Method strToByteArray

src/core/Utils.mjs:537–549

* Converts a string to a byte array. * Treats the string as UTF-8 if any values are over 255. * * @param {string} str * @returns {byteArray} * * @example * // returns [72,101,108,108,111] * Utils.strToByteArray("Hello"); * * // returns [228,189,160,2

(str)

     * Utils.strToByteArray("你好");
     */
    static strToByteArray(str) {
        log.debug(`Converting string[${str?.length}] to byte array`);
        if (!str) return [];
        const byteArray = new Array(str.length);
        let i = str.length, b;
        while (i--) {
            b = str.charCodeAt(i);
            byteArray[i] = b;
            // If any of the bytes are over 255, read as UTF-8
            if (b > 255) return Utils.strToUtf8ByteArray(str);
        }
        return byteArray;
    }


    /**