question: public String fromBase64 ( String toDecode ) { try { byte [ ] bytes = Base64 . decodeBase64 ( toDecode . trim ( ) ) ; return new String ( bytes , Charset . forName ( "utf-8" ) ) ; } catch ( Exception e ) { LOG . error ( "Error base64 decoding " + toDecode + ": " + e ) ; } return toDecode ; }
target:  Returns a string's decoded from base 64