/// <summary>Gets bytes of String-value considering encoding.</summary>
/// <returns>byte array</returns>
public virtual byte[] GetValueBytes()
{
// Analog of com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfString.getBytes() method in iText5.
if (value == null)
{
GenerateValue();
}
if (encoding != null && encoding.Equals(PdfEncodings.UNICODE_BIG) && PdfEncodings.IsPdfDocEncoding(value))
{
return(PdfEncodings.ConvertToBytes(value, PdfEncodings.PDF_DOC_ENCODING));
}
else
{
return(PdfEncodings.ConvertToBytes(value, encoding));
}
}