private String encodeBytes ( byte [ ] cipherText ) { StringBuffer cipherStringBuffer = new StringBuffer ( ) ; for ( int i = 0 ; i < cipherText . length ; i ++ ) { byte b = cipherText [ i ] ; cipherStringBuffer . append ( Byte . toString ( b ) + ":" ) ; } return cipherStringBuffer . toString ( ) ; }
Encodes a byte array as a String without using a charset to ensure that the exact bytes can be retrieved on decode .