Converting string to byte[]

[bobo67]

hi,
how to convert String to byte[]?

My code:
//Converting byte[] to String
byte [] M1e = ConcatBytes(a1e,a2e,a3e);
String msg = new String(M1e);

//converting String to byte[]
byte[] Me = msg.getBytes();

but Me is not M1e!!:confused:

Regards,

[JosAH]

hi,
how to convert String to byte[]?

My code:
//Converting byte[] to String
byte [] M1e = ConcatBytes(a1e,a2e,a3e);
String msg = new String(M1e);

//converting String to byte[]
byte[] Me = msg.getBytes();

but Me is not M1e!!:confused:

Regards,

It all depends on the encoding and decoding used; there's also a getBytes() method that allows you to specify the encoding. I don't know what that ConcatBytes( ... ) method does but the encoding and decoding have to match.

kind regards,

Jos

[bobo67]

It just concatenate three byte array.here's the code:

private static byte[] ConcatBytes(byte[] a1e, byte[] a2e, byte[] a3e) {
byte concatenatedBytes[] = new byte[a1e.length + a2e.length + a3e.length];
for (int i=0; i<a1e.length; i++)
concatenatedBytes[i] = a1e[i];
for (int j=0; j<a2e.length; j++)
concatenatedBytes[j+a1e.length] = a2e[j];
for (int j=0; j<a3e.length; j++)
concatenatedBytes[j+a1e.length+a2e.length] = a3e[j];
return concatenatedBytes;
}
I convert Byte[] M1e to String and then convert it to Byte[] again, but the result isn't equal with M1e.
What I have to do?

[JosAH]

It just concatenate three byte array.here's the code:

private static byte[] ConcatBytes(byte[] a1e, byte[] a2e, byte[] a3e) {
byte concatenatedBytes[] = new byte[a1e.length + a2e.length + a3e.length];
for (int i=0; i<a1e.length; i++)
concatenatedBytes[i] = a1e[i];
for (int j=0; j<a2e.length; j++)
concatenatedBytes[j+a1e.length] = a2e[j];
for (int j=0; j<a3e.length; j++)
concatenatedBytes[j+a1e.length+a2e.length] = a3e[j];
return concatenatedBytes;
}
I convert Byte[] M1e to String and then convert it to Byte[] again, but the result isn't equal with M1e.
What I have to do?

I'd say don't convert your byte[] to a String and back again. The conversion to a String (internally a char[]) decodes the byte array and when you convert that String back again to a byte[] probably another (non-matching) encoding is used. If you insist in doing byte[] --> String --> byte[] both then encoding and decoding algorithms must match. Read the API documentation for the String class; it has methods that allow you to specify the en/decoding; utf-8 is a good candidate.

kind regards,

Jos

[Norm]

I found that UTF-8 was symmetrical(what goes in comes out) up to 0X7F.
ISO-8859-1 was symmetrical past 0x7F

// Test  if String can hold 256 different values from a byte array

import java.nio.charset.*;

public class TestByteToString {

   public static void main(String args[]) {
     byte[] all256 = new byte[256];
     // fill array with 0-255
     for(int i=0; i < 256; i++) {
       all256[i] = (byte)i;
     }

     Charset charset = Charset.forName("ISO-8859-1");      //<<< this gives 100% equality

     String aStr = new String(all256, charset);
     int cnt = 0;
     for(int i=0; i < 256; i++) {
       if(i != aStr.charAt(i)) {
         System.out.println("not equal i=" + i + ", char=" + Integer.toHexString(aStr.charAt(i)));
       }else{
         cnt++;
       }
     } // end for(i)
     System.out.println("matched OK for cnt=" + cnt);
  }
}

[bobo67]

thank u, but my array size is 384...
I also use utf-8, but it doesn't work right.

byte[] M1e = ...;
String msg = new String(M1e , "utf-8");
System.out.println(msg.getBytes("utf-8"));

I have a byte array in the client side, and want to send it to server..That's why I'm converting it to string and at the server side I have to convert it to byte array again..

regards,

[JosAH]

I have a byte array in the client side, and want to send it to server..That's why I'm converting it to string and at the server side I have to convert it to byte array again..

If you want to send a byte array and the other side wants to receive a byte array, by all means just send the byte array and leave out all that conversion stuff.

kind regards,

Jos

[Norm]

but my array size is 384...

Not relevant. Its the contents that matters. My array has 256 elements that hold the values from 0 to 255. My test was to see if what went in (values 0-255) came out with the same value. It did for ISO-8859-1. It does NOT using UTF-8 for bytes > 0x7F

What is the range of values in your String? Are any higher than 0XFF in value? If they are, then the number of bytes required to hold the String will be greater than the String length.

[bobo67]

If you want to send a byte array and the other side wants to receive a byte array...
Jos

I sent byte array but in the sever I receive string..
how to receive byte??
here's my server code:

String x = "";
ServerSocket srvr = new ServerSocket(4444);
Socket skt = srvr.accept();
System.out.print("Server has connected!\n");
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(skt.getInputStream()));
while (!in.ready()) {}
x = in.readLine();

Regards,

[bobo67]

What is the range of values in your String? Are any higher than 0XFF in value?

I don't know the values because my array is the output of my encryption function.
here's my encryption function:

public byte[] RSAEncrypt(byte[] data ,String filename) throws IOException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, NoSuchPaddingException, InvalidKeyException, IllegalBlockSizeException, BadPaddingException{
PublicKey pubKey = readKeyFromFile("pub" + filename + ".key");
Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("RSA");
cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, pubKey);
byte[] cipherData = cipher.doFinal(data);
return cipherData;
}

[JosAH]

I sent byte array but in the sever I receive string..
how to receive byte??
here's my server code:

String x = "";
ServerSocket srvr = new ServerSocket(4444);
Socket skt = srvr.accept();
System.out.print("Server has connected!\n");
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(skt.getInputStream()));
while (!in.ready()) {}
x = in.readLine();

Regards,

That is quite a silly server you have there: it wants you to send bytes but it can only receive characters; what kind of server is that?

kind regards,

Jos

[Norm]

I don't know the values because my array ...

If you look at the type of the array(byte[] cipherData), you will see it is byte. The max value of a byte is 255.

[bobo67]

It solved thanks