* @param slim the limit index in the source array
     * @param buf the character buffer for decoding
     * @return the decoded String
     */
    public static String dec_ucs2le(final byte[] src, int si, final int slim, final char[] buf) {
        int bi;

        for (bi = 0; si + 1 < slim; bi++, si += 2) {
            buf[bi] = (char) dec_uint16le(src, si);
            if (buf[bi] == '\0') {

     * @param buf the character buffer for decoding
     * @return the decoded String
     * @throws IOException if a decoding error occurs
     */
    public static String dec_ucs2le(final byte[] src, int si, final int slim, final char[] buf) throws IOException {
        int bi;

        for (bi = 0; si + 1 < slim; bi++, si += 2) {
            buf[bi] = (char) dec_uint16le(src, si);