/**
* Returns <code>String</code> representation of <code>value</code>.
*
* <p>If <code>value</code> is a {@link SVNPropertyValue#isBinary() binary} property value, then
* its bytes are converted to a <code>String</code> encoding them with the <span
* class="javastring">"UTF-8"</span> charset and returned back to the caller. If that encoding
* fails, bytes are encoded with the default platform's charset.
*
* <p>Otherwise, {@link SVNPropertyValue#getString()} is returned.
*
* @param value property value object
* @return string property value; <span class="javakeyword">null</span> if <code>value</code> is
* <span class="javakeyword">null</span>
*/
public static char[] getPropertyAsChars(SVNPropertyValue value) {
if (value == null) {
return null;
}
if (value.isBinary()) {
return SVNEncodingUtil.getChars(value.getBytes(), "UTF-8");
}
return value.getString().toCharArray();
}
