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import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;

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/**
 * Various string manipulation methods that are more efficient then chaining
 * string operations: all is done in the same buffer without creating a bunch of
 * string objects.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@labs.apache.org">Dungeon Project</a>
 */
public class Main {

  /**
   * Return UTF-8 encoded byte[] representation of a String
   * 
   * @param string
   *            The string to be transformed to a byte array
   * @return The transformed byte array
   */
  public static final byte[] getBytesUtf8( String string )
  {
      if ( string == null )
      {
          return new byte[0];
      }

      try
      {
          return string.getBytes( "UTF-8" );
      }
      catch ( UnsupportedEncodingException uee )
      {
          return new byte[]
              {};
      }
  }
}