package nom.tam.fits;
   
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  import java.io.Closeable;
  import java.io.IOException;
  import java.io.InputStream;
  import java.lang.reflect.Array;
  import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
  import java.net.ProtocolException;
  import java.net.URL;
  import java.net.URLConnection;
  import java.text.ParsePosition;
  import java.util.ArrayList;
  import java.util.Arrays;
  import java.util.logging.Level;
  import java.util.logging.Logger;
  
  import nom.tam.util.ArrayDataOutput;
  import nom.tam.util.AsciiFuncs;
  import nom.tam.util.FitsDecoder;
  import nom.tam.util.FitsEncoder;
  import nom.tam.util.FitsIO;
  import nom.tam.util.RandomAccess;
  
  import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
  
  /**
   * Static utility functions used throughout the FITS classes.
   */
  public final class FitsUtil {
  
      /** Lowest ASCII value that can be in FITS strings */
      static final byte BLANK_SPACE = 0x20;
  
      /** Highest ASCII value that can be in FITS strings */
      static final byte MIN_ASCII_VALUE = 0x20;
  
      /** Highest ASCII value that can be in FITS strings */
      static final byte MAX_ASCII_VALUE = 0x7e;
  
      /** Highest ASCII value that can be in FITS strings */
      static final byte ASCII_NULL = 0x00;
  
      /**
       * the logger to log to.
       */
      private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(FitsUtil.class.getName());
  
      private static boolean wroteCheckingError = false;
  
      /**
       * Utility class, do not instantiate it.
       */
      private FitsUtil() {
      }
  
      /**
       * @deprecated      use {@link #addPadding(long)} instead. Calculates the amount of padding needed to complete the
       *                      last FITS block at the specified current size.
       * 
       * @return          Total size of blocked FITS element, using e.v. padding to fits block size.
       *
       * @param      size the current size.
       */
      @Deprecated
      public static int addPadding(int size) {
          return size + padding(size);
      }
  
     /**
      * Calculates the amount of padding needed to complete the last FITS block at the specified current size.
      * 
      * @return      Total size of blocked FITS element, using e.v. padding to fits block size.
      *
      * @param  size the current size.
      * 
      * @see         #padding(long)
      * @see         #pad(ArrayDataOutput, long)
      */
     public static long addPadding(long size) {
         return size + padding(size);
     }
 
     /**
      * Converts an array of <code>boolean</code> or {@link Boolean} values to FITS logicals (bytes containint 'T', 'F'
      * or '\0'). The shapes and size of the resulting array matches that of the input. Values of '\0' are converted to
      * <code>null</code> values.
      * 
      * @param  o a new array of <code>Boolean</code>
      * 
      * @return   an array of FITS logical values with the same size and shape as the input
      * 
      * @see      #bytesToBooleanObjects(Object)
      * @see      #byteToBoolean(byte[])
      * 
      * @since    1.18
      */
     static Object booleansToBytes(Object o) {
         if (o == null) {
             return new byte[] {FitsEncoder.byteForBoolean(null)};
         }
 
         if (o instanceof Boolean) {
             return new byte[] {FitsEncoder.byteForBoolean((Boolean) o)};
         }
 
         if (o instanceof boolean[]) {
             boolean[] bool = (boolean[]) o;
             byte[] b = new byte[bool.length];
             for (int i = 0; i < bool.length; i++) {
                 b[i] = FitsEncoder.byteForBoolean(bool[i]);
             }
             return b;
         }
 
         if (o instanceof Boolean[]) {
             Boolean[] bool = (Boolean[]) o;
             byte[] b = new byte[bool.length];
             for (int i = 0; i < bool.length; i++) {
                 b[i] = FitsEncoder.byteForBoolean(bool[i]);
             }
             return b;
         }
 
         if (o instanceof Object[]) {
             Object[] array = (Object[]) o;
             Object[] b = null;
 
             for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
                 Object e = booleansToBytes(array[i]);
                 if (b == null) {
                     b = (Object[]) Array.newInstance(e.getClass(), array.length);
                 }
                 b[i] = e;
             }
 
             return b;
         }
 
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not boolean values: " + o.getClass().getName());
     }
 
     /**
      * Converts an array of FITS logicals (bytes containint 'T', 'F' or '\0') to an array of {@link Boolean}. The shapes
      * and size of the resulting array matches that of the input. Values of '\0' are converted to <code>null</code>
      * values.
      * 
      * @param  bytes and array of FITS logical values
      * 
      * @return       a new array of <code>Boolean</code> with the same size and shape as the input
      * 
      * @see          #booleansToBytes(Object)
      * 
      * @since        1.18
      */
     static Object bytesToBooleanObjects(Object bytes) {
         if (bytes instanceof Byte) {
             return FitsDecoder.booleanObjectFor(((Number) bytes).intValue());
         }
 
         if (bytes instanceof byte[]) {
             byte[] b = (byte[]) bytes;
             Boolean[] bool = new Boolean[b.length];
             for (int i = 0; i < b.length; i++) {
                 bool[i] = FitsDecoder.booleanObjectFor(b[i]);
             }
             return bool;
         }
 
         if (bytes instanceof Object[]) {
             Object[] array = (Object[]) bytes;
             Object[] bool = null;
 
             for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
                 Object e = bytesToBooleanObjects(array[i]);
                 if (bool == null) {
                     bool = (Object[]) Array.newInstance(e.getClass(), array.length);
                 }
                 bool[i] = e;
             }
 
             return bool;
         }
 
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot convert to boolean values: " + bytes.getClass().getName());
     }
 
     /**
      * Converts an array of booleans into the bits packed into a block of bytes.
      * 
      * @param  bits an array of bits
      * 
      * @return      a new byte array containing the packed bits (in big-endian order)
      * 
      * @see         #bytesToBits(Object)
      * 
      * @since       1.18
      */
     static byte[] bitsToBytes(boolean[] bits) throws IllegalArgumentException {
         byte[] bytes = new byte[(bits.length + Byte.SIZE - 1) / Byte.SIZE];
         for (int i = 0; i < bits.length; i++) {
             if (bits[i]) {
                 int pos = Byte.SIZE - 1 - i % Byte.SIZE;
                 bytes[i / Byte.SIZE] |= 1 << pos;
             }
         }
 
         return bytes;
     }
 
     /**
      * Converts an array of bit segments into the bits packed into a blocks of bytes.
      * 
      * @param  bits an array of bits
      * @param  l    the number of bits in a segment that are to be kept together
      * 
      * @return      a new byte array containing the packed bits (in big-endian order)
      * 
      * @see         #bytesToBits(Object)
      * 
      * @since       1.18
      */
     static byte[] bitsToBytes(boolean[] bits, int l) throws IllegalArgumentException {
         int n = bits.length / l; // Number of bit segments
         int bl = (l + Byte.SIZE - 1) / Byte.SIZE; // Number of bytes per segment
         byte[] bytes = new byte[n * bl]; // The converted byte array
 
         for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
             int off = i * l; // bit offset
             int boff = i * bl; // byte offset
 
             for (int j = 0; j < l; j++) {
                 if (bits[off + j]) {
                     int pos = Byte.SIZE - 1 - j % Byte.SIZE;
                     bytes[boff + (j / Byte.SIZE)] |= 1 << pos;
                 }
             }
         }
 
         return bytes;
     }
 
     /**
      * Converts the bits packed into a block of bytes into a boolean array.
      * 
      * @param  bytes the byte array containing the packed bits (in big-endian order)
      * @param  count the number of bits to extract
      * 
      * @return       an array of boolean with the separated bit values.
      * 
      * @see          #bitsToBytes(Object)
      * 
      * @since        1.18
      */
     static boolean[] bytesToBits(byte[] bytes, int count) {
         boolean[] bits = new boolean[count];
 
         for (int i = 0; i < bits.length; i++) {
             int pos = Byte.SIZE - 1 - i % Byte.SIZE;
             bits[i] = ((bytes[i / Byte.SIZE] >>> pos) & 1) == 1;
         }
 
         return bits;
     }
 
     /**
      * Extracts a string from a byte array at the specified offset, maximal length and termination byte. This method
      * trims trailing spaces but not leading ones.
      * 
      * @param  bytes      an array of ASCII bytes
      * @param  offset     the array index at which the string begins
      * @param  maxLen     the maximum number of bytes to extract from the position
      * @param  terminator the byte value that terminates the string, such as 0x00.
      * 
      * @return            a new String with the relevant bytes, with length not exceeding the specified limit.
      * 
      * @since             1.18
      */
     static String extractString(byte[] bytes, ParsePosition pos, int maxLen, byte terminator) {
         int offset = pos.getIndex();
 
         if (offset >= bytes.length) {
             return "";
         }
 
         if (offset + maxLen > bytes.length) {
             maxLen = bytes.length - offset;
         }
 
         int end = -1;
 
         // Check up to the specified length or termination
         for (int i = 0; i < maxLen; i++) {
             byte b = bytes[offset + i];
             pos.setIndex(offset + i);
 
             if (b == terminator || b == 0) {
                 break;
             }
 
             if (b != BLANK_SPACE) {
                 end = i;
             }
         }
 
         pos.setIndex(pos.getIndex() + 1);
 
         byte[] sanitized = new byte[end + 1];
         boolean checking = FitsFactory.getCheckAsciiStrings();
 
         // Up to the specified length or terminator
         for (int i = 0; i <= end; i++) {
             byte b = bytes[offset + i];
 
             if (checking && (b < BLANK_SPACE || b > MAX_ASCII_VALUE)) {
                 if (!wroteCheckingError) {
                     LOG.warning("WARNING! Converting invalid table string character[s] to spaces.");
                     wroteCheckingError = true;
                 }
                 b = BLANK_SPACE;
             }
 
             sanitized[i] = b;
         }
 
         return AsciiFuncs.asciiString(sanitized);
     }
 
     /**
      * Converts a FITS byte sequence to a Java string array, triming spaces at the heads and tails of each element.
      * While FITS typically considers leading spaces significant, this library has been removing them from regularly
      * shaped string arrays for a very long time, apparently based on request by users then... Even though it seems like
      * a bad choice, since users could always call {@link String#trim()} if they needed to, we cannot recover the
      * leading spaces once the string was trimmed. At this point we have no real choice but to continue the tradition,
      * lest we want to break exising applications, which may rely on this behavior.
      * 
      * @return            Convert bytes to Strings, removing leading and trailing spaces from each entry.
      *
      * @param      bytes  byte array to convert
      * @param      maxLen the max string length
      * 
      * @deprecated        (<i>for internal use</i>) No longer used internally, will be removed in the future.
      */
     @Deprecated
     public static String[] byteArrayToStrings(byte[] bytes, int maxLen) {
         // Note that if a String in a binary table contains an internal 0,
         // the FITS standard says that it is to be considered as terminating
         // the string at that point, so that software reading the
         // data back may not include subsequent characters.
         // No warning of this truncation is given.
 
         String[] res = new String[bytes.length / maxLen];
         for (int i = 0; i < res.length; i++) {
             res[i] = extractString(bytes, new ParsePosition(i * maxLen), maxLen, (byte) '\0').trim();
         }
         return res;
     }
 
     /**
      * Converts a FITS representation of boolean values as bytes to a java boolean array. This implementation does not
      * handle FITS <code>null</code> values.
      * 
      * @return       Convert an array of bytes to booleans.
      *
      * @param  bytes the array of bytes to get the booleans from.
      * 
      * @see          FitsDecoder#booleanFor(int)
      */
     static boolean[] byteToBoolean(byte[] bytes) {
         boolean[] bool = new boolean[bytes.length];
 
         for (int i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) {
             bool[i] = FitsDecoder.booleanFor(bytes[i]);
         }
         return bool;
     }
 
     /**
      * Parses a logical value from a string, using loose conversion. The string may contain either 'true'/'false' or
      * 'T'/'F' (case insensitive), or else a zero (<code>false</code>) or non-zero number value (<code>true</code>). All
      * other strings will return <code>null</code> corresponding to an undefined logical value.
      * 
      * @param  s A string
      * 
      * @return   <code>true</code>, <code>false</code>, or <code>null</code> (if undefined).
      */
     @SuppressFBWarnings(value = "NP_BOOLEAN_RETURN_NULL", justification = "null has specific meaning here")
     static Boolean parseLogical(String s) {
         if (s == null) {
             return null;
         }
 
         s = s.trim();
 
         if (s.isEmpty()) {
             return null;
         }
         if (s.equalsIgnoreCase("true") || s.equalsIgnoreCase("t")) {
             return true;
         }
         if (s.equalsIgnoreCase("false") || s.equalsIgnoreCase("f")) {
             return false;
         }
 
         try {
             long l = Long.parseLong(s);
             return l != 0;
         } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
             // Nothing to do....
         }
 
         try {
             double d = Double.parseDouble(s);
             if (!Double.isNaN(d)) {
                 return d != 0;
             }
         } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
             // Nothing to do....
         }
 
         return null;
     }
 
     /**
      * Gets the file offset for the given IO resource.
      * 
      * @return       The offset from the beginning of file (if random accessible), or -1 otherwise.
      *
      * @param      o the stream to get the position
      * 
      * @deprecated   (<i>for internal use</i>) Visibility may be reduced to the package level in the future.
      */
     @Deprecated
     public static long findOffset(Closeable o) {
         if (o instanceof RandomAccess) {
             return ((RandomAccess) o).getFilePointer();
         }
         return -1;
     }
 
     /**
      * Gets and input stream for a given URL resource.
      * 
      * @return             Get a stream to a URL accommodating possible redirections. Note that if a redirection request
      *                         points to a different protocol than the original request, then the redirection is not
      *                         handled automatically.
      *
      * @param  url         the url to get the stream from
      * @param  level       max levels of redirection
      *
      * @throws IOException if the operation failed
      */
     public static InputStream getURLStream(URL url, int level) throws IOException {
         URLConnection conn = null;
         int code = -1;
         try {
             conn = url.openConnection();
             if (conn instanceof HttpURLConnection) {
                 code = ((HttpURLConnection) conn).getResponseCode();
             }
             return conn.getInputStream();
         } catch (ProtocolException e) {
             LOG.log(Level.WARNING, "could not connect to " + url + (code >= 0 ? " got responce-code" + code : ""), e);
             throw e;
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * Returns the maximum string length in an array.
      * 
      * @return             the maximum length of string in an array.
      *
      * @param      strings array of strings to check
      * 
      * @deprecated         (<i>for internal use</i>) No longer used internally, may be removed in the future.
      */
     @Deprecated
     public static int maxLength(String[] strings) {
         int max = 0;
         for (String element : strings) {
             if (element != null && element.length() > max) {
                 max = element.length();
             }
         }
         return max;
     }
 
     /**
      * Returns the maximum string length in an array of strings. Non-string elements nd null values are ignored.
      * 
      * @return   the maximum length of strings in an array.
      *
      * @param  o array of strings to check
      */
     static int maxStringLength(Object o) {
         if (o instanceof String) {
             return ((String) o).length();
         }
 
         int max = 0;
 
         if (o instanceof Object[]) {
             for (Object e : (Object[]) o) {
                 if (e == null) {
                     continue;
                 }
 
                 int l = maxStringLength(e);
                 if (l > max) {
                     max = l;
                 }
             }
         }
 
         return max;
     }
 
     /**
      * Returns the minimum string length in an array of strings. Non-string elements nd null values are ignored.
      * 
      * @return   the minimum length of strings in an array.
      *
      * @param  o strings array of strings to check
      */
     static int minStringLength(Object o) {
         if (o instanceof String) {
             return ((String) o).length();
         }
 
         int min = -1;
 
         if (o instanceof Object[]) {
             for (Object e : (Object[]) o) {
                 if (e == null) {
                     return 0;
                 }
 
                 int l = minStringLength(e);
                 if (l == 0) {
                     return 0;
                 }
 
                 if (min < 0 || l < min) {
                     min = l;
                 }
             }
         }
 
         return min < 0 ? 0 : min;
     }
 
     /**
      * Adds the necessary amount of padding needed to complete the last FITS block.
      *
      * @param      stream        stream to pad
      * @param      size          the current size of the stream (total number of bytes written to it since the beginning
      *                               of the FITS).
      *
      * @throws     FitsException if the operation failed
      * 
      * @see                      #pad(ArrayDataOutput, long, byte)
      * 
      * @deprecated               (<i>for internal use</i>) Visibility may be reduced to package level in the future
      */
     @Deprecated
     public static void pad(ArrayDataOutput stream, long size) throws FitsException {
         pad(stream, size, (byte) 0);
     }
 
     /**
      * Adds the necessary amount of padding needed to complete the last FITS block., usign the designated padding byte
      * value.
      *
      * @param      stream        stream to pad
      * @param      size          the current size of the stream (total number of bytes written to it since the beginning
      *                               of the FITS).
      * @param      fill          the byte value to use for the padding
      *
      * @throws     FitsException if the operation failed
      * 
      * @see                      #pad(ArrayDataOutput, long)
      * 
      * @deprecated               (<i>for internal use</i>) Visibility may be reduced to private in the future
      */
     @Deprecated
     public static void pad(ArrayDataOutput stream, long size, byte fill) throws FitsException {
         int len = padding(size);
         if (len > 0) {
             byte[] buf = new byte[len];
             Arrays.fill(buf, fill);
             try {
                 stream.write(buf);
                 stream.flush();
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 throw new FitsException("Unable to write padding", e);
             }
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * @deprecated      see Use {@link #padding(long)} instead.
      * 
      * @return          How many bytes are needed to fill a 2880 block?
      *
      * @param      size the size without padding
      */
     @Deprecated
     public static int padding(int size) {
         return padding((long) size);
     }
 
     /**
      * Calculated the amount of padding we need to add given the current size of a FITS file (under construction)
      * 
      * @param  size the current size of our FITS file before the padding
      * 
      * @return      the number of bytes of padding we need to add at the end to complete the FITS block.
      * 
      * @see         #addPadding(long)
      * @see         #pad(ArrayDataOutput, long)
      */
     public static int padding(long size) {
         int mod = (int) (size % FitsFactory.FITS_BLOCK_SIZE);
         if (mod > 0) {
             return FitsFactory.FITS_BLOCK_SIZE - mod;
         }
         return 0;
     }
 
     /**
      * Attempts to reposition a FITS input ot output. The call will succeed only if the underlying input or output is
      * random accessible. Othewise, an exception will be thrown.
      *
      * @deprecated               This method wraps an {@link IOException} into a {@link FitsException} for no good
      *                               reason really. A revision of the API could reduce the visibility of this method,
      *                               and/or procees the underlying exception instead.
      *
      * @param      o             the FITS input or output
      * @param      offset        the offset to position it to.
      *
      * @throws     FitsException if the underlying input/output is not random accessible or if the requested position is
      *                               invalid.
      */
     @Deprecated
     public static void reposition(FitsIO o, long offset) throws FitsException {
         // TODO AK: argument should be RandomAccess instead of Closeable, since
         // that's the only type we actually handle...
 
         if (o == null) {
             throw new FitsException("Attempt to reposition null stream");
         }
 
         if (!(o instanceof RandomAccess) || offset < 0) {
             throw new FitsException(
                     "Invalid attempt to reposition stream " + o + " of type " + o.getClass().getName() + " to " + offset);
         }
 
         try {
             ((RandomAccess) o).seek(offset);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new FitsException("Unable to repostion stream " + o + " of type " + o.getClass().getName() + " to "
                     + offset + ": " + e.getMessage(), e);
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * Converts a string to ASCII bytes in the specified array, padding (with 0x00) or truncating as necessary to
      * provide the expected length at the specified arrya offset.
      * 
      * @param s      a string
      * @param res    the byte array into which to extract the ASCII bytes
      * @param offset array index in the byte array at which the extracted bytes should begin
      * @param len    the maximum number of bytes to extract, truncating or padding (with 0x00) as needed.
      * @param pad    the byte value to use to pad the remainder of the string
      */
     private static void stringToBytes(String s, byte[] res, int offset, int len, byte pad) {
         int l = 0;
 
         if (s != null) {
             byte[] b = AsciiFuncs.getBytes(s);
             l = Math.min(b.length, len);
             if (l > 0) {
                 System.arraycopy(b, 0, res, offset, l);
             }
         }
 
         // Terminate and pad as necessary
         if (l < len) {
             Arrays.fill(res, offset + l, offset + len, pad);
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * Converts a string to an array of ASCII bytes, padding (with 0x00) or truncating as necessary to provide the
      * expected length.
      * 
      * @param  s   a string
      * @param  len the number of bytes for the return value, also the maximum number of bytes that are extracted from
      *                 the string
      * 
      * @return     a byte array of the specified length containing the truncated or padded string value.
      * 
      * @see        #stringsToByteArray(String[], int, byte) q
      * 
      * @since      1.18
      */
     static byte[] stringToByteArray(String s, int len) {
         byte[] res = new byte[len];
         stringToBytes(s, res, 0, len, BLANK_SPACE);
         return res;
     }
 
     /**
      * Convert an array of Strings to bytes. padding (with 0x00) or truncating as necessary to provide the expected
      * length.
      *
      * @return                 the resulting bytes
      *
      * @param      stringArray the array with Strings
      * @param      len         the number of bytes used for each string element. The string will be truncated ot padded
      *                             as necessary to fit into that size.
      * 
      * @deprecated             (<i>for internal use</i>) Visibility may be reduced to package level in the future.
      */
     @Deprecated
     public static byte[] stringsToByteArray(String[] stringArray, int len) {
         return stringsToByteArray(stringArray, len, BLANK_SPACE);
     }
 
     /**
      * Convert an array of Strings to bytes. padding (with 0x00) or truncating as necessary to provide the expected
      * length.
      *
      * @return             the resulting bytes
      *
      * @param  stringArray the array with Strings
      * @param  len         the number of bytes used for each string element. The string will be truncated ot padded as
      *                         necessary to fit into that size.
      * @param  pad         the byte value to use for padding strings as necessary to the requisite length.
      */
     static byte[] stringsToByteArray(String[] stringArray, int len, byte pad) {
         byte[] res = new byte[stringArray.length * len];
         for (int i = 0; i < stringArray.length; i++) {
             stringToBytes(stringArray[i], res, i * len, len, pad);
         }
         return res;
     }
 
     /**
      * Convert an array of strings to a delimited sequence of bytes, e.g. for sequentialized variable-sized storage of
      * multiple string elements. The last string component is terminated by an ASCII NUL (0x00).
      *
      * @return        the resulting bytes
      *
      * @param  array  the array with Strings
      * @param  maxlen the maximum string length or -1 of unlimited.
      * @param  delim  the byte value that delimits string components
      * 
      * @see           #stringToByteArray(String, int)
      * 
      * @since         1.18
      */
     static byte[] stringsToDelimitedBytes(String[] array, int maxlen, byte delim) {
         int l = array.length - 1;
         for (String s : array) {
             l += (s == null) ? 1 : Math.max(s.length() + 1, maxlen);
         }
         byte[] b = new byte[l];
         l = 0;
         for (String s : array) {
             if (s != null) {
                 stringToBytes(s, b, l, s.length(), BLANK_SPACE);
                 l += s.length();
             }
             b[l++] = delim;
         }
         b[l - 1] = (byte) 0;
         return b;
     }
 
     /**
      * Extracts strings from a packed delimited byte sequence. Strings start either immediately after the prior string
      * reached its maximum length, or else immediately after the specified delimiter byte value.
      * 
      * @param  bytes  bytes containing the packed strings
      * @param  maxlen the maximum length of individual string components
      * @param  delim  the byte value that delimits strings shorter than the maximum length
      * 
      * @return        An array of the extracted strings
      *
      * @see           #stringsToDelimitedBytes(String[], int, byte)
      * 
      * @since         1.18
      */
     private static String[] delimitedBytesToStrings(byte[] bytes, byte delim) {
         ArrayList<String> s = new ArrayList<>();
         ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
         while (pos.getIndex() < bytes.length) {
             s.add(extractString(bytes, pos, bytes.length, delim));
         }
         String[] a = new String[s.size()];
         s.toArray(a);
         return a;
     }
 
     /**
      * Extracts strings from a packed delimited byte sequence. Strings start either immediately after the prior string
      * reached its maximum length, or else immediately after the specified delimiter byte value.
      * 
      * @param  bytes  bytes containing the packed strings
      * @param  maxlen the maximum length of individual string components
      * @param  delim  the byte value that delimits strings shorter than the maximum length
      * 
      * @return        An array of the extracted strings
      *
      * @see           #stringsToDelimitedBytes(String[], int, byte)
      * 
      * @since         1.18
      */
     static String[] delimitedBytesToStrings(byte[] bytes, int maxlen, byte delim) {
         if (maxlen <= 0) {
             return delimitedBytesToStrings(bytes, delim);
         }
 
         String[] res = new String[(bytes.length + maxlen - 1) / maxlen];
         ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
         for (int i = 0; i < res.length; i++) {
             res[i] = extractString(bytes, pos, maxlen, delim);
         }
         return res;
     }
 
 }