Here you can find the source of toCharArray(byte[] data)
public static char[] toCharArray(byte[] data)
//package com.java2s; /*/*w w w. j av a2 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 char[] toCharArray(byte[] data) { if ((data == null) || (data.length % 2 != 0)) { return null; } char[] chrs = new char[data.length / 2]; for (int i = 0; i < chrs.length; i++) { chrs[i] = toChar(new byte[] { data[(i * 2)], data[(i * 2) + 1], }); } return chrs; } public static char toChar(byte[] data) { if ((data == null) || (data.length != 2)) { return 0x0; } return (char) ((0xff & data[0]) << 8 | (0xff & data[1])); } }