1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/org/madore/android/unicodeMap/UnicodeCharacter.java b/src/org/madore/android/unicodeMap/UnicodeCharacter.java
index 34bab47..646c696 100644
--- a/src/org/madore/android/unicodeMap/UnicodeCharacter.java
+++ b/src/org/madore/android/unicodeMap/UnicodeCharacter.java
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Formatter;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.io.IOException;
 
 public class UnicodeCharacter implements UnicodeDisplayable {
 
@@ -320,4 +324,32 @@ public class UnicodeCharacter implements UnicodeDisplayable {
 	return this.getLabel();
     }
 
+    static byte[] toUtf8(String s) {
+	try {
+	    ByteArrayOutputStream buf = new ByteArrayOutputStream(8);
+	    OutputStreamWriter writer = new OutputStreamWriter(buf, "UTF-8");
+	    writer.write(s, 0, s.length());
+	    writer.close();
+	    return buf.toByteArray();
+	} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+	    throw new AssertionError("UTF-8 encoding unsupported");
+	} catch (IOException e) {
+	    throw new AssertionError("this is impossible");
+	}
+    }
+
+    static byte[] toUtf16(String s) {
+	try {
+	    ByteArrayOutputStream buf = new ByteArrayOutputStream(8);
+	    OutputStreamWriter writer = new OutputStreamWriter(buf, "UTF-16BE");
+	    writer.write(s, 0, s.length());
+	    writer.close();
+	    return buf.toByteArray();
+	} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+	    throw new AssertionError("UTF-16BE encoding unsupported");
+	} catch (IOException e) {
+	    throw new AssertionError("this is impossible");
+	}
+    }
+
 }