code: public short[] extractUCharArray() throws DevFailed {
  	manageExceptions("extractUCharArray()");
  
  	final byte[] argout = DevVarCharArrayHelper.extract(attrval.value);
  	final short[] val = new short[argout.length];
  	final short mask = 0xFF;
  	for (int i = 0; i < argout.length; i++) {
  	    val[i] = (short) (mask & argout[i]);
  	}
  	return val;
      }
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