Java Convert via ByteBuffer stringsToBinary(final String strings[])

Description

Utility to convert a String to bytes

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
string	incoming String to convert

Return

a byte array

Declaration

public static byte[] stringsToBinary(final String strings[]) 

Method Source Code

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

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    public static final Charset GEOWAVE_CHAR_SET = Charset.forName("ISO-8859-1");

    /**//from w w  w  .j a v a  2s .c  om
     * Utility to convert a String to bytes
     * 
     * @param string
     *            incoming String to convert
     * @return a byte array
     */
    public static byte[] stringsToBinary(final String strings[]) {
        int len = 4;
        final List<byte[]> strsBytes = new ArrayList<byte[]>();
        for (final String str : strings) {
            final byte[] strByte = str.getBytes(GEOWAVE_CHAR_SET);
            strsBytes.add(strByte);
            len += (strByte.length + 4);

        }
        final ByteBuffer buf = ByteBuffer.allocate(len);
        buf.putInt(strings.length);
        for (final byte[] str : strsBytes) {
            buf.putInt(str.length);
            buf.put(str);
        }
        return buf.array();
    }
}

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