# Commons Codec 1.8 API

Packages
Package | Description
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org.apache.commons.codec | Interfaces and classes used by the various implementations in the sub-packages.
org.apache.commons.codec.binary | Base64, Base32, Binary, and Hexadecimal String encoding and decoding.
org.apache.commons.codec.digest | Simplifies common `MessageDigest` tasks and includes a libc crypt(3) compatible crypt method that supports DES, MD5, SHA-256 and SHA-512 based algorithms as well as the Apache specific "$apr1$" variant.
org.apache.commons.codec.language | Language and phonetic encoders.
org.apache.commons.codec.language.bm | Implementation details of the Beider-Morse codec.
org.apache.commons.codec.net | Network related encoding and decoding.

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