code: public static String getString(byte[] bytes, String encoding) {
          try {
              return new String(bytes, encoding);
          } catch(UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
              throw new IllegalArgumentException(encoding + " is not a known encoding name.", e);
          }
      }
docs: Create a string from bytes using the given encoding
  
  @param bytes The bytes to create a string from
  @param encoding The encoding of the string
  @return The created string