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diff --git a/M4-RCs/qpid/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/util/Strings.java b/M4-RCs/qpid/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/util/Strings.java
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--- a/M4-RCs/qpid/java/common/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/util/Strings.java
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-/*
- *
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- *
- */
-package org.apache.qpid.util;
-
-import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
-
-
-/**
- * Strings
- *
- */
-
-public final class Strings
-{
-
-    private static final byte[] EMPTY = new byte[0];
-
-    private static final ThreadLocal<char[]> charbuf = new ThreadLocal()
-    {
-        public char[] initialValue()
-        {
-            return new char[4096];
-        }
-    };
-
-    public static final byte[] toUTF8(String str)
-    {
-        if (str == null)
-        {
-            return EMPTY;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            final int size = str.length();
-            char[] chars = charbuf.get();
-            if (size > chars.length)
-            {
-                chars = new char[Math.max(size, 2*chars.length)];
-                charbuf.set(chars);
-            }
-
-            str.getChars(0, size, chars, 0);
-            final byte[] bytes = new byte[size];
-            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
-            {
-                if (chars[i] > 127)
-                {
-                    try
-                    {
-                        return str.getBytes("UTF-8");
-                    }
-                    catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e)
-                    {
-                        throw new RuntimeException(e);
-                    }
-                }
-
-                bytes[i] = (byte) chars[i];
-            }
-            return bytes;
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static final String fromUTF8(byte[] bytes)
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            return new String(bytes, "UTF-8");
-        }
-        catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e)
-        {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
-    }
-
-}