<p>I'd like to write a simple detail formatter that displays <code>byte[]</code> data in the form of a <code>String</code> (using <code>String.<init>([B)</code> to do the dirty work).</p> <p>However, I'm not sure how to find the class name for <code>[B</code> to use when creating the formatter. Is this even possible? Or, alternatively, is there another way to view byte arrays as strings in the debugger?</p>

How can I display a byte array as a String in java's debug detail formatter?

I'd like to write a simple detail formatter that displays byte[] data in the form of a String (using String.<init>([B) to do the dirty work).

However, I'm not sure how to find the class name for [B to use when creating the formatter. Is this even possible? Or, alternatively, is there another way to view byte arrays as strings in the debugger?

If your question is how would I get a string representation of a byte array of [0,1,2] to be "[0,1,2]", I would suggest you take a look at Arrays.toString(byte[])

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Arrays.html#toString(byte[])