pt 1 in reviving the android build (copied from pm 28a1, wish me luck)

mobile/android/thirdparty/ch/boye/httpclientandroidlib/util/EncodingUtils.java

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+package ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.util;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+
+import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.Consts;
+
+/**
+ * The home for utility methods that handle various encoding tasks.
+ *
+ *
+ * @since 4.0
+ */
+public final class EncodingUtils {
+
+    /**
+     * Converts the byte array of HTTP content characters to a string. If
+     * the specified charset is not supported, default system encoding
+     * is used.
+     *
+     * @param data the byte array to be encoded
+     * @param offset the index of the first byte to encode
+     * @param length the number of bytes to encode
+     * @param charset the desired character encoding
+     * @return The result of the conversion.
+     */
+    public static String getString(
+        final byte[] data,
+        final int offset,
+        final int length,
+        final String charset) {
+        Args.notNull(data, "Input");
+        Args.notEmpty(charset, "Charset");
+        try {
+            return new String(data, offset, length, charset);
+        } catch (final UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+            return new String(data, offset, length);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Converts the byte array of HTTP content characters to a string. If
+     * the specified charset is not supported, default system encoding
+     * is used.
+     *
+     * @param data the byte array to be encoded
+     * @param charset the desired character encoding
+     * @return The result of the conversion.
+     */
+    public static String getString(final byte[] data, final String charset) {
+        Args.notNull(data, "Input");
+        return getString(data, 0, data.length, charset);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts the specified string to a byte array.  If the charset is not supported the
+     * default system charset is used.
+     *
+     * @param data the string to be encoded
+     * @param charset the desired character encoding
+     * @return The resulting byte array.
+     */
+    public static byte[] getBytes(final String data, final String charset) {
+        Args.notNull(data, "Input");
+        Args.notEmpty(charset, "Charset");
+        try {
+            return data.getBytes(charset);
+        } catch (final UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+            return data.getBytes();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts the specified string to byte array of ASCII characters.
+     *
+     * @param data the string to be encoded
+     * @return The string as a byte array.
+     */
+    public static byte[] getAsciiBytes(final String data) {
+        Args.notNull(data, "Input");
+        try {
+            return data.getBytes(Consts.ASCII.name());
+        } catch (final UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+            throw new Error("ASCII not supported");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts the byte array of ASCII characters to a string. This method is
+     * to be used when decoding content of HTTP elements (such as response
+     * headers)
+     *
+     * @param data the byte array to be encoded
+     * @param offset the index of the first byte to encode
+     * @param length the number of bytes to encode
+     * @return The string representation of the byte array
+     */
+    public static String getAsciiString(final byte[] data, final int offset, final int length) {
+        Args.notNull(data, "Input");
+        try {
+            return new String(data, offset, length, Consts.ASCII.name());
+        } catch (final UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+            throw new Error("ASCII not supported");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts the byte array of ASCII characters to a string. This method is
+     * to be used when decoding content of HTTP elements (such as response
+     * headers)
+     *
+     * @param data the byte array to be encoded
+     * @return The string representation of the byte array
+     */
+    public static String getAsciiString(final byte[] data) {
+        Args.notNull(data, "Input");
+        return getAsciiString(data, 0, data.length);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This class should not be instantiated.
+     */
+    private EncodingUtils() {
+    }
+
+}