Java String convert to a native C string.
import java.nio.ByteBuffer; import java.nio.CharBuffer; import java.nio.charset.Charset; import java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder; import java.nio.charset.CodingErrorAction; import java.util.Arrays; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) { ByteBuffer buf = ByteBuffer.allocate(20); putCharSequence(buf, Charset.defaultCharset(), "demo2s.com"); buf.flip();/*from ww w .j av a2s . com*/ System.out.println(Arrays.toString(toArray(buf))); } public static void putCharSequence(ByteBuffer buf, Charset charset, CharSequence value) { putCharSequence(buf, charset.newEncoder(), value); } public static void putCharSequence(ByteBuffer buf, CharsetEncoder encoder, CharSequence value) { // Convert any CharSequence implementor (String, etc) into a native // C string. encoder.reset().onMalformedInput(CodingErrorAction.REPLACE) .onUnmappableCharacter(CodingErrorAction.REPLACE) .encode(CharBuffer.wrap(value), buf, true); encoder.flush(buf); final int nulSize = Math.round(encoder.maxBytesPerChar()); // NUL terminate the string if (nulSize == 4) { buf.putInt(0); } else if (nulSize == 2) { buf.putShort((short) 0); } else if (nulSize == 1) { buf.put((byte) 0); } } public static byte[] toArray(final ByteBuffer buffer) { byte[] array = new byte[buffer.limit()]; buffer.get(array); return array; } }