diff -r 6d7ae91094e7 -r d93ef1df440d javacommons/utils/src/javacommonutils.cpp
--- a/javacommons/utils/src/javacommonutils.cpp	Tue Jun 22 09:54:11 2010 +0100
+++ b/javacommons/utils/src/javacommonutils.cpp	Thu Jul 22 16:31:34 2010 +0100
@@ -277,6 +277,34 @@
     return result;
 }
 
+OS_EXPORT std::wstring JavaCommonUtils::wbase64encode(const std::wstring& aData)
+{
+    BIO* b64  = BIO_new(BIO_f_base64());
+    if (NULL == b64)
+    {
+        return L"";
+    }
+    BIO_set_flags(b64, BIO_FLAGS_BASE64_NO_NL);
+    BIO* bmem = BIO_new(BIO_s_mem());
+
+    b64 = BIO_push(b64, bmem);
+    BIO_write(b64, aData.c_str(), aData.length() * 2);
+    BIO_flush(b64);
+
+    BUF_MEM* bptr;
+    BIO_get_mem_ptr(b64, &bptr);
+
+    std::wstring result;
+    // convert each char to wchar
+    for (int i = 0; i < bptr->length; i++)
+    {
+        result.push_back((wchar_t)*(bptr->data + i));
+    }
+    BIO_free_all(b64);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
 OS_EXPORT std::string JavaCommonUtils::base64decode(const std::string& aData)
 {
     BIO* b64  = BIO_new(BIO_f_base64());