Convert UTF_16 byte array to string

Following snippet converts UTF_16 byte array to string.

byte[] byteArr = { -2, -1, 0, 72, 0, 101, 0, 108, 0, 108, 0, 111, 0, 32, 0, 87, 0, 111, 0, 114, 0, 108, 0, 100 };

String str = new String(byteArr, StandardCharsets.UTF_16);

App.java

package com.sample.app;

import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

public class App {

 public static void main(String[] args) {
  byte[] byteArr = { -2, -1, 0, 72, 0, 101, 0, 108, 0, 108, 0, 111, 0, 32, 0, 87, 0, 111, 0, 114, 0, 108, 0, 100 };
  String str = new String(byteArr, StandardCharsets.UTF_16);

  System.out.println(str);

 }

}

Output

Hello World

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