private static byte[] encode3to4(byte[] source, int srcOffset, int numSigBytes, byte[] destination, int destOffset)
	{
		byte[] ALPHABET = _STANDARD_ALPHABET;

		// 1 2 3
		// 01234567890123456789012345678901 Bit position
		// --------000000001111111122222222 Array position from threeBytes
		// --------| || || || | Six bit groups to index ALPHABET
		// >>18 >>12 >> 6 >> 0 Right shift necessary
		// 0x3f 0x3f 0x3f Additional AND

		// Create buffer with zero-padding if there are only one or two
		// significant bytes passed in the array.
		// We have to shift left 24 in order to flush out the 1's that appear
		// when Java treats a value as negative that is cast from a byte to an
		// int.
		int inBuff = (numSigBytes > 0 ? ((source[srcOffset] << 24) >>> 8) : 0) | (numSigBytes > 1 ? ((source[srcOffset + 1] << 24) >>> 16) : 0) | (numSigBytes > 2 ? ((source[srcOffset + 2] << 24) >>> 24) : 0);

		switch (numSigBytes)
		{
		case 3:
			destination[destOffset] = ALPHABET[(inBuff >>> 18)];
			destination[destOffset + 1] = ALPHABET[(inBuff >>> 12) & 0x3f];
			destination[destOffset + 2] = ALPHABET[(inBuff >>> 6) & 0x3f];
			destination[destOffset + 3] = ALPHABET[(inBuff) & 0x3f];
			return destination;

		case 2:
			destination[destOffset] = ALPHABET[(inBuff >>> 18)];
			destination[destOffset + 1] = ALPHABET[(inBuff >>> 12) & 0x3f];
			destination[destOffset + 2] = ALPHABET[(inBuff >>> 6) & 0x3f];
			destination[destOffset + 3] = EQUALS_SIGN;
			return destination;

		case 1:
			destination[destOffset] = ALPHABET[(inBuff >>> 18)];
			destination[destOffset + 1] = ALPHABET[(inBuff >>> 12) & 0x3f];
			destination[destOffset + 2] = EQUALS_SIGN;
			destination[destOffset + 3] = EQUALS_SIGN;
			return destination;

		default:
			return destination;
		}
	}