BytesField.java

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package quickfix;

import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;

import org.quickfixj.QFJException;

/**
 * BytesField enables better handling of binary data. With BytesFields binary data can
 * be directly put into FIX messages without casting them into Strings.
 */
public class BytesField extends Field<byte[]> {

    public BytesField(int field) {
        super(field, new byte[0]);
    }
    
    public BytesField(int field, byte[] data) {
        super(field, data);
    }
    
    public void setValue(byte[] data) {
        setObject(data);
    }
    
    public byte[] getValue() {
        return getObject();
    }
    
    @Override
    protected String objectAsString() {
        try {
            return new String(getObject(), "UTF8");
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            throw new QFJException(e);
        }
    }

    
}