+ /**
+ * Unconvert the given data from Base64 format back into a {@link String}.
+ *
+ * @param data
+ * the data to unconvert
+ * @param offset
+ * the offset at which to start taking the data (do not take the
+ * data before it into account)
+ * @param count
+ * the number of bytes to take into account (do not process after
+ * this number of bytes has been processed)
+ * @param zip
+ * TRUE to also uncompress the data from a GZIP format; take care
+ * about this flag, as it could easily cause errors in the
+ * returned content or an {@link IOException}
+ *
+ * @return the {@link String} represented by the given Base64 {@link String}
+ * , optionally compressed with GZIP
+ *
+ * @throws IOException
+ * in case of I/O errors
+ */
+ public static String unbase64s(byte[] data, int offset, int count,
+ boolean zip) throws IOException {
+ return new String(unbase64(data, offset, count, zip), "UTF-8");
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Return a display {@link String} for the given value, which can be
+ * suffixed with "k" or "M" depending upon the number, if it is big enough.
+ * <p>
+ * Example:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li><tt>8765</tt> becomes "8k"</li>
+ * <li><tt>998765</tt> becomes "998k"</li>
+ * <li><tt>12987364</tt> becomes "12M"</li>
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ * @param value
+ * the value to convert
+ *
+ * @return the display value
+ */
+ public static String formatNumber(long value) {
+ return formatNumber(value, true);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Return a display {@link String} for the given value, which can be
+ * suffixed with "k" or "M" depending upon the number, if it is big enough.
+ * <p>
+ * Example:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li><tt>8765</tt> becomes "8k"</li>
+ * <li><tt>998765</tt> becomes "998k"</li>
+ * <li><tt>12987364</tt> becomes "12M"</li>
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ * @param value
+ * the value to convert
+ * @param strict
+ * TRUE if you want any value equals or greater than 1000 to use
+ * the "k" suffix; FALSE if you want to go a bit higher and only
+ * use "k" for values equal or greater than 4000
+ *
+ * @return the display value
+ */
+ public static String formatNumber(long value, boolean strict) {
+ if (value >= 1000000l) {
+ return Long.toString(value / 1000000l) + "M";
+ }
+
+ if ((strict && value >= 1000l) || (!strict && value >= 4000l)) {
+ return Long.toString(value / 1000l) + "k";