title: Java Class chartobyteconverter Type deprecated
body: <p>I am working on DNA proteins alignment project "readseq" . Its "flybase " package contains java code having " charToByteConverter" class which does not compile and gives the " type deprecated " message. (http://iubio.bio.indiana.edu/soft/molbio/readseq/java/).
  <a href="http://iubio.bio.indiana.edu/soft/molbio/readseq/java/" rel="nofollow">Here readseq source can be found</a>I need to add some more functionality into this application, don't know how to fix it to proceed towards my goal. I am a kind of new bie in java. Plz help if possible. Readseq is with its gui is easily available on net.
  It just converts an array of given characters to bytes. Here is some info about it: (docjar.com/docs/api/sun/io/CharToByteConverter.html) . I don't know what to do about this being deprecated.
  It is an abstract class used as under:</p>
  
  <pre><code>protected byte[] getBytes(CharToByteConverter ctb) {
          ctb.reset();
          int estLength = ctb.getMaxBytesPerChar() * count;
          byte[] result = new byte[estLength];
          int length;
  
          try {
              length = ctb.convert(value, offset, offset + count,
                       result, 0, estLength);
              length += ctb.flush(result, ctb.nextByteIndex(), estLength);
          } catch (CharConversionException e) {
              length = ctb.nextByteIndex();
          }
  
          if (length &lt; estLength) {
              // A short format was used:  Trim the byte array.
              byte[] trimResult = new byte[length];
              System.arraycopy(result, 0, trimResult, 0, length);
              return trimResult;
          }
          else {
              return result;
          }
  }
  </code></pre>