Here you can find the source of encodeString(String in)
public static byte[] encodeString(String in)
//package com.java2s; /**//from w ww . ja v a 2s . co m * Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Dustin Sallings * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALING * IN THE SOFTWARE. */ import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException; public class Main { static final String charset = "utf-8"; /** * Encode a string into the current character set. */ public static byte[] encodeString(String in) { byte[] rv = null; try { rv = in.getBytes(charset); } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } return rv; } }