}

    /**
     * Encodes a string into UTF-16LE (Unicode Little Endian) bytes.
     *
     * @param str the string to encode
     * @return the string as bytes (UTF16-LE)
     */
    public static byte[] getUNIBytes(final String str) {
        return getBytes(str, UNI_ENCODING);
    }

    /**
     * Encodes a string into ASCII bytes.
     *
     * @param str the string to encode
     * @return the string as bytes (ASCII)