001package com.nimbusds.jose.util; 002 003 004import java.nio.charset.Charset; 005 006 007/** 008 * String utilities. 009 * 010 * @author Vladimir Dzhuvinov 011 * @version $version$ (2013-05-16) 012 */ 013public class StringUtils { 014 015 016 /** 017 * Converts the specified string to a byte array. 018 * 019 * @param s The input string to convert. Must be UTF-8 encoded and not 020 * {@code null}. 021 * 022 * @return The resulting byte array. 023 */ 024 public static byte[] toByteArray(final String s) { 025 026 return s.getBytes(Charset.forName("UTF-8")); 027 } 028 029 030 /** 031 * Prevents public instantiation. 032 */ 033 private StringUtils() { 034 035 } 036}