ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

        for ( String dialect : this.dialects ) {
            bos.write(0x02);
            try {
                bos.write(Strings.getASCIIBytes(dialect));
            }
            catch ( IOException e ) {
                throw new RuntimeCIFSException(e);
            }
            bos.write(0x0);
        }

        return getBytes(str, UNI_ENCODING);
    }


    /**
     * 
     * @param str
     * @return the string as bytes (ASCII)
     */
    public static byte[] getASCIIBytes ( String str ) {
        return getBytes(str, ASCII_ENCODING);
    }


    /**
     * @param str
     * @param config
     * @return the string as bytes
     */