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String.getBytes

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Syntax 1

public void getBytes( int srcBegin**, int** srcEnd**, byte** dst[], int dstBegin )

Parameters
  • srcBegin
    index of the first character in the string to copy.
  • srcEnd
    index after the last character in the string to copy.
  • dst
    the destination array.
  • dstBegin
    the start offset in the destination array.
Description

**Note: getBytes() is deprecated.**This method does not properly convert characters into bytes. As of JDK 1.1, the preferred way to do this is via the getBytes(String enc) method, which takes a character-encoding name, or the getBytes() method, which uses the platform's default encoding.

Copies characters from this string into the destination byte array. Each byte receives the 8 low-order bits of the corresponding character.

The first character to be copied is at index srcBegin; the last character to be copied is at index srcEnd-1. The total number of characters to be copied is srcEnd-srcBegin. The characters, converted to bytes, are copied into the subarray of dst starting at index dstBegin and ending at index:

     dstbegin + (srcEnd-srcBegin) - 1
Exceptions

StringIndexOutOfBoundsException if srcBegin or srcEnd is out of range, or if srcBegin is greater than srcEnd.

Syntax 2

public byte[] getBytes( String enc ) throws UnsupportedEncodingException

Parameters
  • enc
    A character-encoding name
Returns

The resultant byte array

Description

Convert this String into bytes according to the specified character encoding, storing the result into a new byte array.

Exceptions

UnsupportedEncodingException If the named encoding is not supported

Syntax 3

public byte[] getBytes()

Returns

the resultant byte array.

Description

Convert this String into bytes according to the platform's default character encoding, storing the result into a new byte array.