Convert an array of bytes into a List of Strings using UTF-8.
import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; /* Copyright (c) 2008 Google Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ //package com.google.gdata.util.common.base; /** * Some common string manipulation utilities. */ public class Util{ /** * Convert an array of bytes into a List of Strings using UTF-8. A line is * considered to be terminated by any one of a line feed ('\n'), a carriage * return ('\r'), or a carriage return followed immediately by a linefeed.<p/> * * Can be used to parse the output of * * @param bytes the array to convert * @return A new mutable list containing the Strings in the input array. The * list will be empty if bytes is empty or if it is null. */ public static List<String> bytesToStringList(byte[] bytes) { List<String> lines = new ArrayList<String>(); if (bytes == null) { return lines; } BufferedReader r = null; try { r = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader( new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes), "UTF-8")); } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { // If UTF-8 is not supported we are in big trouble. throw new RuntimeException(e); } try { try { for (String line = r.readLine(); line != null; line = r.readLine()) { lines.add(line); } } finally { r.close(); } } catch (IOException e) { // I can't think of a reason we'd get here. throw new RuntimeException(e); } return lines; } }