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+package org.openflow.util;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+public class StringByteSerializer {
+ public static String readFrom(ByteBuffer data, int length) {
+ byte[] stringBytes = new byte[length];
+ data.get(stringBytes);
+ // find the first index of 0
+ int index = 0;
+ for (byte b : stringBytes) {
+ if (0 == b)
+ break;
+ ++index;
+ }
+ return new String(Arrays.copyOf(stringBytes, index),
+ Charset.forName("ascii"));
+ }
+
+ public static void writeTo(ByteBuffer data, int length, String value) {
+ try {
+ byte[] name = value.getBytes("ASCII");
+ if (name.length < length) {
+ data.put(name);
+ for (int i = name.length; i < length; ++i) {
+ data.put((byte) 0);
+ }
+ } else {
+ data.put(name, 0, length-1);
+ data.put((byte) 0);
+ }
+ } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+ throw new RuntimeException(e);
+ }
+
+ }
+}