Java Byte Array Create toByteString(final String source)

Description

to Byte String

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String toByteString(final String source) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

public class Main {

    public static String toByteString(final String source) {
        if (source == null) {
            return null;
        }// www .ja  va 2  s  .  c o m

        if (source.length() == 0) {
            return "";
        }

        final char[] chars = source.toCharArray();
        final byte[] bytes = new byte[source.length() * 2];
        int index = 0;

        for (int i = 0, charValue = 0; (i < chars.length)
                && (index < (chars.length * 2)); i++) {
            charValue = chars[i];

            if (charValue > 255) {
                try {
                    final byte[] tmp = (new Character(chars[i])).toString()
                            .getBytes("GB2312");

                    for (int j = 0; j < tmp.length; j++) {
                        bytes[index] = tmp[j];
                        index++;
                    }
                } catch (final Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            } else {
                bytes[index] = (byte) chars[i];
                index++;
            }
        }

        return new String(bytes, 0, index);
    }

    /**
     * To string.
     *
     * @param obj the obj
     * @return the string
     */
    public static String toString(final Object obj) {
        if (obj == null) {
            return "";
        } else {
            return obj.toString();
        }
    }
}

Related

1. toBytesShortBE(short w)
2. toBytesString(byte[] bytes)
3. toByteString(byte[] bytes, String seperator)
4. toByteString(byte[] content, int len)
5. toByteString(final byte[] b)
6. toBytesWithLength(byte[] buffer, int pos, String string)
7. toBytesWithLengthLong(byte[] buffer, int pos, byte[] bytes)