Prometheus metrics controller for Play! Framework 2.5

PrometheusMetricsController.scala

package controllers

import java.io.Writer

import akka.util.ByteString
import io.prometheus.client._
import io.prometheus.client.exporter.common.TextFormat
import play.api.http.HttpEntity
import play.api.mvc._


class PrometheusMetricsController extends Controller {

  def index = Action {

    val samples = new StringBuilder()
    val writer = new WriterAdapter(samples)
    TextFormat.write004(writer, CollectorRegistry.defaultRegistry.metricFamilySamples())
    writer.close()

    Result(
      header = ResponseHeader(200, Map.empty),
      body = HttpEntity.Strict(ByteString(samples.toString), Some(TextFormat.CONTENT_TYPE_004))
    )
  }
}

class WriterAdapter(buffer: StringBuilder) extends Writer {

  override def write(charArray: Array[Char], offset: Int, length: Int): Unit = {
    buffer ++= new String(new String(charArray, offset, length).getBytes("UTF-8"), "UTF-8")
  }

  override def flush(): Unit = {}

  override def close(): Unit = {}
}

is this necessary: "new String(new String(charArray, offset, length).getBytes("UTF-8"), "UTF-8")"

wouldn't using StringWriter have the same effect?