Convert byte array to base64 string

Google knows all ("java byte array to base64"). Seriously dude, it took me all of 20 seconds to find this using google:

try {
    // Convert a byte array to base64 string
    byte[] buf = new byte[]{0x12, 0x23};
    String s = new sun.misc.BASE64Encoder().encode(buf);

    // Convert base64 string to a byte array
    buf = new sun.misc.BASE64Decoder().decodeBuffer(s);
} catch (IOException e) {
}

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Why did you mark this as the answer, and then un-mark it?

EDIT AGAIN ==============

Did you have trouble googling how to go back to a byte array from a base64 string? I found a page that has code for going both ways:

http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0598.html[^]