Java encodes the file as a Base64 string to match other encoded strings

private static String encodeFileToBase64Binary(String fileName)

private static String encodeFileToBase64Binary(String fileName)
        throws IOException {

    File file = new File(fileName);
    byte[] bytes = loadFile(file);
    byte[] encoded = Base64.encodeBase64(bytes);
    String encodedString = new String(encoded,StandardCharsets.US_ASCII);

    return encodedString;
}
private static byte[] loadFile(File file) throws IOException {
    InputStream is = new FileInputStream(file);

    long length = file.length();
    if (length > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
        // File is too large
    }
    byte[] bytes = new byte[(int)length];

    int offset = 0;
    int numRead = 0;
    while (offset < bytes.length
           && (numRead=is.read(bytes,offset,bytes.length-offset)) >= 0) {
        offset += numRead;
    }

    if (offset < bytes.length) {
        throw new IOException("Could not completely read file "+file.getName());
    }

    is.close();
    return bytes;
}

//Get encoding string

String encoded=encodeFileToBase64Binary("file.fmr");

//The encoded string is:

Rk1SACAyMAAAAAFiAAABQAHgAMUAxQEAAABGNkDZADP/SEC8AD6CSECqAEcGSED+AFJtO0CgAGCKZEC6AGuFZEDgAHz1ZECzAI6HZEENAJluNEBWAJ4ZZEB1AKkTZEECALbuZEA/ALqfSECCALySSECxAMP/ZECIAMURVUAXAN2jGkCnAOD8ZEAoAOWlZEBnAOyhLkCyAP/tZECHAQMSGkD8AQTdZECfASKFGkCHASUaGkA1ASy6ZEDAAS3JZEDPAS7NZEAnATG4ZEDxATzOZEBOAUPLZEBzAVbuGkCAAWF8NEDTAWsxLkDnAXa0LkC/AX2nLkC0AYojIEBMAYvkSEDJAa0fT0CsAbwVIIDqANTsZIDIAPfnZICbAQKHO4D5AR/XZIBlASS7IIEoASbYO4CsAUetLoDvAVXSZIDaAVvDO4EHAWrLZICsAX2fNIDnAYEwNIDQAZKnT4BfAZxtZAAA

//A string encoded from a file using another source

Rk1SACAyMAAAAAFiAAABQAHgAMUAxQEAAABGNkCLACELSEDAADYDZEEYAGFxO0DGAGJ9SEC1AGkCSEA6AHWYVUDJAHp5ZEBEAHwVZECVAJgIZEEaALHrZEB4ALuOZEELAMFqZEEzAM/sNEDRANvwZEBkAN0VZECcAOIAZEEwAOjnLkEvAPXlO0CnAP71ZEB7AQYRNEBdAQ0eZED8ARDhZEDXASXcZECZAS3uGkBoAT4eO0AUAUMxSEA7AUYqZEDxAUnSZECmAVNDO0EIAXDHSEDYAXW7ZEEUAXXKSEEGAYY8IEEhAYrDNEDfAZ81ZEDQAcGqLoEBAC/7O4EGAE7zVYB+AP2QSICEARuLZIBnATUfO4D/ATXaZIDEATjSZIDRATrVZICnATvSNIBTATwnZIARAV1LGoB1AV2oO4CrAV68SIDnAWHGZIB+AWauNICVAX0ySICNAYytO4CJAZorSAAA

When I tried to match the encoded string, I got a mismatch Please suggest encoding files to Base64 to match encoding strings found from other sources I tried standard charsets UTF_ 8 and standardcharsets US_ ASCII.

Solution

You have used Apache commons codec, so I suggest adding commons IO to read the file In this way, you can delete your LoadFile () method, just:

private static String encodeFileToBase64Binary(String fileName) throws IOException {
    File file = new File(fileName);
    byte[] encoded = Base64.encodeBase64(FileUtils.readFileToByteArray(file));
    return new String(encoded,StandardCharsets.US_ASCII);
}