charset encoding issue - Base64 to GB2312 to Base64

Question

i am trying to display and update simplified chines(GB2312) charset using base64 , Base64 to GB2312 is working fine but i am not able convert GB2312 to base64

String str="17DP5Mqxx+vFxNXV";
Base64 base64=new Base64();
String gb2312=new String(base64.decode(str.getBytes()),"GB2312");
System.out.println("GB2312 = "+gb2312);

String baseString=new String(base64.encode(gb2312.getBytes()));
System.out.println("Base64 = "+baseString);

Aactual result is

GB2312 = 装箱时请拍照

Base64 =6KOF566x5pe26K+35ouN54Wn

Expected result is

GB2312 = 装箱时请拍照

Base64 = 17DP5Mqxx+vFxNXV

it is hard for me to tell, but is the GB2312 correct in both instances? — Woot4Moo, Dec 28 '12 at 21:03

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 28 '12 at 21:03

You should specify the character set in the call to getBytes() when you are converting the string to its GB2312 encoding:

String baseString=new String(base64.encode(gb2312.getBytes("GB2312")));

In principle (and to be completely safe) you should do it when you are converting from Base64 (str.getBytes()), but the default character encoding is probably okay since base-64 encoding uses a subset of US-ASCII. Who knows—you might be running on a platform where the default encoding is EBCDIC.

charset encoding issue - Base64 to GB2312 to Base64

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