          - 📄 [Base64Test](src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/conversions/Base64Test.java)
           - 📄 [BinaryToDecimalTest](src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/conversions/BinaryToDecimalTest.java)
           - 📄 [BinaryToHexadecimalTest](src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/conversions/BinaryToHexadecimalTest.java)
           - 📄 [BinaryToOctalTest](src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/conversions/BinaryToOctalTest.java)

src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/conversions/Base64.java

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+package com.thealgorithms.conversions;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Base64 is a group of binary-to-text encoding schemes that represent binary data
+ * in an ASCII string format by translating it into a radix-64 representation.
+ * Each base64 digit represents exactly 6 bits of data.
+ *
+ * Base64 encoding is commonly used when there is a need to encode binary data
+ * that needs to be stored and transferred over media that are designed to deal
+ * with textual data.
+ *
+ * Wikipedia Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64
+ * Author: Nithin U.
+ * Github: https://github.com/NithinU2802
+ */
+
+public final class Base64 {
+
+    // Base64 character set
+    private static final String BASE64_CHARS = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
+    private static final char PADDING_CHAR = '=';
+
+    private Base64() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Encodes the given byte array to a Base64 encoded string.
+     *
+     * @param input the byte array to encode
+     * @return the Base64 encoded string
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if input is null
+     */
+    public static String encode(byte[] input) {
+        if (input == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Input cannot be null");
+        }
+
+        if (input.length == 0) {
+            return "";
+        }
+
+        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
+        int padding = 0;
+
+        // Process input in groups of 3 bytes
+        for (int i = 0; i < input.length; i += 3) {
+            // Get up to 3 bytes
+            int byte1 = input[i] & 0xFF;
+            int byte2 = (i + 1 < input.length) ? (input[i + 1] & 0xFF) : 0;
+            int byte3 = (i + 2 < input.length) ? (input[i + 2] & 0xFF) : 0;
+
+            // Calculate padding needed
+            if (i + 1 >= input.length) {
+                padding = 2;
+            } else if (i + 2 >= input.length) {
+                padding = 1;
+            }
+
+            // Combine 3 bytes into a 24-bit number
+            int combined = (byte1 << 16) | (byte2 << 8) | byte3;
+
+            // Extract four 6-bit groups
+            result.append(BASE64_CHARS.charAt((combined >> 18) & 0x3F));
+            result.append(BASE64_CHARS.charAt((combined >> 12) & 0x3F));
+            result.append(BASE64_CHARS.charAt((combined >> 6) & 0x3F));
+            result.append(BASE64_CHARS.charAt(combined & 0x3F));
+        }
+
+        // Replace padding characters
+        if (padding > 0) {
+            result.setLength(result.length() - padding);
+            for (int i = 0; i < padding; i++) {
+                result.append(PADDING_CHAR);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return result.toString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Encodes the given string to a Base64 encoded string using UTF-8 encoding.
+     *
+     * @param input the string to encode
+     * @return the Base64 encoded string
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if input is null
+     */
+    public static String encode(String input) {
+        if (input == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Input cannot be null");
+        }
+
+        return encode(input.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Decodes the given Base64 encoded string to a byte array.
+     *
+     * @param input the Base64 encoded string to decode
+     * @return the decoded byte array
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if input is null or contains invalid Base64 characters
+     */
+    public static byte[] decode(String input) {
+        if (input == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Input cannot be null");
+        }
+
+        if (input.isEmpty()) {
+            return new byte[0];
+        }
+
+        // Strict RFC 4648 compliance: length must be a multiple of 4
+        if (input.length() % 4 != 0) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid Base64 input length; must be multiple of 4");
+        }
+
+        // Validate padding: '=' can only appear at the end (last 1 or 2 chars)
+        int firstPadding = input.indexOf('=');
+        if (firstPadding != -1 && firstPadding < input.length() - 2) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Padding '=' can only appear at the end (last 1 or 2 characters)");
+        }
+
+        List<Byte> result = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        // Process input in groups of 4 characters
+        for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i += 4) {
+            // Get up to 4 characters
+            int char1 = getBase64Value(input.charAt(i));
+            int char2 = getBase64Value(input.charAt(i + 1));
+            int char3 = input.charAt(i + 2) == '=' ? 0 : getBase64Value(input.charAt(i + 2));
+            int char4 = input.charAt(i + 3) == '=' ? 0 : getBase64Value(input.charAt(i + 3));
+
+            // Combine four 6-bit groups into a 24-bit number
+            int combined = (char1 << 18) | (char2 << 12) | (char3 << 6) | char4;
+
+            // Extract three 8-bit bytes
+            result.add((byte) ((combined >> 16) & 0xFF));
+            if (input.charAt(i + 2) != '=') {
+                result.add((byte) ((combined >> 8) & 0xFF));
+            }
+            if (input.charAt(i + 3) != '=') {
+                result.add((byte) (combined & 0xFF));
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Convert List<Byte> to byte[]
+        byte[] resultArray = new byte[result.size()];
+        for (int i = 0; i < result.size(); i++) {
+            resultArray[i] = result.get(i);
+        }
+
+        return resultArray;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Decodes the given Base64 encoded string to a string using UTF-8 encoding.
+     *
+     * @param input the Base64 encoded string to decode
+     * @return the decoded string
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if input is null or contains invalid Base64 characters
+     */
+    public static String decodeToString(String input) {
+        if (input == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Input cannot be null");
+        }
+
+        byte[] decodedBytes = decode(input);
+        return new String(decodedBytes, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the numeric value of a Base64 character.
+     *
+     * @param c the Base64 character
+     * @return the numeric value (0-63)
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if character is not a valid Base64 character
+     */
+    private static int getBase64Value(char c) {
+        if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') {
+            return c - 'A';
+        } else if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') {
+            return c - 'a' + 26;
+        } else if (c >= '0' && c <= '9') {
+            return c - '0' + 52;
+        } else if (c == '+') {
+            return 62;
+        } else if (c == '/') {
+            return 63;
+        } else {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid Base64 character: " + c);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/conversions/Base64Test.java

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+package com.thealgorithms.conversions;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertArrayEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.CsvSource;
+
+/**
+ * Test cases for Base64 encoding and decoding.
+ *
+ * Author: Nithin U.
+ * Github: https://github.com/NithinU2802
+ */
+
+class Base64Test {
+
+    @Test
+    void testBase64Alphabet() {
+        // Test that all Base64 characters are handled correctly
+        String allChars = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
+        String encoded = Base64.encode(allChars);
+        String decoded = Base64.decodeToString(encoded);
+        assertEquals(allChars, decoded);
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @CsvSource({"'', ''", "A, QQ==", "AB, QUI=", "ABC, QUJD", "ABCD, QUJDRA==", "Hello, SGVsbG8=", "'Hello World', SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ=", "'Hello, World!', 'SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQ=='", "'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog', 'VGhlIHF1aWNrIGJyb3duIGZveCBqdW1wcyBvdmVyIHRoZSBsYXp5IGRvZw=='",
+        "123456789, MTIzNDU2Nzg5", "'Base64 encoding test', 'QmFzZTY0IGVuY29kaW5nIHRlc3Q='"})
+    void
+    testStringEncoding(String input, String expected) {
+        assertEquals(expected, Base64.encode(input));
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @CsvSource({"'', ''", "QQ==, A", "QUI=, AB", "QUJD, ABC", "QUJDRA==, ABCD", "SGVsbG8=, Hello", "'SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ=', 'Hello World'", "'SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQ==', 'Hello, World!'", "'VGhlIHF1aWNrIGJyb3duIGZveCBqdW1wcyBvdmVyIHRoZSBsYXp5IGRvZw==', 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'",
+        "MTIzNDU2Nzg5, 123456789", "'QmFzZTY0IGVuY29kaW5nIHRlc3Q=', 'Base64 encoding test'"})
+    void
+    testStringDecoding(String input, String expected) {
+        assertEquals(expected, Base64.decodeToString(input));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testByteArrayEncoding() {
+        byte[] input = {72, 101, 108, 108, 111};
+        String expected = "SGVsbG8=";
+        assertEquals(expected, Base64.encode(input));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testByteArrayDecoding() {
+        String input = "SGVsbG8=";
+        byte[] expected = {72, 101, 108, 108, 111};
+        assertArrayEquals(expected, Base64.decode(input));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testRoundTripEncoding() {
+        String[] testStrings = {"", "A", "AB", "ABC", "Hello, World!", "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog", "1234567890", "Special chars: !@#$%^&*()_+-=[]{}|;:,.<>?",
+            "Unicode: வணக்கம்", // Tamil for "Hello"
+            "Multi-line\nstring\rwith\tdifferent\nwhitespace"};
+
+        for (String original : testStrings) {
+            String encoded = Base64.encode(original);
+            String decoded = Base64.decodeToString(encoded);
+            assertEquals(original, decoded, "Round trip failed for: " + original);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testRoundTripByteArrayEncoding() {
+        byte[][] testArrays = {{}, {0}, {-1}, {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {-128, -1, 0, 1, 127}, {72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 44, 32, 87, 111, 114, 108, 100, 33}};
+
+        for (byte[] original : testArrays) {
+            String encoded = Base64.encode(original);
+            byte[] decoded = Base64.decode(encoded);
+            assertArrayEquals(original, decoded, "Round trip failed for byte array");
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testBinaryData() {
+        // Test with binary data that might contain null bytes
+        byte[] binaryData = new byte[256];
+        for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
+            binaryData[i] = (byte) i;
+        }
+
+        String encoded = Base64.encode(binaryData);
+        byte[] decoded = Base64.decode(encoded);
+        assertArrayEquals(binaryData, decoded);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNullInputEncoding() {
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> Base64.encode((String) null));
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> Base64.encode((byte[]) null));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNullInputDecoding() {
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> Base64.decode(null));
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> Base64.decodeToString(null));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testInvalidBase64Characters() {
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> Base64.decode("SGVsbG8@"));
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> Base64.decode("SGVsbG8#"));
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> Base64.decode("SGVsbG8$"));
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> Base64.decode("SGVsbG8%"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testInvalidLength() {
+        // Length must be multiple of 4
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> Base64.decode("Q"));
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> Base64.decode("QQ"));
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> Base64.decode("QQQ"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testInvalidPaddingPosition() {
+        // '=' can only appear at the end
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> Base64.decode("Q=QQ"));
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> Base64.decode("Q=Q="));
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> Base64.decode("=QQQ"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testPaddingVariations() {
+        // Test different padding scenarios '='
+        assertEquals("A", Base64.decodeToString("QQ=="));
+        assertEquals("AB", Base64.decodeToString("QUI="));
+        assertEquals("ABC", Base64.decodeToString("QUJD"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testPaddingConsistency() {
+        // Ensure that strings requiring different amounts of padding encode/decode correctly
+        String[] testCases = {"A", "AB", "ABC", "ABCD", "ABCDE", "ABCDEF"};
+
+        for (String test : testCases) {
+            String encoded = Base64.encode(test);
+            String decoded = Base64.decodeToString(encoded);
+            assertEquals(test, decoded);
+
+            // Verify padding is correct
+            int expectedPadding = (3 - (test.length() % 3)) % 3;
+            int actualPadding = 0;
+            for (int i = encoded.length() - 1; i >= 0 && encoded.charAt(i) == '='; i--) {
+                actualPadding++;
+            }
+            assertEquals(expectedPadding, actualPadding, "Incorrect padding for: " + test);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testLargeData() {
+        // Test with larger data to ensure scalability
+        StringBuilder largeString = new StringBuilder();
+        for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
+            largeString.append("This is a test string for Base64 encoding. ");
+        }
+
+        String original = largeString.toString();
+        String encoded = Base64.encode(original);
+        String decoded = Base64.decodeToString(encoded);
+        assertEquals(original, decoded);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testEmptyAndSingleCharacter() {
+        // Test edge cases
+        assertEquals("", Base64.encode(""));
+        assertEquals("", Base64.decodeToString(""));
+
+        assertEquals("QQ==", Base64.encode("A"));
+        assertEquals("A", Base64.decodeToString("QQ=="));
+    }
+}