How I can store base64 strings in XML?
Do you use CDATA to store base64 strings in XML? Would it help as it allows use of < > within the strings?
Is base64 configurable where you tell it not to use certain chars if they conflict with XML?
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You can just store it as a text or attribute value; no escaping or CDATA sections needed. The standard base 64 characters + and / (other than a-z, A-Z and 0-9) do not interfere with XML parsing at all.
Greg Beech
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Thank you for your clarification! – Robin Rodricks Feb 02 '09 at 10:56
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Base64 only uses alphanumeric characters and '+' (plus), '/' (slash) and '=' (equals). No need to encode anything for XML.
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To me this looks like the more correct answer as most base 64 implementations use +, / and = – MikeKulls Sep 23 '13 at 01:33
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There are no characters whatsoever in the Base64 charset that will conflict with XML strings.
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