How to convert Strings to and from UTF8 byte arrays in Java

Question

In Java, I have a String and I want to encode it as a byte array (in UTF8, or some other encoding). Alternately, I have a byte array (in some known encoding) and I want to c

Answer 1

As an alternative, StringUtils from Apache Commons can be used.

 byte[] bytes = {(byte) 1};
 String convertedString = StringUtils.newStringUtf8(bytes);

or

 String myString = "example";
 byte[] convertedBytes = StringUtils.getBytesUtf8(myString);

If you have non-standard charset, you can use getBytesUnchecked() or newString() accordingly.