diff --git a/java-strings/README.md b/java-strings/README.md
index 240acd663b..2713f69d58 100644
--- a/java-strings/README.md
+++ b/java-strings/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 - [String Not Empty Test Assertions in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-assert-string-not-empty)
 - [String Performance Hints](https://www.baeldung.com/java-string-performance)
 - [Using indexOf to Find All Occurrences of a Word in a String](https://www.baeldung.com/java-indexOf-find-string-occurrences)
+- [Convert String to Byte Array and Reverse in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-string-to-byte-array)
 - [Java Base64 Encoding and Decoding](https://www.baeldung.com/java-base64-encode-and-decode)
 - [Generate a Secure Random Password in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-generate-secure-password)
 - [Removing Repeated Characters from a String](https://www.baeldung.com/java-remove-repeated-char)
@@ -42,4 +43,4 @@
 - [Convert String to Byte Array and Reverse in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-string-to-byte-array)
 - [Pad a String with Zeros or Spaces in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-pad-string)
 - [Adding a Newline Character to a String in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-string-newline)
-- [Remove or Replace part of a String in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-remove-replace-string-part)
+- [Remove or Replace part of a String in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-remove-replace-string-part)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java-strings/src/test/java/com/baeldung/string/conversion/ByteArrayToStringUnitTest.java b/java-strings/src/test/java/com/baeldung/string/conversion/ByteArrayToStringUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9f8a04c8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java-strings/src/test/java/com/baeldung/string/conversion/ByteArrayToStringUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package com.baeldung.string.conversion;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.charset.CharacterCodingException;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder;
+import java.nio.charset.CodingErrorAction;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ByteArrayToStringUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenStringConstructorWithDefaultCharset_thenOK() {
+        final byte[] byteArrray = { 72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 87, 111, 114,
+                108, 100, 33 };
+        String string = new String(byteArrray);
+        System.out.println(string);
+        
+        assertNotNull(string);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenStringConstructorWithNamedCharset_thenOK()
+        throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+        final String charsetName = "IBM01140";
+        final byte[] byteArrray = { -56, -123, -109, -109, -106, 64, -26, -106,
+                -103, -109, -124, 90 };
+
+        String string = new String(byteArrray, charsetName);
+        
+        assertEquals("Hello World!", string);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenStringConstructorWithCharSet_thenOK() {
+        final Charset charset = Charset.forName("UTF-8");
+        final byte[] byteArrray = { 72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 87, 111, 114,
+                108, 100, 33 };
+
+        String string = new String(byteArrray, charset);
+
+        assertEquals("Hello World!", string);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenStringConstructorWithStandardCharSet_thenOK() {
+        final Charset charset = StandardCharsets.UTF_16;
+        
+        final byte[] byteArrray = { -2, -1, 0, 72, 0, 101, 0, 108, 0, 108, 0,
+                111, 0, 32, 0, 87, 0, 111, 0, 114, 0, 108, 0, 100, 0, 33 };
+
+        String string = new String(byteArrray, charset);
+
+        assertEquals("Hello World!", string);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenDecodeWithCharset_thenOK() {
+        byte[] byteArrray = { 72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, -10, 111, 114, 108, -63, 33 };
+        final Charset charset = StandardCharsets.US_ASCII;
+
+        String string = charset.decode(ByteBuffer.wrap(byteArrray)).toString();
+        System.out.println(string);
+
+        assertEquals("Hello �orl�!", string);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenUsingCharsetDecoder_thenOK()
+        throws CharacterCodingException {
+        byte[] byteArrray = { 72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, -10, 111, 114, 108, -63, 33};
+        CharsetDecoder decoder = StandardCharsets.US_ASCII.newDecoder();
+
+        decoder.onMalformedInput(CodingErrorAction.REPLACE)
+            .onUnmappableCharacter(CodingErrorAction.REPLACE)
+            .replaceWith("?");
+
+        String string = decoder.decode(ByteBuffer.wrap(byteArrray)).toString();
+
+        assertEquals("Hello ?orl?!", string);
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/java-strings/src/test/java/com/baeldung/string/conversion/StringToByteArrayUnitTest.java b/java-strings/src/test/java/com/baeldung/string/conversion/StringToByteArrayUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5377b4b28d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java-strings/src/test/java/com/baeldung/string/conversion/StringToByteArrayUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+package com.baeldung.string.conversion;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertArrayEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.nio.CharBuffer;
+import java.nio.charset.CharacterCodingException;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder;
+import java.nio.charset.CodingErrorAction;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class StringToByteArrayUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenGetBytesWithDefaultCharset_thenOK() {
+        final String inputString = "Hello World!";
+        final String defaultCharSet = Charset.defaultCharset()
+            .displayName();
+
+        byte[] byteArrray = inputString.getBytes();
+
+        System.out.printf(
+            "Using default charset:%s, Input String:%s, Output byte array:%s\n",
+            defaultCharSet, inputString, Arrays.toString(byteArrray));
+
+        assertNotNull(byteArrray);
+        assert (byteArrray.length >= inputString.length());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenGetBytesWithNamedCharset_thenOK()
+        throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+        final String inputString = "Hello World!";
+        final String charsetName = "IBM01140";
+
+        byte[] byteArrray = inputString.getBytes("IBM01140");
+
+        System.out.printf(
+            "Using named charset:%s, Input String:%s, Output byte array:%s\n",
+            charsetName, inputString, Arrays.toString(byteArrray));
+
+        assertArrayEquals(new byte[] { -56, -123, -109, -109, -106, 64, -26,
+                -106, -103, -109, -124, 90 },
+            byteArrray);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenGetBytesWithCharset_thenOK() {
+        final String inputString = "Hello ਸੰਸਾਰ!";
+        final Charset charset = Charset.forName("ASCII");
+
+        byte[] byteArrray = inputString.getBytes(charset);
+
+        System.out.printf(
+            "Using Charset:%s, Input String:%s, Output byte array:%s\n",
+            charset, inputString, Arrays.toString(byteArrray));
+
+        assertArrayEquals(
+            new byte[] { 72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 63, 63, 63, 63, 63, 33 },
+            byteArrray);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenGetBytesWithStandardCharset_thenOK() {
+        final String inputString = "Hello World!";
+        final Charset charset = StandardCharsets.UTF_16;
+
+        byte[] byteArrray = inputString.getBytes(charset);
+
+        System.out.printf(
+            "Using Standard Charset:%s, Input String:%s, Output byte array:%s\n",
+            charset, inputString, Arrays.toString(byteArrray));
+
+        assertArrayEquals(new byte[] { -2, -1, 0, 72, 0, 101, 0, 108, 0, 108, 0,
+                111, 0, 32, 0, 87, 0, 111, 0, 114, 0, 108, 0, 100, 0, 33 },
+            byteArrray);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenEncodeWithCharset_thenOK() {
+        final String inputString = "Hello ਸੰਸਾਰ!";
+        final Charset charset = StandardCharsets.US_ASCII;
+
+        byte[] byteArrray = charset.encode(inputString)
+            .array();
+
+        System.out.printf(
+            "Using encode with Charset:%s, Input String:%s, Output byte array:%s\n",
+            charset, inputString, Arrays.toString(byteArrray));
+
+        assertArrayEquals(
+            new byte[] { 72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 63, 63, 63, 63, 63, 33 },
+            byteArrray);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenUsingCharsetEncoder_thenOK()
+        throws CharacterCodingException {
+        final String inputString = "Hello ਸੰਸਾਰ!";
+        CharsetEncoder encoder = StandardCharsets.US_ASCII.newEncoder();
+        encoder.onMalformedInput(CodingErrorAction.IGNORE)
+            .onUnmappableCharacter(CodingErrorAction.REPLACE)
+            .replaceWith(new byte[] { 0 });
+
+        byte[] byteArrray = encoder.encode(CharBuffer.wrap(inputString))
+            .array();
+
+        System.out.printf(
+            "Using encode with CharsetEncoder:%s, Input String:%s, Output byte array:%s\n",
+            encoder, inputString, Arrays.toString(byteArrray));
+
+        assertArrayEquals(
+            new byte[] { 72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 33 },
+            byteArrray);
+    }
+
+}