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Convert String to byte array UTF encoding
public static byte[] stringToBytesUTFCustom(String str) {
byte[] b = new byte[str.length() << 1];
for(int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) {
char strChar = str.charAt(i);
int bpos = i << 1;
b[bpos] = (byte) ((strChar&0xFF00)>>8);
b[bpos + 1] = (byte) (strChar&0x00FF);
}
return b;
}
public static String bytesToStringUTFCustom(byte[] bytes) {
char[] buffer = new char[bytes.length >> 1];
for(int i = 0; i < buffer.length; i++) {
int bpos = i << 1;
char c = (char)(((bytes[bpos]&0x00FF)<<8) + (bytes[bpos+1]&0x00FF));
buffer[i] = c;
}
return new String(buffer);
}
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