can i transform the Byte array to a String ?

[omar bili]

Hi
can i transform the Byte array to a String ?
plz tell me on how i can send a byte array
using an printWriter and a BufferedReader .
Thanks all

[Tony Morris]

byte[] b = ...
String s = new String(b);

[omar bili]

Thx Tony ,can i do it the other way around?
String -> byte[]
coz i need to send the Byte[] as a String and Reconstruct it
from this String
Regards , Omar

[Joyce Lee]

Yes, you can.

  
byte[] b = ...
String s = new String(b);
byte[] b2 = s.getBytes();

You can refer to String API for more info.

Joyce
[ September 21, 2004: Message edited by: Joyce Lee ]