Converting byte[] to unicode , help needed.

Question

need help, folks.
i need to convert byte[] to unicode in byte[] form
say i already loaded bunch of data
byte[] bytes = {........} //bunch array of bytesand i read in the bytes as a stream in the native form.
ByteArrayInputStream stream = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(stream,"GB18030");how do i get the bytes back in unicode ? i've been trying all kinds of methods, but doesnt seems to get what i want. i'm novice programmer, someone pls guide me ? thx.

Answer 1

            String s ;
          StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
          try {
               ByteArrayInputStream stream = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);
               InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(stream, "GB18030");
               Reader in = new BufferedReader(isr);
               int ch;
               while ((ch = in.read()) > -1) {
               buffer.append((char)ch);
               in.close();
               s = buffer.toString();
               bytes = s.getBytes("UnicodeLittle");
               out.write(bytes);
          } catch (IOException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
               //return null;
          }ah, nvm, i found a better solution to it, i'm little confused before this. the code above works fine.
well, thx alot.