Java UTF8 Encode toUTF8(String s)

Description

Encodes a string to UTF8

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
s	the string which should be encoded

Return

the encoded string or null

Declaration

public static String toUTF8(String s) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Encodes a string to UTF8
     * @param s the string which should be encoded
     * @return the encoded string or null
     */
    public static String toUTF8(String s) {
        if (s != null) {
            try {
                // FIXME: what is this? why do we want to introduce platform dependency here?
                // This should only be correct if an error from somewhere else has to be corrected.
                return new String(s.getBytes("UTF8"));
            } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

Related

1. getUTF8StringLength(String string)
2. isUTF8(String encoding)
3. toUTF8(byte[] bytes)
4. toUTF8(String content)
5. toUTF8(String isoString)
6. toUTF8(String sourceStr)
7. toUTF8(String str)
8. toUTF8(String str)
9. toUtf8(String str)