how to Convert String to byte array and byte array to Blob using only java program

Question

Question is:

String strContent = "Hello Hi How are you ";
byte[] byteConent = strContent.getBytes();

But further I want convert to Blob only in Java program

Because I m working on some script for MySQL DB by default for our application.

Regards, Satish

Answer 1

 Blob blob = connection.createBlob();
 blob.setBytes(1, bytes);

Where connection is the connection to db object.

Answer 2

Blob blob=null; 
blob=new SerialBlob(byteContent);