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+++ b/src/ch/ethz/ssh2/util/StringEncoder.java	Fri Jul 18 11:21:46 2014 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Christian Plattner.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ * Please refer to the LICENSE.txt for licensing details.
+ */
+package ch.ethz.ssh2.util;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+
+/**
+ * @author Christian Plattner
+ * @version $Id: StringEncoder.java 43 2011-06-21 18:34:06Z dkocher@sudo.ch $
+ */
+public class StringEncoder
+{
+	public static byte[] GetBytes(String data)
+	{
+        try {
+            return data.getBytes("UTF-8");
+        }
+        catch(UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+	public static String GetString(byte[] data)
+	{
+		return GetString(data, 0, data.length);
+	}
+
+	public static String GetString(byte[] data, int off, int len)
+	{
+        try {
+            return new String(data, off, len, "UTF-8");
+        }
+        catch(UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+}