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Make Base64 class public

           Summary: Make Base64 class public
           Product: Commons
           Version: Nightly Builds
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: Other
         Component: HttpClient
        AssignedTo: commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org
        ReportedBy: mai3116@rit.edu


I would like to force an authorization header to be added for every request. 
Therefore, I am encoding the authorization header myself, since the API doesn't 
support forcing the authorization header. I'm using a 

GetMethod.addRequestHeader("Authorization", Base64.encode
(username+":"+password));

Anyways, this can't be done since the encode method is Base64 is package scope. 
If this could be modified to be a public class, this would help me out a lot. 

Thanks

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