public byte[] getBytes(String key, byte[] defaultValue) {
		String encoded = getStringInternal(key);
		if (encoded == null) {
			return defaultValue;
		} else {
			return Base64.decodeBase64(encoded.getBytes());
		}
	}
public byte [ ] getBytes ( String key , byte [ ] defaultValue ) { String encoded = getStringInternal ( key ) ; if ( encoded == null ) { return defaultValue ; } else { return Base64 . decodeBase64 ( encoded . getBytes ( ) ) ; } }
Returns the value associated with the given key as a byte array.

@param key
The key pointing to the associated value.
@param defaultValue
The default value which is returned in case there is no value associated with the given key.
@return the (default) value associated with the given key.