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+/* Copyright (C) 2004 J.F.Dockes
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program; if not, write to the
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ *   59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+#ifndef _BASE64_H_INCLUDED_
+#define _BASE64_H_INCLUDED_
+#include <string>
+
+void base64_encode(const std::string& in, std::string& out);
+bool base64_decode(const std::string& in, std::string& out);
+inline std::string base64_encode(const std::string& in)
+{
+    std::string o;
+    base64_encode(in, o);
+    return o;
+}
+inline std::string base64_decode(const std::string& in)
+{
+    std::string o;
+    if (base64_decode(in, o))
+	return o;
+    return std::string();
+}
+
+#endif /* _BASE64_H_INCLUDED_ */