/// <summary>
/// Convert a Base62 string to byte array
/// </summary>
/// <param name="base62">Base62 string</param>
/// <returns>Byte array</returns>
public static byte[] FromBase62(string base62)
{
// Character count
int count = 0;
// Set up the BitStream
BitStream stream = new BitStream(base62.Length * 6 / 8);
foreach (char c in base62)
{
// Look up coding table
int index = Base62CodingSpace.IndexOf(c);
// If end is reached
if (count == base62.Length - 1)
{
// Check if the ending is good
int mod = (int)(stream.Position % 8);
if (mod == 0)
throw new InvalidDataException("an extra character was found");
if ((index >> (8 - mod)) > 0)
throw new InvalidDataException("invalid ending character was found");
stream.Write(new byte[] { (byte)(index << mod) }, 0, 8 - mod);
}
else
{
// If 60 or 61 then only write 5 bits to the stream, otherwise 6 bits.
if (index == 60)
{
stream.Write(new byte[] { 0xf0 }, 0, 5);
}
else if (index == 61)
{
stream.Write(new byte[] { 0xf8 }, 0, 5);
}
else
{
stream.Write(new byte[] { (byte)index }, 2, 6);
}
}
count++;
}
// Dump out the bytes
byte[] result = new byte[stream.Position / 8];
stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
stream.Read(result, 0, result.Length * 8);
return result;
}
/// <summary>
/// Convert a byte array
/// </summary>
/// <param name="original">Byte array</param>
/// <returns>Base62 string</returns>
public static string ToBase62(byte[] original)
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
BitStream stream = new BitStream(original); // Set up the BitStream
byte[] read = new byte[1]; // Only read 6-bit at a time
while (true)
{
read[0] = 0;
int length = stream.Read(read, 0, 6); // Try to read 6 bits
if (length == 6) // Not reaching the end
{
if ((int)(read[0] >> 3) == 0x1f) // First 5-bit is 11111
{
sb.Append(Base62CodingSpace[61]);
stream.Seek(-1, SeekOrigin.Current); // Leave the 6th bit to next group
}
else if ((int)(read[0] >> 3) == 0x1e) // First 5-bit is 11110
{
sb.Append(Base62CodingSpace[60]);
stream.Seek(-1, SeekOrigin.Current);
}
else // Encode 6-bit
{
sb.Append(Base62CodingSpace[(int)(read[0] >> 2)]);
}
}
else if (length == 0) // Reached the end completely
{
break;
}
else // Reached the end with some bits left
{
// Padding 0s to make the last bits to 6 bit
sb.Append(Base62CodingSpace[(int)(read[0] >> (int)(8 - length))]);
break;
}
}
return sb.ToString();
}