This method does not properly convert bytes into characters. As of JDK 1.1, the preferred way to do this is via the toString(String enc) method, which takes an encoding-name argument, or the toString() method, which uses the platform's default character encoding.

Converts the buffer's contents into a string by decoding the bytes using the named charset .

Writes len bytes from the specified byte array starting at offset off to this byte array output stream.

Writes the specified byte to this byte array output stream.

Writes the complete contents of this byte array output stream to the specified output stream argument, as if by calling the output stream's write method using out.write(buf, 0, count) .

public ByteArrayOutputStream()

Creates a new byte array output stream. The buffer capacity is initially 32 bytes, though its size increases if necessary.

public ByteArrayOutputStream(int size)

Creates a new byte array output stream, with a buffer capacity of the specified size, in bytes.

Writes len bytes from the specified byte array starting at offset off to this byte array output stream.

public void writeTo(OutputStream out)
             throws IOException

Writes the complete contents of this byte array output stream to the specified output stream argument, as if by calling the output stream's write method using out.write(buf, 0, count) .

public void reset()

Resets the count field of this byte array output stream to zero, so that all currently accumulated output in the output stream is discarded. The output stream can be used again, reusing the already allocated buffer space.

public byte[] toByteArray()

Creates a newly allocated byte array. Its size is the current size of this output stream and the valid contents of the buffer have been copied into it.

public String toString()

Converts the buffer's contents into a string decoding bytes using the platform's default character set. The length of the new String is a function of the character set, and hence may not be equal to the size of the buffer.

This method always replaces malformed-input and unmappable-character sequences with the default replacement string for the platform's default character set. The CharsetDecoder class should be used when more control over the decoding process is required.

public String toString(String charsetName)
                throws UnsupportedEncodingException

Converts the buffer's contents into a string by decoding the bytes using the named charset . The length of the new String is a function of the charset, and hence may not be equal to the length of the byte array.

This method always replaces malformed-input and unmappable-character sequences with this charset's default replacement string. The CharsetDecoder class should be used when more control over the decoding process is required.

@Deprecated
public String toString(int hibyte)

Deprecated. This method does not properly convert bytes into characters. As of JDK 1.1, the preferred way to do this is via the toString(String enc) method, which takes an encoding-name argument, or the toString() method, which uses the platform's default character encoding.

Creates a newly allocated string. Its size is the current size of the output stream and the valid contents of the buffer have been copied into it. Each character c in the resulting string is constructed from the corresponding element b in the byte array such that: c == (char)(((hibyte & 0xff) << 8) | (b & 0xff))

Parameters:

hibyte - the high byte of each resulting Unicode character.

Returns:

the current contents of the output stream, as a string.

See Also:

size() , toString(String) , toString()

public void close()
           throws IOException

Specified by:

close in interface Closeable

Specified by:

close in interface AutoCloseable

Overrides:

close in class OutputStream

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs.