How to efficiently convert byte array to string

Question

I have a byte array of 151 bytes which is typically a record, The record needs to inserted in to a oracle database. In 151 byte of array range from 0 to 1 is a record id , 2

Answer 1

None of the answers here consider that you might not be using ASCII. When converting bytes to a string, you should always consider the charset.

new String(bytes, offset, length, charset);