Java String to Byte Array getBytes(String string, String encoding)

Description

Translate the string to bytes using the given encoding

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
string	The string to translate
encoding	The encoding to use

Return

The bytes that make up the string

Declaration

public static byte[] getBytes(String string, String encoding) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/* w  w  w . java  2s. co  m*/
 * Copyright 2008-2013 LinkedIn, Inc
 * 
 * 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 {
    /**
     * Translate the string to bytes using the given encoding
     * 
     * @param string The string to translate
     * @param encoding The encoding to use
     * @return The bytes that make up the string
     */
    public static byte[] getBytes(String string, String encoding) {
        try {
            return string.getBytes(encoding);
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(encoding
                    + " is not a known encoding name.", e);
        }
    }
}

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