public static String readString(DataInput in) throws IOException {
    return StaticSerialization.readString(in);
  }
Reads an instance of <code>String</code> from a <code>DataInput</code>. The return value may be
<code>null</code>.

@param in the {@link DataInput} to read from
@return the deserialized <code>String</code>

@throws IOException A problem occurs while reading from <code>in</code>

@see #writeString
geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/DataSerializer.java