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+
+/*
+ * This class contains utilities to help parse the data
+ * author: ucla-cs
+ */
+ 
+var DataUtils = function DataUtils(){
+	
+	
+};
+
+
+/*
+ * NOTE THIS IS CURRENTLY NOT BEHING USED
+ * 
+ */
+
+  var keyStr = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP" +
+               "QRSTUVWXYZabcdef" +
+               "ghijklmnopqrstuv" +
+               "wxyz0123456789+/" +
+               "=";
+
+DataUtils.encode64=function encode64(input) {
+     input = escape(input);
+     var output = "";
+     var chr1, chr2, chr3 = "";
+     var enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4 = "";
+     var i = 0;
+
+     do {
+        chr1 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
+        chr2 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
+        chr3 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
+
+        enc1 = chr1 >> 2;
+        enc2 = ((chr1 & 3) << 4) | (chr2 >> 4);
+        enc3 = ((chr2 & 15) << 2) | (chr3 >> 6);
+        enc4 = chr3 & 63;
+
+        if (isNaN(chr2)) {
+           enc3 = enc4 = 64;
+        } else if (isNaN(chr3)) {
+           enc4 = 64;
+        }
+
+        output = output +
+           keyStr.charAt(enc1) +
+           keyStr.charAt(enc2) +
+           keyStr.charAt(enc3) +
+           keyStr.charAt(enc4);
+        chr1 = chr2 = chr3 = "";
+        enc1 = enc2 = enc3 = enc4 = "";
+     } while (i < input.length);
+
+     return output;
+  }
+
+DataUtils.decode64 = function decode64(input) {
+     var output = "";
+     var chr1, chr2, chr3 = "";
+     var enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4 = "";
+     var i = 0;
+
+     // remove all characters that are not A-Z, a-z, 0-9, +, /, or =
+     var base64test = /[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/\=]/g;
+     if (base64test.exec(input)) {
+        alert("There were invalid base64 characters in the input text.\n" +
+              "Valid base64 characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, '+', '/',and '='\n" +
+              "Expect errors in decoding.");
+     }
+     input = input.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/\=]/g, "");
+
+     do {
+        enc1 = keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+        enc2 = keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+        enc3 = keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+        enc4 = keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+
+        chr1 = (enc1 << 2) | (enc2 >> 4);
+        chr2 = ((enc2 & 15) << 4) | (enc3 >> 2);
+        chr3 = ((enc3 & 3) << 6) | enc4;
+
+        output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr1);
+
+        if (enc3 != 64) {
+           output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr2);
+        }
+        if (enc4 != 64) {
+           output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr3);
+        }
+
+        chr1 = chr2 = chr3 = "";
+        enc1 = enc2 = enc3 = enc4 = "";
+
+     } while (i < input.length);
+
+     return unescape(output);
+  };
+  
+  
+
+
+
+//byte [] 
+DataUtils.prototype.unsignedLongToByteArray= function( value) {
+	if( 0 == value )
+		return [0];
+
+	if( 0 <= value && value <= 0x00FF ) {
+		//byte [] 
+		bb = new Array[1];
+		bb[0] = (value & 0x00FF);
+		return bb;
+	}
+
+	
+	//byte [] 
+	out = null;
+	//int
+	var offset = -1;
+	for(var i = 7; i >=0; --i) {
+		//byte
+		b = ((value >> (i * 8)) & 0xFF);
+		if( out == null && b != 0 ) {
+			out = new byte[i+1];
+			offset = i;
+		}
+		if( out != null )
+			out[ offset - i ] = b;
+	}
+	return out;
+}
+
+
+
+