}

  /**
   * Returns the {@code char} value whose big-endian representation is stored in the first 2 bytes
   * of {@code bytes}; equivalent to {@code ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes).getChar()}. For example, the
   * input byte array {@code {0x54, 0x32}} would yield the {@code char} value {@code '\\u5432'}.
   *
   * <p>Arguably, it's preferable to use {@link java.nio.ByteBuffer}; that library exposes much more

  }

  /**
   * Returns the {@code char} value whose big-endian representation is stored in the first 2 bytes
   * of {@code bytes}; equivalent to {@code ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes).getChar()}. For example, the
   * input byte array {@code {0x54, 0x32}} would yield the {@code char} value {@code '\\u5432'}.
   *
   * <p>Arguably, it's preferable to use {@link java.nio.ByteBuffer}; that library exposes much more

    int size = (int) longSize;
    if (size != longSize) {
      throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException("Required array size too large: " + longSize);
    }

    char[] array = new char[size];
    string.getChars(0, len, array, 0);
    int n;
    for (n = len; n < size - n; n <<= 1) {
      System.arraycopy(array, 0, array, n, n);
    }
    System.arraycopy(array, 0, array, n, size - n);
    return new String(array);