File folderName = new File(processingFolder+"/"+f1[i].getName());
            File[] folderFiles= folderName.listFiles();

            for(int m=0;m<folderFiles.length;m++)
            {
                System.out.println("folderFiles are:"+folderFiles[m]);
                //String s1 = new String();
             File readfile = new File(folderFiles[m].toString());
             System.out.println(readfile.exists() + "!!");

             FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(readfile);
             ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

             byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
             try {
                 for (int readNum; (readNum = fis.read(buf)) != -1;) {
                     bos.write(buf, 0, readNum); 
                     //no doubt here is 0
                     /*Writes len bytes from the specified byte array starting at offset 
                     off to this byte array output stream.*/
                 }
             }


             catch (IOException ex) {
             }
             byte[] bytes = bos.toByteArray();

              result2 = Base64.encode( bytes );

this converts file into base64 format.
base64 class is,

public class Base64Coder {

// The line separator string of the operating system.
private static final String systemLineSeparator = System.getProperty("line.separator");

// Mapping table from 6-bit nibbles to Base64 characters.
private static final char[] map1 = new char[64];
   static {
      int i=0;
      for (char c= A ; c<= Z ; c++) map1[i++] = c;
      for (char c= a ; c<= z ; c++) map1[i++] = c;
      for (char c= 0 ; c<= 9 ; c++) map1[i++] = c;
      map1[i++] =  + ; map1[i++] =  / ; }

// Mapping table from Base64 characters to 6-bit nibbles.
private static final byte[] map2 = new byte[128];
   static {
      for (int i=0; i<map2.length; i++) map2[i] = -1;
      for (int i=0; i<64; i++) map2[map1[i]] = (byte)i; }

/**
* Encodes a string into Base64 format.
* No blanks or line breaks are inserted.
* @param s  A String to be encoded.
* @return   A String containing the Base64 encoded data.
*/
public static String encodeString (String s) {
   return new String(encode(s.getBytes())); }

/**
* Encodes a byte array into Base 64 format and breaks the output into lines of 76 characters.
* This method is compatible with <code>sun.misc.BASE64Encoder.encodeBuffer(byte[])</code>.
* @param in  An array containing the data bytes to be encoded.
* @return    A String containing the Base64 encoded data, broken into lines.
*/
public static String encodeLines (byte[] in) {
   return encodeLines(in, 0, in.length, 76, systemLineSeparator); }

/**
* Encodes a byte array into Base 64 format and breaks the output into lines.
* @param in            An array containing the data bytes to be encoded.
* @param iOff          Offset of the first byte in <code>in</code> to be processed.
* @param iLen          Number of bytes to be processed in <code>in</code>, starting at <code>iOff</code>.
* @param lineLen       Line length for the output data. Should be a multiple of 4.
* @param lineSeparator The line separator to be used to separate the output lines.
* @return              A String containing the Base64 encoded data, broken into lines.
*/
public static String encodeLines (byte[] in, int iOff, int iLen, int lineLen, String lineSeparator) {
   int blockLen = (lineLen*3) / 4;
   if (blockLen <= 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException();
   int lines = (iLen+blockLen-1) / blockLen;
   int bufLen = ((iLen+2)/3)*4 + lines*lineSeparator.length();
   StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(bufLen);
   int ip = 0;
   while (ip < iLen) {
      int l = Math.min(iLen-ip, blockLen);
      buf.append (encode(in, iOff+ip, l));
      buf.append (lineSeparator);
      ip += l; }
   return buf.toString(); }

/**
* Encodes a byte array into Base64 format.
* No blanks or line breaks are inserted in the output.
* @param in  An array containing the data bytes to be encoded.
* @return    A character array containing the Base64 encoded data.
*/
public static char[] encode (byte[] in) {
   return encode(in, 0, in.length); }

/**
* Encodes a byte array into Base64 format.
* No blanks or line breaks are inserted in the output.
* @param in    An array containing the data bytes to be encoded.
* @param iLen  Number of bytes to process in <code>in</code>.
* @return      A character array containing the Base64 encoded data.
*/
public static char[] encode (byte[] in, int iLen) {
   return encode(in, 0, iLen); }

/**
* Encodes a byte array into Base64 format.
* No blanks or line breaks are inserted in the output.
* @param in    An array containing the data bytes to be encoded.
* @param iOff  Offset of the first byte in <code>in</code> to be processed.
* @param iLen  Number of bytes to process in <code>in</code>, starting at <code>iOff</code>.
* @return      A character array containing the Base64 encoded data.
*/
public static char[] encode (byte[] in, int iOff, int iLen) {
   int oDataLen = (iLen*4+2)/3;       // output length without padding
   int oLen = ((iLen+2)/3)*4;         // output length including padding
   char[] out = new char[oLen];
   int ip = iOff;
   int iEnd = iOff + iLen;
   int op = 0;
   while (ip < iEnd) {
      int i0 = in[ip++] & 0xff;
      int i1 = ip < iEnd ? in[ip++] & 0xff : 0;
      int i2 = ip < iEnd ? in[ip++] & 0xff : 0;
      int o0 = i0 >>> 2;
      int o1 = ((i0 &   3) << 4) | (i1 >>> 4);
      int o2 = ((i1 & 0xf) << 2) | (i2 >>> 6);
      int o3 = i2 & 0x3F;
      out[op++] = map1[o0];
      out[op++] = map1[o1];
      out[op] = op < oDataLen ? map1[o2] :  = ; op++;
      out[op] = op < oDataLen ? map1[o3] :  = ; op++; }
   return out; }

/**
* Decodes a string from Base64 format.
* No blanks or line breaks are allowed within the Base64 encoded input data.
* @param s  A Base64 String to be decoded.
* @return   A String containing the decoded data.
* @throws   IllegalArgumentException If the input is not valid Base64 encoded data.
*/
public static String decodeString (String s) {
   return new String(decode(s)); }

/**
* Decodes a byte array from Base64 format and ignores line separators, tabs and blanks.
* CR, LF, Tab and Space characters are ignored in the input data.
* This method is compatible with <code>sun.misc.BASE64Decoder.decodeBuffer(String)</code>.
* @param s  A Base64 String to be decoded.
* @return   An array containing the decoded data bytes.
* @throws   IllegalArgumentException If the input is not valid Base64 encoded data.
*/
public static byte[] decodeLines (String s) {
   char[] buf = new char[s.length()];
   int p = 0;
   for (int ip = 0; ip < s.length(); ip++) {
      char c = s.charAt(ip);
      if (c !=     && c !=  
  && c !=  
  && c !=  	 )
         buf[p++] = c; }
   return decode(buf, 0, p); }

/**
* Decodes a byte array from Base64 format.
* No blanks or line breaks are allowed within the Base64 encoded input data.
* @param s  A Base64 String to be decoded.
* @return   An array containing the decoded data bytes.
* @throws   IllegalArgumentException If the input is not valid Base64 encoded data.
*/
public static byte[] decode (String s) {
   return decode(s.toCharArray()); }

/**
* Decodes a byte array from Base64 format.
* No blanks or line breaks are allowed within the Base64 encoded input data.
* @param in  A character array containing the Base64 encoded data.
* @return    An array containing the decoded data bytes.
* @throws    IllegalArgumentException If the input is not valid Base64 encoded data.
*/
public static byte[] decode (char[] in) {
   return decode(in, 0, in.length); }

/**
* Decodes a byte array from Base64 format.
* No blanks or line breaks are allowed within the Base64 encoded input data.
* @param in    A character array containing the Base64 encoded data.
* @param iOff  Offset of the first character in <code>in</code> to be processed.
* @param iLen  Number of characters to process in <code>in</code>, starting at <code>iOff</code>.
* @return      An array containing the decoded data bytes.
* @throws      IllegalArgumentException If the input is not valid Base64 encoded data.
*/
public static byte[] decode (char[] in, int iOff, int iLen) {
   if (iLen%4 != 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException ("Length of Base64 encoded input string is not a multiple of 4.");
   while (iLen > 0 && in[iOff+iLen-1] ==  = ) iLen--;
   int oLen = (iLen*3) / 4;
   byte[] out = new byte[oLen];
   int ip = iOff;
   int iEnd = iOff + iLen;
   int op = 0;
   while (ip < iEnd) {
      int i0 = in[ip++];
      int i1 = in[ip++];
      int i2 = ip < iEnd ? in[ip++] :  A ;
      int i3 = ip < iEnd ? in[ip++] :  A ;
      if (i0 > 127 || i1 > 127 || i2 > 127 || i3 > 127)
         throw new IllegalArgumentException ("Illegal character in Base64 encoded data.");
      int b0 = map2[i0];
      int b1 = map2[i1];
      int b2 = map2[i2];
      int b3 = map2[i3];
      if (b0 < 0 || b1 < 0 || b2 < 0 || b3 < 0)
         throw new IllegalArgumentException ("Illegal character in Base64 encoded data.");
      int o0 = ( b0       <<2) | (b1>>>4);
      int o1 = ((b1 & 0xf)<<4) | (b2>>>2);
      int o2 = ((b2 &   3)<<6) |  b3;
      out[op++] = (byte)o0;
      if (op<oLen) out[op++] = (byte)o1;
      if (op<oLen) out[op++] = (byte)o2; }
   return out; }

// Dummy constructor.
private Base64Coder() {}

} // end class Base64Coder