*             if the supplied offset or size exceed the bounds of the
     *             supplied array
     * @throws ConversionException
     *             if the resulting value size exceeds the maximum size
     */
    public void putEncodedBytes(byte[] from, int offset, int length) {
        ensureFit(length);
        if (length > 0) {
            System.arraycopy(from, offset, _bytes, 0, length);
        }
        setEncodedSize(length);
    }