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+// -*- mode:C++; tab-width:8; c-basic-offset:2; indent-tabs-mode:t -*-
+// vim: ts=8 sw=2 smarttab
+
+#ifndef RGW_B64_H
+#define RGW_B64_H
+
+#include <boost/utility/string_ref.hpp>
+#include <boost/archive/iterators/base64_from_binary.hpp>
+#include <boost/archive/iterators/binary_from_base64.hpp>
+#include <boost/archive/iterators/insert_linebreaks.hpp>
+#include <boost/archive/iterators/transform_width.hpp>
+#include <boost/archive/iterators/remove_whitespace.hpp>
+#include <limits>
+
+namespace rgw {
+
+ /*
+ * A header-only Base64 encoder built on boost::archive. The
+ * formula is based on a class poposed for inclusion in boost in
+ * 2011 by Denis Shevchenko (abandoned), updated slightly
+ * (e.g., uses boost::string_ref).
+ *
+ * Also, wrap_width added as template argument, based on
+ * feedback from Marcus.
+ */
+
+ template<int wrap_width = std::numeric_limits<int>::max()>
+ inline std::string to_base64(boost::string_ref sref)
+ {
+ using namespace boost::archive::iterators;
+ std::string ostr;
+
+ // output must be =padded modulo 3
+ auto psize = sref.size();
+ while ((psize % 3) != 0) {
+ ++psize;
+ }
+
+ /* RFC 2045 requires linebreaks to be present in the output
+ * sequence every at-most 76 characters (MIME-compliance),
+ * but we could likely omit it. */
+ typedef
+ insert_linebreaks<
+ base64_from_binary<
+ transform_width<
+ boost::string_ref::const_iterator
+ ,6,8>
+ >
+ ,wrap_width
+ > b64_iter;
+
+ std::string outstr(b64_iter(sref.data()),
+ b64_iter(sref.data() + sref.size()));
+
+ // pad ostr with '=' to a length that is a multiple of 3
+ for (size_t ix = 0; ix < (psize-sref.size()); ++ix)
+ outstr.push_back('=');
+
+ return std::move(outstr);
+ }
+
+ inline std::string from_base64(boost::string_ref sref)
+ {
+ using namespace boost::archive::iterators;
+
+ /* MIME-compliant input will have line-breaks, so we have to
+ * filter WS */
+ typedef
+ transform_width<
+ binary_from_base64<
+ remove_whitespace<
+ boost::string_ref::const_iterator>>
+ ,8,6
+ > b64_iter;
+
+ while (sref.back() == '=')
+ sref.remove_suffix(1);
+
+ std::string outstr(b64_iter(sref.data()),
+ b64_iter(sref.data() + sref.size()));
+
+ return std::move(outstr);
+ }
+
+} /* namespace */
+
+#endif /* RGW_B64_H */