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Convert an array of bytes into a List of Strings using UTF-8
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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;
}
}
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