Add simplified overloads of String<->ByteArray/CharArray conversions

These overloads cover the most common cases of conversion of the entire
String or Byte/CharArray, avoiding extra index check and branching.

#KT-24810, KT-29265

libraries/stdlib/jvm/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt

@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@ public actual inline fun String.toUpperCase(): String = (this as java.lang.Strin
 @kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
 public actual inline fun String.toLowerCase(): String = (this as java.lang.String).toLowerCase()
 
+/**
+ * Concatenates characters in this [CharArray] into a String.
+ */
+@SinceKotlin("1.3")
+@ExperimentalStdlibApi
+public actual fun CharArray.concatToString(): String {
+    return String(this)
+}
+
 /**
  * Concatenates characters in this [CharArray] or its subrange into a String.
  *
@@ -145,6 +154,17 @@ public actual fun String.toCharArray(startIndex: Int = 0, endIndex: Int = this.l
     return toCharArray(CharArray(endIndex - startIndex), 0, startIndex, endIndex)
 }
 
+/**
+ * Decodes a string from the bytes in UTF-8 encoding in this array.
+ *
+ * Malformed byte sequences are replaced by the replacement char `\uFFFD`.
+ */
+@SinceKotlin("1.3")
+@ExperimentalStdlibApi
+public actual fun ByteArray.decodeToString(): String {
+    return String(this)
+}
+
 /**
  * Decodes a string from the bytes in UTF-8 encoding in this array or its subrange.
  *
@@ -177,6 +197,17 @@ public actual fun ByteArray.decodeToString(
     return decoder.decode(ByteBuffer.wrap(this, startIndex, endIndex - startIndex)).toString()
 }
 
+/**
+ * Encodes this string to an array of bytes in UTF-8 encoding.
+ *
+ * Any malformed char sequence is replaced by the replacement byte sequence.
+ */
+@SinceKotlin("1.3")
+@ExperimentalStdlibApi
+public actual fun String.encodeToByteArray(): ByteArray {
+    return this.toByteArray(Charsets.UTF_8)
+}
+
 /**
  * Encodes this string or its substring to an array of bytes in UTF-8 encoding.
  *
@@ -215,10 +246,10 @@ public actual fun String.encodeToByteArray(
 }
 
 /**
- * Returns a new character array containing the characters from this string.
+ * Returns a [CharArray] containing characters of this string.
  */
 @kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
-public inline fun String.toCharArray(): CharArray = (this as java.lang.String).toCharArray()
+public actual inline fun String.toCharArray(): CharArray = (this as java.lang.String).toCharArray()
 
 /**
  * Copies characters from this string into the [destination] character array and returns that array.