Java Utililty Methods String to Octal

List of utility methods to do String to Octal

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Method

StringconvertStringToOctal(String literalString)
Convert a utf-8 encoded string into into an octal enocded byte[] array. 
int length = literalString.length();
boolean foundExtendedAscii = false;
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
    if (literalString.charAt(i) >= 255) {
        foundExtendedAscii = true;
        break;
if (foundExtendedAscii) {
    char[] octalEncoded = new char[length * 2 + 2];
    octalEncoded[0] = 254;
    octalEncoded[1] = 255;
    for (int i = 0, j = 2; i < length; i++, j += 2) {
        octalEncoded[j] = (char) ((literalString.charAt(i) >> 8) & 0xFF);
        octalEncoded[j + 1] = (char) (literalString.charAt(i) & 0xFF);
    return new String(octalEncoded);
} else {
    return literalString;