private static byte[] asciiBytes(String value){
  Preconditions.checkNotNull(value);
  try {
    return value.getBytes("ASCII");
  }
 catch (  UnsupportedEncodingException uee) {
    throw new RuntimeException("ASCII not found!",uee);
  }
}

private static byte [ ] asciiBytes ( String value ) { Preconditions . checkNotNull ( value ) ; try { return value . getBytes ( "ASCII" ) ; } catch ( UnsupportedEncodingException uee ) { throw new RuntimeException ( "ASCII not found!" , uee ) ; } }
helper method that transforms provided string into it ' s byte representation using ascii encoding
