How to display an encrypted Text

Question

I am using TDES to encrypt a plain text using the command:
Cipher c = Cipher.getInstance(this.txtAlgorithm.getText().toString());
c.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE,sKey);
byte[] tmpcipherTest = this.txtOriginalText.getText().toString().getBytes();
byte[] cipherText = c.doFinal(tmpcipherTest);
The encrypted text is put in cipherText which is an array of byte. However, when I want to display the cipher using cipherText.toString(); the function just give me something wrong that I cannot use that String to put back to the decipher routine.
When I add a watch on the cipherText, it gives out some item in the array as a negative value. So is there anything wrong? But if I just put the cipherText in byte form back to the decipher function, it gives back the original text (in byte form).
Can any on help?

Answer 1

cipherText is an array, and arrays use the default toString method, which shows the class name and hash code.
I have no idea how the encryption you're library works, but it's not surprising that it might put negative values in the byte array.
What do you want to do with the cipherText exactly? If it's decryptable, it's usable. Are you trying to transmit it over a connection of some kind, or print it to text so it can be used as some kind of security token, or something?