Java client: String ordering key

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In MessageMetadata the message key (partition key) is of type string while the ordering key is of type bytes.
When using the Java client to build and send a message the TypedMessageBuilder provides these methods:

• key(String key)
• keyBytes(byte[] key)
• orderingKey(byte[] orderingKey)

For setting the key there is the possibility to use a string or byte array. Internally the bytes will be base64 encoded to string.
Would it make sense to have something similar for the ordering key for convenience, i.e. allowing to provide it as a string and then internally encoding it as a byte array?