Creates an UTF-8 string from a byte array. - Java java.lang

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Creates an UTF-8 string from a byte array.

Demo Code

/**/*from ww w.  ja  va  2s . com*/
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2004-2008 FhG Fokus
 *
 * This file is part of the FhG Fokus UPnP stack - an open source UPnP implementation
 * with some additional features
 *
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 * the Free Software Foundation.
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 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) {
        byte[] data = new byte[] { 34, 35, 36, 37, 37, 37, 67, 68, 69 };
        System.out.println(byteArrayToUTF8String(data));
    }

    /** Creates an UTF-8 string from a byte array. */
    public static String byteArrayToUTF8String(byte[] data) {
        if (data == null) {
            return null;
        }
        if (data.length == 0) {
            return "";
        }

        byte[] source = data;
        // remove final '\0'
        if (data[data.length - 1] == (byte) 0) {
            source = new byte[data.length - 1];
            System.arraycopy(data, 0, source, 0, source.length);
        }
        try {
            return new String(source, "utf-8");
        } catch (Exception ex) {
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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