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I have a client server Java code and the client is reading in a string "input" and it should then decrypt it, the decryption function needs an array of bytes, so I need to convert the string to array of bytes, which is done using "getBytes()" function, however it seems that this function is modifying the String! How can I convert the string into an array of bytes without changing its content.

   String input = inputline.substring(66, inputline.length());
   System.out.println("Read message +"+input+"+");
   byte[] bx = input.getBytes(Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
   System.out.println("Read message +"+bx.toString()+"+");
   System.out.println("Read message +"+bx+"+");

the output of the code snippet is as follows:

Read message +[B@161cd475+

Read message +[B@4e25154f+

Read message +[B@4e25154f+

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Can I clarify if Read message +[B@161cd475+ is valid for the String 'input' or not? –  Alvin Bunk Oct 26 '14 at 3:24
    
@AlvinBunk Yes, "[B@161cd475" is the text needed. –  The Hiary Oct 26 '14 at 3:32

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Try writing a for loop to print out the results. I believe Java is spitting out a random memory value for your output.

(int i = 0; s <= bx.length;i++)
{
 System.out.println("Read message +" + bx[i].toString() + "+");
 System.out.println("Read message +" + bx + "+");
}

Not sure if my for loop is correct, but it may give you something to work with. I hope this helps.

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I got a compilation error "byte cannot be dereferenced" –  The Hiary Oct 26 '14 at 3:55
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This should work for you. I needed to make a String object from the byte array...

String inputline = "[B@161cd475";
String input = inputline.substring(0, inputline.length());
System.out.println("Read message +"+input+"+");
byte[] bx = input.getBytes();

// Convert to String object
String tmp = new String(bx);
// Print statements.
System.out.println("Read message +" + tmp + "+");
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Thank you, your code outputs the correct output, but I need the byte array "bx" to contain the same values as the String "[B@161cd475" currently it contains "[B@4e25154f" which is not what I want. –  The Hiary Oct 26 '14 at 19:49
    
Maybe do you mean you should be storing as a char[] array. Since storing as byte[] will store as numbers... (decimal specifically). –  Alvin Bunk Oct 26 '14 at 23:56

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