Equivalent of getBytes() in Java to C#

Question

I want to convert a class which is in Java to C#, most of the changes are done already but I have this part which I am not really sure about. I want to convert this line of code:

byte[] arrayOfByte1 = paramString.getBytes();

I have tried this:

byte[] arrayOfByte1 = BitConverter.GetBytes(paramString);

But it does not work as GetBytes() is expecting a double. I am not sure if just converting it to a double would solve the issue, so I wanted to ask about it here.

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 17 '11 at 08:14

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Depending on your encoding you do this similar to the following:

byte[] arrayOfByte1 = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes (paramString);

For reference see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ds4kkd55.aspx

answered Aug 17 '11 at 08:14

Yahia

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Please clarify which encoding does Java use by default on strings? – Charles Okwuagwu Jan 01 '15 at 16:14
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@CharlesO it seems UTF-16 (see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4453269/encoding-of-string-in-java) – Yahia Jan 01 '15 at 17:50

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 17 '11 at 08:14

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It could be:

Bytes[] byteAray = Encoding.GetBytes(paramString);

From Microsoft site

answered Aug 17 '11 at 08:14

Steve

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 17 '11 at 08:15

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you should use UTF8Encoding.GetBytes() (or GetBytes method of some other encoding, if your string is not UTF8 encoded)

answered Aug 17 '11 at 08:15

Hassan

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