[DO NOT MERGE ANYWHERE] Null terminate MAP instance information

    static public byte[] truncateUtf8StringToBytearray(String utf8String, int maxLength)

            throws UnsupportedEncodingException {

        byte[] utf8Bytes = null;

        byte[] utf8Bytes = new byte[utf8String.length() + 1];

        try {

            utf8Bytes = utf8String.getBytes("UTF-8");

            System.arraycopy(utf8String.getBytes("UTF-8"), 0,

                             utf8Bytes, 0, utf8String.length());

        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {

            Log.e(TAG,"truncateUtf8StringToBytearray: getBytes exception ", e);

            throw e;

        }

        if (utf8Bytes.length > (maxLength - 1)) {

        if (utf8Bytes.length > maxLength) {

            /* if 'continuation' byte is in place 200,

             * then strip previous bytes until utf-8 start byte is found */

            if ( (utf8Bytes[maxLength - 1] & 0xC0) == 0x80 ) {