public static String encode(byte[] input) {
        if (input.length == 0) {
            return "";
        }
        // Count leading zeros.
        int zeros = 0;
        while (zeros < input.length && input[zeros] == 0) {
            ++zeros;
        }
        // Convert base-256 digits to base-58 digits (plus conversion to ASCII characters)
        input = Arrays.copyOf(input, input.length); // since we modify it in-place
        char[] encoded = new char[input.length * 2]; // upper bound
        int outputStart = encoded.length;
        for (int inputStart = zeros; inputStart < input.length; ) {
            encoded[--outputStart] = ALPHABET[divmod(input, inputStart, 256, 58)];
            if (input[inputStart] == 0) {
                ++inputStart; // optimization - skip leading zeros
            }
        }
        // Preserve exactly as many leading encoded zeros in output as there were leading zeros in input.
        while (outputStart < encoded.length && encoded[outputStart] == ENCODED_ZERO) {
            ++outputStart;
        }
        while (--zeros >= 0) {
            encoded[--outputStart] = ENCODED_ZERO;
        }
        // Return encoded string (including encoded leading zeros).
        return new String(encoded, outputStart, encoded.length - outputStart);
    }
Encodes the given bytes as a base58 string (no checksum is appended).

@param input the bytes to encode
@return the base58-encoded string
stroom-util/src/main/java/stroom/util/string/Base58.java