public char[] getChars() {
        if (get() == null) return new char[0];
        StringBuilder sb = get();
        char[] buf = new char[sb.length()];
        sb.getChars(0, buf.length, buf, 0);
        return buf;
    }
public char [ ] getChars ( ) { if ( get ( ) == null ) return new char [ 0 ] ; StringBuilder sb = get ( ) ; char [ ] buf = new char [ sb . length ( ) ] ; sb . getChars ( 0 , buf . length , buf , 0 ) ; return buf ; }
@return the char[] representation of the underlying StringBuilder.