Converting Java String from/to UTF-8
Java internally encodes String as UTF-16. If you need to send UTF-8 Java String, for example as CORBA string parameter, you must convert it in the following way:
public class StringHelper {
// convert from UTF-8 -> internal Java String format
public static String convertFromUTF8(String s) {
String out = null;
try {
out = new String(s.getBytes("ISO-8859-1"), "UTF-8");
} catch (java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
return null;
}
return out;
}
// convert from internal Java String format -> UTF-8
public static String convertToUTF8(String s) {
String out = null;
try {
out = new String(s.getBytes("UTF-8"), "ISO-8859-1");
} catch (java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
return null;
}
return out;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
String xmlstring = "Здравей' хора";
String utf8string = StringHelper.convertToUTF8(xmlstring);
for (int i = 0; c < utf8string.length(); ++i) {
System.out.printf("%x ", (int) utf8string.charAt(c));
}
}
}
ISO-8859-1 encoding is just used to transfer 8 bit array into a String.
Fabio Angelini 