Here you can find the source of getBytes(String k)
public static final byte[] getBytes(String k)
//package com.java2s; /**//from w w w . j ava2 s.c o m * Copyright [2009-2010] [dennis zhuang(killme2008@gmail.com)] * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, * either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License */ import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException; public class Main { public static final byte[] getBytes(String k) { if (k == null || k.length() == 0) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Key must not be blank"); } try { return k.getBytes("utf-8"); } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } } }