Java Byte Array from getBytes(final String data, String charset)

Description

Converts the specified string to a byte array.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
data	the string to be encoded
charset	the desired character encoding

Return

The resulting byte array.

Declaration

public static byte[] getBytes(final String data, String charset) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;

public class Main {
    /**//from   w w  w.j a  va2 s . c o  m
     * Converts the specified string to a byte array.  If the charset is not 
     * supported the default system charset is used.
     *
     * @param data the string to be encoded
     * @param charset the desired character encoding
     * @return The resulting byte array.
     */
    public static byte[] getBytes(final String data, String charset) {

        if (data == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("data may not be null");
        }

        if (charset == null || charset.length() == 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("charset may not be null or empty");
        }

        try {
            return data.getBytes(charset);
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            return data.getBytes();
        }
    }
}

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