diff --git a/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringPointable.java b/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringPointable.java
index d16f7d0..f6d6093 100644
--- a/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringPointable.java
+++ b/hyracks-data/hyracks-data-std/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/data/std/primitive/UTF8StringPointable.java
@@ -200,4 +200,20 @@
         }
         return h;
     }
+
+    public static void toString(StringBuilder buffer, byte[] bytes, int start) {
+        int utfLen = getUTFLength(bytes, start);
+        int offset = 2;
+        while (utfLen > 0) {
+            char c = charAt(bytes, start + offset);
+            buffer.append(c);
+            int cLen = UTF8StringPointable.getModifiedUTF8Len(c);
+            offset += cLen;
+            utfLen -= cLen;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void toString(StringBuilder buffer) {
+        toString(buffer, bytes, start);
+    }
 }
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