class Text extends BinaryComparable implements WritableComparable<BinaryComparable> {

  public static int bytesToCodePoint(ByteBuffer bytes) {
    bytes.mark();
    byte b = bytes.get();
    bytes.reset();
    int extraBytesToRead = bytesFromUTF8[(b & 0xFF)];
    if (extraBytesToRead < 0) return -1; // trailing byte!
    int ch = 0;

    switch (extraBytesToRead) {
    case 5: ch += (bytes.get() & 0xFF); ch <<= 6; /* remember, illegal UTF-8 */
    case 4: ch += (bytes.get() & 0xFF); ch <<= 6; /* remember, illegal UTF-8 */
    case 3: ch += (bytes.get() & 0xFF); ch <<= 6;
    case 2: ch += (bytes.get() & 0xFF); ch <<= 6;
    case 1: ch += (bytes.get() & 0xFF); ch <<= 6;
    case 0: ch += (bytes.get() & 0xFF);
    }
    ch -= offsetsFromUTF8[extraBytesToRead];

    return ch;
  }

  public  Text();
  public  Text(String string);
  public  Text(Text utf8);
  public  Text(byte[] utf8);

}