How to convert a Raw data of length 16 to Char of length 18

Question

Dear All,
I want to convert a Product RAW data of 16 length to 18 character length material. How can this conversion be done? Can anyone please help me?
Thanks and regards,
Atanu

Answer 1

Nice solution! Unfortunately my code example might have been a bit too simplistic. Actually I'm writing a table wrapper that allows you to add columns including a comparator that can be used for sorting elements in the column. So a slightly altered example would look like:
public class GenericCompare
    // Note, the forum's formatter seems to think an extra > is needed right after Comparator?
    Vector<Comparator<?>> cmps;
    public int myCompare( int column, Object e1, Object e2 )
        return cmps.get(i).compare(e1,e2);
}In which myCompare can be called with any e1, e2 Object type. Joachim seems to be right there is no type-safe way to write this down, the above example triggers an error, and using a raw Comparator cast to solve that triggers a type safety warning.
Regards,
Wieant