}

    /**
     * Decodes data encoded in Base64.
     * <p>
     * This method uses {@link java.util.Base64.Decoder} for decoding.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param inData
     *            The data to decode
     * @return The decoded data, or null if the input is null or empty
     */
    public static byte[] decode(final String inData) {
        if (StringUtil.isEmpty(inData)) {

      }
      int bytesWritten = 0;
      for (int i = 0; i < chars.length(); ) {
        int chunk = alphabet.decode(chars.charAt(i++)) << 18;
        chunk |= alphabet.decode(chars.charAt(i++)) << 12;
        target[bytesWritten++] = (byte) (chunk >>> 16);
        if (i < chars.length()) {
          chunk |= alphabet.decode(chars.charAt(i++)) << 6;
          target[bytesWritten++] = (byte) ((chunk >>> 8) & 0xFF);

         */
        protected Map<String, Long> valueCountMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();

        /**
         * The decoded name of the field.
         */
        protected String name;

        /**
         * Constructs a Field from OpenSearch Terms aggregation.
         * Decodes the field name and processes all term buckets to extract
         * field values and their document counts.
         *

        return permission;
    }

    /**
     * Decodes a search role format string back to a permission string.
     * Reverses the encoding process to restore original permission format.
     *
     * @param value the encoded permission string to decode
     * @return the decoded permission string, or null if the input is blank or invalid
     */
    public String decode(final String value) {
        if (StringUtil.isBlank(value)) {

    }

    /**
     * Decodes a base64 encoded ID back to the original object name.
     *
     * @param id the encoded ID to decode
     * @return the decoded object name
     */
    protected static String decodeId(final String id) {
        if (id == null) {
            return StringUtil.EMPTY;
        }

            }
        }
        return u;
    }

    /**
     * Decodes a URL as a name using appropriate character encoding.
     * Handles encoding detection from parent URLs and configuration settings.
     *
     * @param url the URL to decode
     * @param escapePlus whether to escape plus signs before decoding
     * @return the decoded URL name, or original URL if decoding fails
     */

    }

    /**
     * Decodes a Base64 string to bytes.
     *
     * @param base64String the Base64 string to decode
     * @return the decoded bytes, or null if input is null
     */
    protected byte[] decodeBase64(String base64String) {
        if (base64String == null) {
            return null;
        }
        try {
            return BASE64_DECODER.decode(base64String);

      return decode(certificatePem, pkcs8Base64)
    }

    private fun decode(
      certificatePem: String,
      pkcs8Base64Text: String,
    ): HeldCertificate {
      val certificate = certificatePem.decodeCertificatePem()

      val pkcs8Bytes =
        pkcs8Base64Text.decodeBase64()
          ?: throw IllegalArgumentException("failed to decode private key")

        }
    }

    /**
     * Decodes a similar document hash from its compressed and encoded form.
     * Reverses the encoding process applied by encodeSimilarDocHash.
     *
     * @param hash the encoded hash string to decode
     * @return the decoded hash string, or the original hash if decoding fails
     */

        // Test that unicode strings are properly encoded/decoded
        String unicodeString = "日本語テスト";
        String encoded = BaseEncoding.base64().encode(unicodeString.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
        String decoded = new String(BaseEncoding.base64().decode(encoded), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);

        assertEquals(unicodeString, decoded);
    }

    @Test