+ return niki_decode(bytes, 0, bytes.length, options);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Decodes data from Base64 notation, automatically
+ * detecting gzip-compressed data and decompressing it.
+ *
+ * @param s the string to decode
+ * @param options encode options such as URL_SAFE
+ * @return the decoded data
+ * @throws java.io.IOException if there is an error
+ * @throws NullPointerException if <tt>s</tt> is null
+ * @since niki
+ */
+ public static byte[] niki_decode( byte[] bytes, int offset, int count, int options ) throws java.io.IOException {
+