Name: dbT83986 Date: 03/15/99


When String's getBytes() method is called repeatedly
with the same string, the byte arrary returned by
this method is different on subsequent calls.

Given:

   String s = new String("a");
   String encoding = "UnicodeBig";
   byte [] b = null;

When the following is execute, the length of array b is 4
(the first two bytes contain the FE and FF):

   b = s.getBytes(encoding);
   System.out.println("LEN = " + b.length);

If the above two lines are re-executed, the length of
array b is two (the FE and FF bytes are NOT present):

   b = s.getBytes(encoding);
   System.out.println("LEN = " + b.length);
(Review ID: 55461)
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