Java UTF8 getBytesUtf8(final 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>

Return

encoded bytes, or null if the input string was null

Declaration

public static byte[] getBytesUtf8(final String string) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

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>
     * @see <a href="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/nio/charset/Charset.html">Standard charsets</a>
     */
    public static byte[] getBytesUtf8(final String string) {
        return getBytes(string, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    }

    /**
     * Calls {@link String#getBytes(Charset)}
     *
     * @param string
     *            The string to encode (if null, return null).
     * @param charset
     *            The {@link Charset} to encode the <code>String</code>
     * @return the encoded bytes
     */
    private static byte[] getBytes(final String string,
            final Charset charset) {
        if (string == null) {
            return null;
        }
        return string.getBytes(charset);
    }
}

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3. fromUTF8(byte[] bytes)
4. fromUTF8(byte[] bytes)
5. generateRawUTF8Bytes(final String string)
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7. getFiles(String InputFilePath)
8. getOutputFromCommand(boolean print, List command)
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