import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets; // "Replace with 'StandardCharsets.UTF_16'" "true" class Test { void test(byte[] bytes) { String string = null; try { string = new String(bytes, StandardCharsets.UTF_16); } catch (NullPointerException exception) { System.out.println("ex1"); } if(string.startsWith("Foo")) { System.out.println("It's a foo!"); } } }