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+//
+//  GTMNSString+Utilities.m
+//  Misc NSString Utilities
+//
+//  Copyright 2008 Google Inc.
+//
+//  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+//  use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy
+//  of the License at
+// 
+//  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+// 
+//  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+//  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+//  License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+//  the License.
+//
+
+#import "GTMDefines.h"
+#import "GTMNSString+Utilities.h"
+
+@implementation NSString (GTMNSStringUtilitiesAdditions)
+
+- (const unichar*)gtm_UTF16StringWithLength:(size_t*)length {  
+  size_t size = [self length];
+  const UniChar *buffer = CFStringGetCharactersPtr((CFStringRef)self);
+  if (!buffer) {
+    size_t memsize = size * sizeof(UniChar);
+
+    // nope, alloc buffer and fetch the chars ourselves
+    buffer = malloc(memsize);
+    if (!buffer) {
+      // COV_NF_BEGIN  - Memory fail case
+      _GTMDevLog(@"couldn't alloc buffer");
+      return nil;
+      // COV_NF_END
+    }
+    [self getCharacters:(void*)buffer];
+    [NSData dataWithBytesNoCopy:(void*)buffer length:size];
+  }
+  if (length) {
+    *length = size;
+  }
+  return buffer;  
+}
+
+@end