diff --git a/sop-java/src/main/java/sop/operation/Dearmor.java b/sop-java/src/main/java/sop/operation/Dearmor.java
index 380c4fc..524dc8c 100644
--- a/sop-java/src/main/java/sop/operation/Dearmor.java
+++ b/sop-java/src/main/java/sop/operation/Dearmor.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 
 import sop.Ready;
 import sop.exception.SOPGPException;
+import sop.util.UTF8Util;
 
 public interface Dearmor {
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ public interface Dearmor {
      * @param data armored OpenPGP data
      * @return input stream of unarmored data
      *
-     * @throws sop.exception.SOPGPException.BadData in case of non-OpenPGP data
+     * @throws SOPGPException.BadData in case of non-OpenPGP data
      * @throws IOException in case of an IO error
      */
     Ready data(InputStream data)
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ public interface Dearmor {
      * @param data armored OpenPGP data
      * @return input stream of unarmored data
      *
-     * @throws sop.exception.SOPGPException.BadData in case of non-OpenPGP data
+     * @throws SOPGPException.BadData in case of non-OpenPGP data
      * @throws IOException in case of an IO error
      */
     default Ready data(byte[] data)
@@ -40,4 +41,19 @@ public interface Dearmor {
             IOException {
         return data(new ByteArrayInputStream(data));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Dearmor amored OpenPGP data.
+     *
+     * @param data armored OpenPGP data
+     * @return input stream of unarmored data
+     *
+     * @throws SOPGPException.BadData in case of non-OpenPGP data
+     * @throws IOException in case of an IO error
+     */
+    default Ready data(String data)
+            throws SOPGPException.BadData,
+            IOException {
+        return data(data.getBytes(UTF8Util.UTF8));
+    }
 }