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+// Copyright 2016 Yahoo Inc. Licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE in the project root.
+package com.yahoo.language.detect;
+
+import com.yahoo.text.Utf8;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+/**
+ * @author <a href="mailto:simon@yahoo-inc.com">Simon Thoresen</a>
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractDetector implements Detector {
+
+    @Override
+    public final Detection detect(String input, Hint hint) {
+        byte[] buf = Utf8.toBytes(input);
+        return detect(buf, 0, buf.length, hint);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final Detection detect(ByteBuffer input, Hint hint) {
+        byte[] buf = new byte[input.remaining()];
+        input.get(buf, 0, buf.length);
+        return detect(buf, 0, buf.length, hint);
+    }
+}