code: public static byte[] decode(String data) {
  	// TODO: when we move to Java 8 change to
  	// https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Base64.Decoder.html
  	return org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64.decodeBase64(data);
      }
docs: Translates the specified Base64 string into a byte array.
  
  @param data the Base64 string (not null)
  @return the byte array (not null)
  @throws CoderException