Load Binary File to an Encoded String

Demonstrates how to load a binary file directly into a string encoded as base64, hex, URL, quoted-printable, etc.

Download Chilkat Java Library

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    CkFileAccess fac = new CkFileAccess();

    String encodedStr;

    //  The 2nd argument specifies the encoding and may
    //  be "base64", "hex", "url", or "qp".
    encodedStr = fac.readBinaryToEncoded("sample.pdf","base64");
    if (encodedStr == null ) {
        System.out.println(fac.lastErrorText());
    }
    else {
        System.out.println(encodedStr);
    }

  }
}