import java.io.*;
import java.nio.channels.*;
import javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter;

public class EncodeDecode {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    File file = new File("/bin/ls");
    byte[] bytes = loadFile(file, new ByteArrayOutputStream()).toByteArray();
    String encoded = DatatypeConverter.printBase64Binary(bytes);
    System.out.println(encoded);
    byte[] decoded = DatatypeConverter.parseBase64Binary(encoded);
    // check
    for (int i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) {
      assert bytes[i] == decoded[i];
    }
  }

  private static <T extends OutputStream> T loadFile(File file, T out)
                                                       throws IOException {
    FileChannel in = new FileInputStream(file).getChannel();
    try {
      assert in.size() == in.transferTo(0, in.size(), Channels.newChannel(out));
      return out;
    } finally {
      in.close();
    }
  }
}