Commit 5853 defines a String.from_java_bytes method. However, if you take a look at lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/builtin/javasupport/core_ext/string.rb (kind of easy to forget about way out in the boonies there) and org.jruby.javasupport.JavaArrayUtilities.java, you'll see it was already defined. Was it not working? I tried it fairly recently and it seemed to be functioning.
-Bill
