Here you can find the source of toBytes(byte data)
public static byte[] toBytes(byte data)
//package com.java2s; /*//from ww w . jav a 2 s .c o m * Copyright (C) 2014 Jesse Caulfield * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ public class Main { public static byte[] toBytes(byte data) { return new byte[] { data }; } public static byte[] toBytes(byte[] data) { return data; } /** * Convert a SHORT into a two-byte array. * * @param data a short number * @return a two-byte array */ public static byte[] toBytes(short data) { return new byte[] { (byte) ((data >> 8) & 0xff), (byte) ((data) & 0xff), }; } public static byte[] toBytes(short[] data) { if (data == null) { return null; } byte[] bytes = new byte[data.length * 2]; for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) { System.arraycopy(toBytes(data[i]), 0, bytes, i * 2, 2); } return bytes; } public static byte[] toBytes(char data) { return new byte[] { (byte) ((data >> 8) & 0xff), (byte) (data & 0xff), }; } public static byte[] toBytes(char[] data) { if (data == null) { return null; } byte[] bytes = new byte[data.length * 2]; for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) { System.arraycopy(toBytes(data[i]), 0, bytes, i * 2, 2); } return bytes; } public static byte[] toBytes(int data) { return new byte[] { (byte) ((data >> 24) & 0xff), (byte) ((data >> 16) & 0xff), (byte) ((data >> 8) & 0xff), (byte) ((data) & 0xff) }; } public static byte[] toBytes(int[] data) { if (data == null) { return null; } byte[] bytes = new byte[data.length * 4]; for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) { System.arraycopy(toBytes(data[i]), 0, bytes, i * 4, 4); } return bytes; } public static byte[] toBytes(long data) { return new byte[] { (byte) ((data >> 56) & 0xff), (byte) ((data >> 48) & 0xff), (byte) ((data >> 40) & 0xff), (byte) ((data >> 32) & 0xff), (byte) ((data >> 24) & 0xff), (byte) ((data >> 16) & 0xff), (byte) ((data >> 8) & 0xff), (byte) ((data) & 0xff), }; } public static byte[] toBytes(long[] data) { if (data == null) { return null; } byte[] bytes = new byte[data.length * 8]; for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) { System.arraycopy(toBytes(data[i]), 0, bytes, i * 8, 8); } return bytes; } public static byte[] toBytes(float data) { return toBytes(Float.floatToRawIntBits(data)); } public static byte[] toBytes(float[] data) { if (data == null) { return null; } byte[] bytes = new byte[data.length * 4]; for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) { System.arraycopy(toBytes(data[i]), 0, bytes, i * 4, 4); } return bytes; } public static byte[] toBytes(Double data) { return toBytes(Double.doubleToRawLongBits(data)); } public static byte[] toBytes(Double[] data) { if (data == null) { return null; } byte[] bytes = new byte[data.length * 8]; for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) { System.arraycopy(toBytes(data[i]), 0, bytes, i * 8, 8); } return bytes; } public static byte[] toBytes(double data) { return toBytes(Double.doubleToRawLongBits(data)); } public static byte[] toBytes(double[] data) { if (data == null) { return null; } byte[] bytes = new byte[data.length * 8]; for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) { System.arraycopy(toBytes(data[i]), 0, bytes, i * 8, 8); } return bytes; } public static byte[] toBytes(boolean data) { return new byte[] { (byte) (data ? 0x01 : 0x00) }; // bool -> {1 byte} } public static byte[] toBytes(boolean[] data) { /** * Advanced Technique: The byte array contains information about how many * boolean values are involved, so the exact array is returned when later * decoded. */ if (data == null) { return null; } int len = data.length; byte[] lena = toBytes(len); // int conversion; length array = lena byte[] bytes = new byte[lena.length + (len / 8) + (len % 8 != 0 ? 1 : 0)]; // (Above) length-array-length + sets-of-8-booleans +? byte-for-remainder System.arraycopy(lena, 0, bytes, 0, lena.length); // (Below) algorithm by Matthew Cudmore: boolean[] -> bits -> byte[] for (int i = 0, j = lena.length, k = 7; i < data.length; i++) { bytes[j] |= (data[i] ? 1 : 0) << k--; if (k < 0) { j++; k = 7; } } return bytes; } public static byte[] toBytes(String data) { return (data == null) ? null : data.getBytes(); } public static byte[] toBytes(String[] data) { /** * Advanced Technique: Generates an indexed byte array which contains the * array of Strings. The byte array contains information about the number of * Strings and the length of each String. */ if (data == null) { return null; } // ---------- flags: int totalLength = 0; // Measure length of final byte array int bytesPos = 0; // Used later // ----- arrays: byte[] dLen = toBytes(data.length); // byte array of data length totalLength += dLen.length; int[] sLens = new int[data.length]; // String lengths = sLens totalLength += (sLens.length * 4); byte[][] strs = new byte[data.length][]; // array of String bytes // ----- pack strs: for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) { if (data[i] != null) { strs[i] = toBytes(data[i]); sLens[i] = strs[i].length; totalLength += strs[i].length; } else { sLens[i] = 0; strs[i] = new byte[0]; // prevent null entries } } byte[] bytes = new byte[totalLength]; // final array System.arraycopy(dLen, 0, bytes, 0, 4); byte[] bsLens = toBytes(sLens); // byte version of String sLens System.arraycopy(bsLens, 0, bytes, 4, bsLens.length); // ----- bytesPos += 4 + bsLens.length; // mark position // ----- for (byte[] sba : strs) { System.arraycopy(sba, 0, bytes, bytesPos, sba.length); bytesPos += sba.length; } return bytes; } }