Java tutorial
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { byte[] bs = { 65, 66, 67, 68, 69 }; ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); baos.write(bs); // converts buffers content using Cp1047 character set String str = baos.toString("Cp1047"); System.out.println(str); // converts buffers contents using UTF-8 character set str = baos.toString("UTF-8"); System.out.println(str); } }