How to convert arabic into UCS hexadecimal code?

[Murtaza Lokhandwala]

I have a code like this-

public class ArabToHex {
    public static String stringToHex(String pData) {
        StringBuffer encodedData = new StringBuffer();

        StringBuffer sBuff = new StringBuffer(pData);
        for (int i = 0; i < sBuff.length(); i++) {
            char ch = sBuff.charAt(i);
            int chVal = (int)ch;

            // if this is a special character (ie. > 8 bits), encode it
            if (chVal > Byte.MAX_VALUE) {
                encodedData.append("&#x").append(Integer.toHexString(chVal)).append(";");
            } else {
                encodedData.append(ch);
            }
        }

        return encodedData.toString();
    }

    public String getHex(String s) {
        return stringToHex(s);
    }
}

It works when i terminate the append("&#x") but when i work as it is by inputting an arabic word, it gives some undefine result ..
i need result like this- "ﺮ" "ﻌ" etc

moderator edit: added code tags

[Jan Cumps]

Murtaza,

I have added code tags to your code, to make it more readable, and moved your topic to our "Java in General" forum.