com.datastax.driver.core.utils
Class Bytes

java.lang.Object
  com.datastax.driver.core.utils.Bytes

public final class Bytes
extends Object

Simple utility methods to make working with bytes (blob) easier.

Method Summary

static ByteBuffer	fromHexString(String str) Parse an hex string representing a CQL blob.
static byte[]	getArray(ByteBuffer bytes) Extract the content of the provided ByteBuffer as a byte array.
static String	toHexString(byte[] byteArray) Converts a blob to its CQL hex string representation.
static String	toHexString(ByteBuffer bytes) Converts a blob to its CQL hex string representation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

toHexString

public static String toHexString(ByteBuffer bytes)

Converts a blob to its CQL hex string representation.

A CQL blob string representation consist of the hexadecimal representation of the blob bytes prefixed by "0x".

Parameters:

bytes - the blob/bytes to convert to a string.

Returns:

the CQL string representation of bytes. If bytes is null, this method returns null.

toHexString

public static String toHexString(byte[] byteArray)

Converts a blob to its CQL hex string representation.

A CQL blob string representation consist of the hexadecimal representation of the blob bytes prefixed by "0x".

Parameters:

byteArray - the blob/bytes array to convert to a string.

Returns:

the CQL string representation of bytes. If bytes is null, this method returns null.

fromHexString

public static ByteBuffer fromHexString(String str)

Parse an hex string representing a CQL blob.

The input should be a valid representation of a CQL blob, i.e. it must start by "0x" followed by the hexadecimal representation of the blob bytes.

Parameters:

str - the CQL blob string representation to parse.

Returns:

the bytes corresponding to str. If str is null, this method returns null.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if str is not a valid CQL blob string.

getArray

public static byte[] getArray(ByteBuffer bytes)

Extract the content of the provided ByteBuffer as a byte array.

This method work with any type of ByteBuffer (direct and non-direct ones), but when the ByteBuffer is backed by an array, this method will try to avoid copy when possible. As a consequence, changes to the returned byte array may or may not reflect into the initial ByteBuffer.

Parameters:

bytes - the buffer whose content to extract.

Returns:

a byte array with the content of bytes. That array may be the array backing bytes if this can avoid a copy.