@Nullable
public static String toStringViaUTF8(ID cfString) {
if (cfString.intValue() == 0) return null;
int lengthInChars = myFoundationLibrary.CFStringGetLength(cfString);
int potentialLengthInBytes = 3 * lengthInChars + 1; // UTF8 fully escaped 16 bit chars, plus nul
byte[] buffer = new byte[potentialLengthInBytes];
byte ok =
myFoundationLibrary.CFStringGetCString(
cfString, buffer, buffer.length, FoundationLibrary.kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
if (ok == 0) throw new RuntimeException("Could not convert string");
return Native.toString(buffer);
}
