question: public String convert ( ) { if ( s == null ) { try { ByteArrayInputStream bs = new ByteArrayInputStream ( bytes ) ; DataInputStream d = new DataInputStream ( bs ) ; String buf = d . readUTF ( ) ; sHashCode = buf . hashCode ( ) ; return buf ; } catch ( IOException e ) { return "!!IOException!!" ; } } return s ; }
target:  Converts internal representation into an actual String.