Java String Encode encodeString(String s, boolean useUnicode)

Description

Encodes the string to a byte array using UTF-16LE or the ASCII charset in function of the useUnicode argument.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
s	the string to encode
useUnicode	if true then string is encoded to UTF-16LE otherwise to ASCII

Exception

Parameter	Description
UnsupportedEncodingException	if encoding fails

Return

the encoded string as a byte array

Declaration

public static byte[] encodeString(String s, boolean useUnicode)
        throws UnsupportedEncodingException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Encodes the string to a byte array using UTF-16LE or the ASCII charset
     * in function of the <code>useUnicode</code> argument.
     * 
     * @param s the string to encode
     * @param useUnicode if true then string is encoded to UTF-16LE 
     * otherwise to ASCII
     * @return the encoded string as a byte array
     * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException if encoding fails
     */
    public static byte[] encodeString(String s, boolean useUnicode)
            throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
        if (useUnicode) {
            return getUTFStringAsByteArray(s);
        }

        return getOEMStringAsByteArray(s);
    }

    /**
     * Converts an UTF-16LE string as defined in NTLM protocol to a byte array.
     * 
     * @param s the string to convert
     * @return the result byte array
     * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException if the string is not an UTF-16LE string
     */
    public static byte[] getUTFStringAsByteArray(String s)
            throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
        return s.getBytes("UTF-16LE");
    }

    /**
     * Converts an OEM string as defined in NTLM protocol (eg ASCII charset)
     * to a byte array.
     * 
     * @param s the string to convert
     * @return the result byte array
     * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException if the string is not an OEM string
     */
    public static byte[] getOEMStringAsByteArray(String s)
            throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
        return s.getBytes("ASCII");
    }
}

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