public UnicodeString(final String str, final boolean zterm) {
        this.zterm = zterm;

        final int len = str.length();
        final int zt = zterm ? 1 : 0;

        this.length = this.maximum_length = (short) ((len + zt) * 2);
        this.buffer = new short[len + zt];

        int i;
        for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
            this.buffer[i] = (short) str.charAt(i);
        }
        if (zterm) {

     */
    public UnicodeString(final String str, final boolean zterm) {
        this.zterm = zterm;

        final int len = str.length();
        final int zt = zterm ? 1 : 0;

        length = maximum_length = (short) ((len + zt) * 2);
        buffer = new short[len + zt];

        int i;
        for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
            buffer[i] = (short) str.charAt(i);
        }
        if (zterm) {