Convertirn un char a string y esta string a mayusculas

[moji87]

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package ccadenas;

/**
*
* @author moji87
*/
import java.io.*;
public class CCadenas {

/**
* @param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args)
{
char []cadena =new char[80];
int car ,i=0;

try{
System.out.println("Escriba una cadena de caracteres:");
while((car=System.in.read()) != '\n' && i<cadena.length
)
{
cadena[i++]=(char)car;

}

String scadena=(new StringBuffer().append(cadena)).toString();
System.out.println("Cadena en mayúsculas: " + scadena.toUpperCase());
}
catch(IOException e)
{

}
}
}