How to convert a string to a stream of bits in java

Question

How to convert a string to a stream of bits zeroes and ones what i did i take a string then convert it to an array of char then i used method called forDigit(char,int) ,but it

Answer 1

String strToConvert = "abc";
byte [] bytes = strToConvert.getBytes();
StringBuilder bits = new StringBuilder(bytes.length * 8); 
System.err.println(strToConvert + " contains " + bytes.length +" number of bytes");
for(byte b:bytes) {
  bits.append(Integer.toString(b, 2));
}   

System.err.println(bits);
char [] chars = new char[bits.length()];
bits.getChars(0, bits.length(), chars, chars.length);