Re: Storing binary data in String/StringBuffer
"vj" <mr.vaibhavjain@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi,
I am a java new bie and facing some issues regarding storing binary
data in string buffer. Is it really safe to store binary data in
StringBuffers since i need to search for a binary sequence '\r\n' and
Stringbuffer makes it easy via its indexOf method.
The StringBuffer itself is safe, in the sense that it won't
mysteriously throw away your data, or broadcast it all over the Internet;
It's the part where you decode/encode from binary data to character data
that's dangerous, in the sense that you'll probably get it wrong (this
isn't a slight against you; almost everybody will get it wrong, myself
included).
If stringbuffer is not the safe place then where should i store binary
data except fixed size byte arrays..
Maybe java.nio.ByteBuffer? It'd be easier to say if you could explain
why fixed sized byte arrays are not suitable for your task.
- Oliver
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