CFString convert char *

char * MYCFStringCopyUTF8String(CFStringRef aString) {
  if (aString == NULL) {
    return NULL;
  }

  CFIndex length = CFStringGetLength(aString);
  CFIndex maxSize =
  CFStringGetMaximumSizeForEncoding(length,
                                    kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
  char *buffer = (char *)malloc(maxSize);
  if (CFStringGetCString(aString, buffer, maxSize,
                         kCFStringEncodingUTF8)) {
    return buffer;
  }
  return NULL;
}