initial checkin of yaulw (locally)

Tools/Convert.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Yaulw.Tools
+{
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Common Conversion Operations
+    /// </remarks>
+    public static class Convert
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Convert a a String to a UTF Byte Array
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="str">string to convert</param>
+        /// <returns>a Byte Array from a String</returns>
+        public static byte[] StrToByteArrayUTF(string str)
+        {
+            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(str))
+            {
+                System.Text.UTF8Encoding encoding = new System.Text.UTF8Encoding();
+                return encoding.GetBytes(str);
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Convert a a String to an ASCII Byte Array
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="str">string to convert</param>
+        /// <returns>a Byte Array from a String</returns>
+        public static byte[] StrToByteArrayAscii(string str)
+        {
+            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(str))
+            {
+                System.Text.ASCIIEncoding encoding = new System.Text.ASCIIEncoding();
+                return encoding.GetBytes(str);
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
+
+
+    }
+}