Add docstring for the base64 encode/decode methods

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Mark Haines 2015-08-19 15:38:20 +01:00
parent 159faa1e2b
commit 900d2d70b4

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namespace olm {
/**
* The number of bytes of unpadded base64 needed to encode a length of input.
*/
static std::size_t encode_base64_length(
std::size_t input_length
) {
return 4 * ((input_length + 2) / 3) + (input_length + 2) % 3 - 2;
}
/**
* Encode the raw input as unpadded base64.
* Writes encode_base64_length(input_length) bytes to the output buffer.
* The input can overlap with the last three quarters of the output buffer.
* That is, the input pointer may be output + output_length - input_length.
*/
std::uint8_t * encode_base64(
std::uint8_t const * input, std::size_t input_length,
std::uint8_t * output
);
/**
* The number of bytes of raw data a length of unpadded base64 will encode to.
* Returns std::size_t(-1) if the length is not a valid length for base64.
*/
std::size_t decode_base64_length(
std::size_t input_length
);
/**
* Decodes the unpadded base64 input to raw bytes.
* Writes decode_base64_length(input_length) bytes to the output buffer.
* The output can overlap with the first three quarters of the input buffer.
* That is, the input pointers and output pointer may be the same.
*/
std::uint8_t const * decode_base64(
std::uint8_t const * input, std::size_t input_length,
std::uint8_t * output
);
} // namespace olm