/// 

        /// Converts the string to a byte-array using the default encoding
        /// 
        /// The input string.
        /// The created byte array
        public static byte[] ToBytes(this string value)
        {
            return value.ToBytes(null);
        }
        /// 

        /// Converts the string to a byte-array using the supplied encoding
        /// 
        /// The input string.
        /// The encoding to be used.
        /// The created byte array
        /// 
        /// var value = "Hello World";
        /// var ansiBytes = value.ToBytes(Encoding.GetEncoding(1252)); // 1252 = ANSI
        /// var utf8Bytes = value.ToBytes(Encoding.UTF8);
        /// 
        public static byte[] ToBytes(this string value, Encoding encoding)
        {
            encoding = (encoding ?? Encoding.Default);
            return encoding.GetBytes(value);
        }