Package org.webpki.util

Class UTF8

java.lang.Object

org.webpki.util.UTF8

public class UTF8
extends Object

Encodes/decodes UTF-8 data.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	decode(byte[] utf8Bytes)	Decodes a UTF-8 byte array into a String.
static byte[]	encode(String utf16String)	Encodes Java (UTF-16) String to UTF-8.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

encode

public static byte[] encode(String utf16String)

Encodes Java (UTF-16) String to UTF-8.

This method was added because String.getBytes("utf-8") does not flag invalid UTF-16.

Parameters:

utf16String - String presumably holding valid UTF-16

Returns:

UTF-8 byte array

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

decode

public static String decode(byte[] utf8Bytes)

Decodes a UTF-8 byte array into a String.

This method was added because new String(byteArray, "utf-8") does not flag invalid UTF-8.

Parameters:

utf8Bytes - Binary data presumably holding valid UTF-8

Returns:

Java (UTF-16) String

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException