|
| 1 | +<!-- |
| 2 | + Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more |
| 3 | + contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with |
| 4 | + this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. |
| 5 | + The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 |
| 6 | + (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with |
| 7 | + the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| 8 | +
|
| 9 | + https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| 10 | +
|
| 11 | + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| 12 | + distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| 13 | + WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| 14 | + See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| 15 | + limitations under the License. |
| 16 | +--> |
| 17 | +<html> |
| 18 | +<head> |
| 19 | +<title>Apache Commons Codec Overview</title> |
| 20 | +</head> |
| 21 | +<body> |
| 22 | + <img src="../images/commons-logo.png" alt="Apache Commons Codec"> |
| 23 | + <p>Apache Commons Codec consists of a set of utilities and a simple framework for encoding and decoding text and binary data.</p> |
| 24 | + <p> |
| 25 | + You can find the Javadoc package list at the <a href="#all-packages-table">bottom of this page</a>. |
| 26 | + </p> |
| 27 | + <section> |
| 28 | + <h1>Binary Encoders</h1> |
| 29 | + <p>Interfaces and classes used by the various implementations in the sub-packages.</p> |
| 30 | + <table> |
| 31 | + <caption>Binary Encoders</caption> |
| 32 | + <tr> |
| 33 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Base16.html">Base16 </a></td> |
| 34 | + <td>Provides Base16 encoding and decoding as defined by <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4648#section-8">RFC 4648 - 8. Base 16 Encoding</a> |
| 35 | + </td> |
| 36 | + </tr> |
| 37 | + <tr> |
| 38 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Base16InputStream.html">Base16InputStream </a></td> |
| 39 | + <td>Provides Base16 decoding in a streaming fashion (unlimited size).</td> |
| 40 | + </tr> |
| 41 | + <tr> |
| 42 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Base16OutputStream.html">Base16OutputStream </a></td> |
| 43 | + <td>Provides Base16 encoding in a streaming fashion (unlimited size).</td> |
| 44 | + </tr> |
| 45 | + <tr> |
| 46 | + <tr> |
| 47 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Base32.html">Base32 </a></td> |
| 48 | + <td>Provides Base32 encoding and decoding as defined by <a href="https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4648.txt">RFC 4648</a> |
| 49 | + </td> |
| 50 | + </tr> |
| 51 | + <tr> |
| 52 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Base32InputStream.html">Base32InputStream </a></td> |
| 53 | + <td>Provides Base32 decoding in a streaming fashion (unlimited size).</td> |
| 54 | + </tr> |
| 55 | + <tr> |
| 56 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Base32OutputStream.html">Base32OutputStream </a></td> |
| 57 | + <td>Provides Base32 encoding in a streaming fashion (unlimited size).</td> |
| 58 | + </tr> |
| 59 | + <tr> |
| 60 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Base64.html"> Base64 </a></td> |
| 61 | + <td>Provides Base64 encoding and decoding as defined by <a href="https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2045.txt">RFC 2045</a> |
| 62 | + </td> |
| 63 | + </tr> |
| 64 | + <tr> |
| 65 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Base64InputStream.html">Base64InputStream </a></td> |
| 66 | + <td>Provides Base64 decoding in a streaming fashion (unlimited size).</td> |
| 67 | + </tr> |
| 68 | + <tr> |
| 69 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Base64OutputStream.html">Base64OutputStream </a></td> |
| 70 | + <td>Provides Base64 encoding in a streaming fashion (unlimited size).</td> |
| 71 | + </tr> |
| 72 | + <tr> |
| 73 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/binary/BinaryCodec.html"> BinaryCodec </a></td> |
| 74 | + <td>Converts between byte arrays and strings of "0"s and "1"s.</td> |
| 75 | + </tr> |
| 76 | + <tr> |
| 77 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/binary/Hex.html"> Hex </a></td> |
| 78 | + <td>Converts hexadecimal Strings.</td> |
| 79 | + </tr> |
| 80 | + </table> |
| 81 | + </section> |
| 82 | + <section> |
| 83 | + <h1>Digest Encoders</h1> |
| 84 | + <p> |
| 85 | + <strong>WARNING:</strong> Some of the functions in this package might not be suitable for cryptography, or are no longer cryptographically-secure. |
| 86 | + </p> |
| 87 | + <table> |
| 88 | + <caption>Digest Encoders</caption> |
| 89 | + <tr> |
| 90 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/digest/Blake3.html">Blake3</a></td> |
| 91 | + <td>Provides a pure Java implementation of the <a href="https://github.com/BLAKE3-team/BLAKE3">Blake3 hash function</a> which can be used for |
| 92 | + computing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function">cryptographic hashes</a> (message digests) which are extensible to |
| 93 | + arbitrary output lengths (known as an <i>extensible-output function</i> or <i>XOF</i>), computing <a |
| 94 | + href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_authentication_code">message authentication codes</a> using a 32 byte (256-bit) secret key, computing |
| 95 | + subkeys from a primary key using a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_derivation_function">key derivation function</a>, and can be used as the |
| 96 | + basis for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographically-secure_pseudorandom_number_generator"> cryptographically-secure pseudorandom |
| 97 | + number generator</a>. <strong>WARNING:</strong> Blake3 is <em>not</em> a password hashing algorithm! An algorithm such as <a |
| 98 | + href="https://github.com/P-H-C/phc-winner-argon2">Argon2</a> is more appropriate for password hashing. |
| 99 | + </td> |
| 100 | + </tr> |
| 101 | + <tr> |
| 102 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/digest/Crypt.html">Crypt</a></td> |
| 103 | + <td>GNU libc crypt(3) compatible hash method.</td> |
| 104 | + </tr> |
| 105 | + <tr> |
| 106 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/digest/DigestUtils.html">DigestUtils</a></td> |
| 107 | + <td>Simplifies common <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/security/MessageDigest.html">MessageDigest</a> tasks and provides GNU |
| 108 | + libc crypt(3) compatible password hashing functions. |
| 109 | + </td> |
| 110 | + </tr> |
| 111 | + <tr> |
| 112 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/digest/HmacUtils.html">HmacUtils</a></td> |
| 113 | + <td>Simplifies common <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/crypto/Mac.html">Mac</a> tasks. <strong>Note:</strong> Not all JCE |
| 114 | + implementations support all algorithms. If not supported, an IllegalArgumentException is thrown. |
| 115 | + </td> |
| 116 | + </tr> |
| 117 | + <tr> |
| 118 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/digest/Md5Crypt.html">Md5Crypt</a></td> |
| 119 | + <td>The libc crypt() "$1$" and Apache "$apr1$" MD5-based hash algorithm.</td> |
| 120 | + </tr> |
| 121 | + <tr> |
| 122 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/digest/MurmurHash2.html">MurmurHash2</a></td> |
| 123 | + <td>Implementation of the MurmurHash2 32-bit and 64-bit hash functions.</td> |
| 124 | + </tr> |
| 125 | + <tr> |
| 126 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/digest/MurmurHash3.html">MurmurHash3</a></td> |
| 127 | + <td>Implementation of the MurmurHash3 32-bit and 128-bit hash functions.</td> |
| 128 | + </tr> |
| 129 | + <tr> |
| 130 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/digest/PureJavaCrc32.html">PureJavaCrc32</a></td> |
| 131 | + <td>A pure-java implementation of the CRC32 checksum that uses the same polynomial as the built-in native CRC32.</td> |
| 132 | + </tr> |
| 133 | + <tr> |
| 134 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/digest/PureJavaCrc32C.html">PureJavaCrc32C</a></td> |
| 135 | + <td>A pure-java implementation of the CRC32 checksum that uses the CRC32-C polynomial, the same polynomial used by iSCSI and implemented on many |
| 136 | + Intel chipsets supporting SSE 4.2.</td> |
| 137 | + </tr> |
| 138 | + <tr> |
| 139 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/digest/Sha2Crypt.html">Sha2Crypt</a></td> |
| 140 | + <td>SHA2-based Unix crypt implementation.</td> |
| 141 | + </tr> |
| 142 | + <tr> |
| 143 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/digest/UnixCrypt.html">UnixCrypt</a></td> |
| 144 | + <td>Unix crypt(3) algorithm implementation. This class only implements the traditional 56 bit DES based algorithm.</td> |
| 145 | + </tr> |
| 146 | + <tr> |
| 147 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/digest/XXHash32.html">XXHash32</a></td> |
| 148 | + <td>Implementation of the xxHash32 hash algorithm.</td> |
| 149 | + </tr> |
| 150 | + </table> |
| 151 | + </section> |
| 152 | + <section> |
| 153 | + <h1>Language Encoders</h1> |
| 154 | + <table> |
| 155 | + <caption>Language Encoders</caption> |
| 156 | + <tr> |
| 157 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/language/Caverphone1.html">Caverphone 1.0</a></td> |
| 158 | + <td>Encodes a string into a Caverphone 1.0 value.</td> |
| 159 | + </tr> |
| 160 | + <tr> |
| 161 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/language/Caverphone2.html">Caverphone 2.0</a></td> |
| 162 | + <td>Encodes a string into a Caverphone 2.0 value.</td> |
| 163 | + </tr> |
| 164 | + <tr> |
| 165 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/language/ColognePhonetic.html">Cologne Phonetic</a></td> |
| 166 | + <td>Encodes a string into a Cologne Phonetic value.</td> |
| 167 | + </tr> |
| 168 | + <tr> |
| 169 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/language/DaitchMokotoffSoundex.html">Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex</a></td> |
| 170 | + <td>Encodes a string into a Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex value.</td> |
| 171 | + </tr> |
| 172 | + <tr> |
| 173 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/language/DoubleMetaphone.html">Double Metaphone</a></td> |
| 174 | + <td>Encodes a string into a double metaphone value.</td> |
| 175 | + </tr> |
| 176 | + <tr> |
| 177 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/language/Metaphone.html">Metaphone</a></td> |
| 178 | + <td>Encodes a string into a Metaphone value.</td> |
| 179 | + </tr> |
| 180 | + <tr> |
| 181 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/language/RefinedSoundex.html">Refined Soundex</a></td> |
| 182 | + <td>Encodes a string into a Refined Soundex value.</td> |
| 183 | + </tr> |
| 184 | + <tr> |
| 185 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/language/Soundex.html">Soundex</a></td> |
| 186 | + <td>Encodes a string into a Soundex value.</td> |
| 187 | + </tr> |
| 188 | + </table> |
| 189 | + </section> |
| 190 | + <section> |
| 191 | + <h1>Network Encoders</h1> |
| 192 | + <table> |
| 193 | + <caption>Network Encoders</caption> |
| 194 | + <tr> |
| 195 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/net/BCodec.html">BCodec</a></td> |
| 196 | + <td>Identical to the Base64 encoding defined by <a href="https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1521.txt">RFC 1521</a> and allows a character set to be |
| 197 | + specified. |
| 198 | + </td> |
| 199 | + </tr> |
| 200 | + <tr> |
| 201 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/net/PercentCodec.html">PercentCodec</a></td> |
| 202 | + <td>Implements the Percent-Encoding scheme, as described in HTTP 1.1 specification.</td> |
| 203 | + </tr> |
| 204 | + <tr> |
| 205 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/net/QCodec.html">QCodec</a></td> |
| 206 | + <td>Similar to the Quoted-Printable content-transfer-encoding defined in <a href="https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1521.txt">RFC 1521</a> and designed |
| 207 | + to allow text containing mostly ASCII characters to be decipherable on an ASCII terminal without decoding. |
| 208 | + </td> |
| 209 | + </tr> |
| 210 | + <tr> |
| 211 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/net/QuotedPrintableCodec.html">QuotedPrintableCodec</a></td> |
| 212 | + <td>Codec for the Quoted-Printable section of <a href="https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1521.txt">RFC 1521</a> . |
| 213 | + </td> |
| 214 | + </tr> |
| 215 | + <tr> |
| 216 | + <td><a href="org/apache/commons/codec/net/URLCodec.html">URLCodec</a></td> |
| 217 | + <td>Implements the <code>www-form-urlencoded</code> encoding scheme, also misleadingly known as URL encoding. |
| 218 | + </td> |
| 219 | + </tr> |
| 220 | + </table> |
| 221 | + </section> |
| 222 | +</body> |
| 223 | +</html> |
0 commit comments