1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/prelude/hitfield/RawBase64.java b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/prelude/hitfield/RawBase64.java
index ada0797ab02..71964054e0d 100644
--- a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/prelude/hitfield/RawBase64.java
+++ b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/prelude/hitfield/RawBase64.java
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ package com.yahoo.prelude.hitfield;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Base64;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 /**
+ * Wraps a byte [] and renders it as base64 encoded string
  * @author baldersheim
  */
 public class RawBase64 implements Comparable<RawBase64> {
@@ -14,10 +16,13 @@ public class RawBase64 implements Comparable<RawBase64> {
         this(content, false);
     }
     public RawBase64(byte[] content, boolean withoutPadding) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(content);
         this.content = content;
         this.withoutPadding = withoutPadding;
     }
 
+    public byte [] value() { return content; }
+
     @Override
     public int compareTo(RawBase64 rhs) {
         return Arrays.compareUnsigned(content, rhs.content);
@@ -29,4 +34,17 @@ public class RawBase64 implements Comparable<RawBase64> {
                 ? Base64.getEncoder().withoutPadding().encodeToString(content)
                 : Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(content);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (this == o) return true;
+        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;
+        RawBase64 rawBase64 = (RawBase64) o;
+        return Arrays.equals(content, rawBase64.content);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Arrays.hashCode(content);
+    }
 }