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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2002, 2007 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     IBM - Initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.refresh.win32;
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+/**
+ * Performs character to byte conversion for passing strings to native win32
+ * methods.
+ */
+public class Convert {
+
+	/*
+	 * Obtains the default encoding on this platform
+	 */
+	private static String defaultEncoding=
+		new InputStreamReader(new ByteArrayInputStream(new byte[0])).getEncoding();
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts the given String to bytes using the platforms default
+	 * encoding.
+	 * 
+	 * @param target	The String to be converted, can not be <code>null</code>.
+	 * @return byte[]	The resulting bytes, or <code>null</code>.
+	 */
+	/**
+	 * Calling String.getBytes() creates a new encoding object and other garbage.
+	 * This can be avoided by calling String.getBytes(String encoding) instead.
+	 */
+	public static byte[] toPlatformBytes(String target) {
+		if (defaultEncoding == null)
+			return target.getBytes();
+		// try to use the default encoding
+		try {
+			return target.getBytes(defaultEncoding);
+		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+			// null the default encoding so we don't try it again
+			defaultEncoding = null;
+			return target.getBytes();
+		}
+	}
+}