String to byte array in java

/**
 * @author lautturi.com
 * Java example: convert string to byte array in java
 */
import java.util.*;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

public class Lautturi {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		String str = "java";
		byte[] bytes = str.getBytes();

		System.out.println(Arrays.toString(bytes));

	}
}

output:

[106, 97, 118, 97]