Conversion between RAW and Strings

ok, im sorry for the SAP specific terms here, i posted but i cant edit my post.

Ive been messing around a bit but my knowledge of these bytes is really too limited to get anywhere.

i managed to get this compiled (but ofcourse it didnt work):

String raw_input = "Xs1vTWxuMkKSECX+dKxRUw==";

byte[] block = new byte[255];

for (int i = 0; i < raw_input.length(); i++){

char c = raw_input.charAt(i);

byte [] twoBytes = { (byte)(c & 0xff), (byte)(c >> 8 & 0xff) };

block[i*2] = twoBytes[0];

block[i*2+1] = twoBytes[1];

}

try{

String raw_string = new String(block,"utf-8");

System.out.println("raw_string = " + raw_string );

}

catch(Exception e){}

anyone here who can do better ? Ive found the

byte [] twoBytes = { (byte)(c & 0xff), (byte)(c >> 8 & 0xff) };

line googling but realy nog sure if thats correct..

hannesda at 2007-7-13 12:59:50 >