Encodes a string into a base-64 string. - CSharp System

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Description

Encodes a string into a base-64 string.

Demo Code

//  Copyright ? 2011, Grid Protection Alliance.  All Rights Reserved.
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;/* ww w. j a  va 2 s .c o  m*/
using System.Globalization;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System;

public class Main{
        /// <summary>
        /// Encodes a string into a base-64 string.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="value">Input string.</param>
        /// <remarks>
        /// <para>Performs a base-64 style of string encoding useful for data obfuscation or safe XML data string transmission.</para>
        /// <para>Note: This function encodes a "String". Use the Convert.ToBase64String function to encode a binary data buffer.</para>
        /// </remarks>
        /// <returns>A <see cref="String"></see> value representing the encoded input of <paramref name="value"/>.</returns>
        public static string Base64Encode(this string value)
        {
            return Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(value));
        }
}

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