 - if an illegal UTF sequence is
 encountered.</DL>
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getCharLength</H3>
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public static int <B>getCharLength</B>(byte[]&nbsp;bytes,
                                int&nbsp;offset,
                                int&nbsp;length)
                         throws <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">IllegalArgumen