[Java] How to convert byte array to char array in java?

public static char[] byteToCharArray(byte [] data){ char[] chars = new char[data.length/2]; for (int i = 0; i < chars.length; i++) chars[i] = (char) (((data[(i*2)] & 0xff) << 8) + (data[(i*2+1)] & 0xff)); return chars; }