code: public static String decode( String s )
          throws IllegalArgumentException
      {
          s = s.replaceAll( "\n", "" );
          s = s.replaceAll( "\r", "" );
          byte[] sBytes = s.getBytes();
          sBytes = decode( sBytes );
          s = new String( sBytes );
          return s;
      }
docs: Decodes a base 64 String into a String.
  <p>
  
  @param s String to decode.
  
  @return encoded string.
  
  @throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
  thrown if the given byte array was not valid com.sun.syndication.io.impl.Base64 encoding.