Java I/O How to - Convert text to and from ByteBuffers

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Question

We would like to know how to convert text to and from ByteBuffers.

Answer

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import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;

public class MainClass {
  private static final int BSIZE = 1024;

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    FileChannel fc = new FileOutputStream("data2.txt").getChannel();
    fc.write(ByteBuffer.wrap("Some text".getBytes()));
    fc.close();
    fc = new FileInputStream("data2.txt").getChannel();
    ByteBuffer buff = ByteBuffer.allocate(BSIZE);
    fc.read(buff);
    buff.flip();

    System.out.println(buff.asCharBuffer());
    // Decode using this system's default Charset:
    buff.rewind();
    String encoding = System.getProperty("file.encoding");
    System.out.println("Decoded using " + encoding + ": " + Charset.forName(encoding).decode(buff));
    // Or, we could encode with something that will print:
    fc = new FileOutputStream("data2.txt").getChannel();
    fc.write(ByteBuffer.wrap("Some text".getBytes("UTF-16BE")));
    fc.close();

  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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