Java UTF8 asUTF8String(byte[] bytes)

Description

Turns a byte[] array into a UTF8 string

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
bytes	a parameter

Return

a String

Declaration

public static String asUTF8String(byte[] bytes) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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 *
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import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;

public class Main {
    public static Charset UTF_8 = Charset.forName("UTF-8");

    /**
     * Turns a byte[] array into a UTF8 string
     * 
     * @param bytes
     * @return a String
     */
    public static String asUTF8String(byte[] bytes) {
        return asString(bytes, UTF_8);
    }

    /**
     * Turns a byte[] array into a string in the provided {@link Charset}
     * 
     * @param bytes
     * @param charset
     * @return a String
     */
    public static String asString(byte[] bytes, Charset charset) {
        if (bytes == null) {
            return null;
        }

        if (charset == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot get bytes without a Charset");
        }

        try {
            return new String(bytes, charset.name());
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(charset.name() + " must be present", e);
        }
    }
}

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1. asUTF16BEEncoded(String basicString)
2. asUtf8(byte[] bytes)
3. asUTF8(InputStream in)
4. asUTF8bytes(String s)
5. asUtf8ByteStream(final String string)
6. asUTFString(byte[] content)
7. backup(String inputFile, String backupFile)
8. codeListToString(List utf8CodeList)
9. codesToString(int[] utf8Codes)