How to convert Java String into byte[]?

Question

Is there any way to convert Java String to a byte[] (not the boxed Byte[])?

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Answer 1

You can use String.getBytes() which returns the byte[] array.

Answer 2

I know I'm a little late tothe party but thisworks pretty neat (our professor gave it to us)

public static byte[] asBytes (String s) {                   
           String tmp;
           byte[] b = new byte[s.length() / 2];
           int i;
           for (i = 0; i < s.length() / 2; i++) {
             tmp = s.substring(i * 2, i * 2 + 2);
             b[i] = (byte)(Integer.parseInt(tmp, 16) & 0xff);
           }
           return b;                                            //return bytes
    }