Java UTF8 Convert To getBytesUtf8(String string)

Description

Encodes the given string into a sequence of bytes using the UTF-8 charset, storing the result into a new byte array.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
string	the String to encode, may be <code>null</code>

Exception

Parameter	Description
IllegalStateException	Thrown when the charset is missing, which should be never according the the Java specification.

Return

encoded bytes, or null if the input string was null

Declaration

public static byte[] getBytesUtf8(String string) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Encodes the given string into a sequence of bytes using the UTF-8 charset, storing the result into a new byte
     * array.
     * 
     * @param string
     *            the String to encode, may be <code>null</code>
     * @return encoded bytes, or <code>null</code> if the input string was <code>null</code>
     * @throws IllegalStateException
     *             Thrown when the charset is missing, which should be never according the the Java specification.
     * @see <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/nio/charset/Charset.html">Standard charsets</a>
     * @since Commons Checksum 1.0
     */
    public static byte[] getBytesUtf8(String string) {
        if (string == null) {
            return null;
        }
        try {
            return string.getBytes("UTF-8");
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("UTF-8 : " + e);
        }
    }
}

Related

1. fromUTF8(byte[] bytes)
2. fromUTF8Bytes(byte[] bytes)
3. fromUTF8Bytes(byte[] bytes)
4. getBytesUtf8(String str)
5. getBytesUTF8(String string)
6. getBytesUtf8(String string)
7. getBytesUtf8(String string)
8. UTF8ToCodePoint(byte[] b, int s)
9. utf8ToCodePoint(int b1, int b2, int b3, int b4)