// UTF-16. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-16/UCS-2
        if (hiChars == null && loChars == null) {
          // We expect this to be the common code path for most escapers.
          return null;
        }
        // Combine the characters and/or escaped sequences into a single array.
        int hiCount = hiChars != null ? hiChars.length : 1;
        int loCount = loChars != null ? loChars.length : 1;