/** * Appends a <CODE>String</CODE> to the buffer. The <CODE>String</CODE> is converted according to * the encoding ISO-8859-1. * * @param str the <CODE>String</CODE> to be appended * @return a reference to this <CODE>ByteBuffer</CODE> object */ public ByteBuffer append(String str) { if (str != null) return append(DocWriter.getISOBytes(str)); return this; }