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The original C++ Standard (known as C++98 or C++03) is Unicode agnostic. + C++11 provides some support for Unicode on core language and library level: + u8, u, and U character and string literals, char16_t and char32_t character types, + u16string and u32string library classes, and codecvt support for conversions + between Unicode encoding forms. + In the meantime, developers use third party libraries like ICU, OS specific capabilities, or simply + roll out their own solutions. + </p> + <p> + In order to easily handle UTF-8 encoded Unicode strings, I came up with a small + generic library. For anybody used to work with STL algorithms and iterators, it should be + easy and natural to use. The code is freely available for any purpose - check out + the license at the beginning of the utf8.h file. If you run into + bugs or performance issues, please let me know and I'll do my best to address them. + </p> + <p> + The purpose of this article is not to offer an introduction to Unicode in general, + and UTF-8 in particular. If you are not familiar with Unicode, be sure to check out + <a href="http://www.unicode.org/">Unicode Home Page</a> or some other source of + information for Unicode. Also, it is not my aim to advocate the use of UTF-8 + encoded strings in C++ programs; if you want to handle UTF-8 encoded strings from + C++, I am sure you have good reasons for it. + </p> + <h2 id="examples"> + Examples of use + </h2> + <h3 id="introsample"> + Introductionary Sample + </h3> + <p> + To illustrate the use of the library, let's start with a small but complete program + that opens a file containing UTF-8 encoded text, reads it line by line, checks each line + for invalid UTF-8 byte sequences, and converts it to UTF-16 encoding and back to UTF-8: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="preprocessor">#include <fstream></span> +<span class="preprocessor">#include <iostream></span> +<span class="preprocessor">#include <string></span> +<span class="preprocessor">#include <vector></span> +<span class="preprocessor">#include "utf8.h"</span> +<span class="keyword">using namespace</span> std; +<span class="keyword">int</span> main(<span class="keyword">int</span> argc, <span class="keyword">char</span>** argv) +{ + <span class="keyword">if</span> (argc != <span class="literal">2</span>) { + cout << <span class="literal">"\nUsage: docsample filename\n"</span>; + <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="literal">0</span>; + } + + <span class="keyword">const char</span>* test_file_path = argv[1]; + <span class="comment">// Open the test file (contains UTF-8 encoded text)</span> + ifstream fs8(test_file_path); + <span class="keyword">if</span> (!fs8.is_open()) { + cout << <span class= +"literal">"Could not open "</span> << test_file_path << endl; + <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="literal">0</span>; + } + + <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> line_count = <span class="literal">1</span>; + string line; + <span class="comment">// Play with all the lines in the file</span> + <span class="keyword">while</span> (getline(fs8, line)) { + <span class="comment">// check for invalid utf-8 (for a simple yes/no check, there is also utf8::is_valid function)</span> + string::iterator end_it = utf8::find_invalid(line.begin(), line.end()); + <span class="keyword">if</span> (end_it != line.end()) { + cout << <span class= +"literal">"Invalid UTF-8 encoding detected at line "</span> << line_count << <span + class="literal">"\n"</span>; + cout << <span class= +"literal">"This part is fine: "</span> << string(line.begin(), end_it) << <span + class="literal">"\n"</span>; + } + + <span class="comment">// Get the line length (at least for the valid part)</span> + <span class="keyword">int</span> length = utf8::distance(line.begin(), end_it); + cout << <span class= +"literal">"Length of line "</span> << line_count << <span class= +"literal">" is "</span> << length << <span class="literal">"\n"</span>; + + <span class="comment">// Convert it to utf-16</span> + vector<unsigned short> utf16line; + utf8::utf8to16(line.begin(), end_it, back_inserter(utf16line)); + + <span class="comment">// And back to utf-8</span> + string utf8line; + utf8::utf16to8(utf16line.begin(), utf16line.end(), back_inserter(utf8line)); + + <span class="comment">// Confirm that the conversion went OK:</span> + <span class="keyword">if</span> (utf8line != string(line.begin(), end_it)) + cout << <span class= +"literal">"Error in UTF-16 conversion at line: "</span> << line_count << <span + class="literal">"\n"</span>; + + line_count++; + } + <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="literal">0</span>; +} +</pre> + <p> + In the previous code sample, for each line we performed + a detection of invalid UTF-8 sequences with <code>find_invalid</code>; the number + of characters (more precisely - the number of Unicode code points, including the end + of line and even BOM if there is one) in each line was + determined with a use of <code>utf8::distance</code>; finally, we have converted + each line to UTF-16 encoding with <code>utf8to16</code> and back to UTF-8 with + <code>utf16to8</code>. + </p> + <h3 id="validfile">Checking if a file contains valid UTF-8 text</h3> +<p> +Here is a function that checks whether the content of a file is valid UTF-8 encoded text without +reading the content into the memory: +</p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">bool</span> valid_utf8_file(i<span class="keyword">const char</span>* file_name) +{ + ifstream ifs(file_name); + <span class="keyword">if</span> (!ifs) + <span class="keyword">return false</span>; <span class="comment">// even better, throw here</span> + + istreambuf_iterator<<span class="keyword">char</span>> it(ifs.rdbuf()); + istreambuf_iterator<<span class="keyword">char</span>> eos; + + <span class="keyword">return</span> utf8::is_valid(it, eos); +} +</pre> +<p> +Because the function <code>utf8::is_valid()</code> works with input iterators, we were able +to pass an <code>istreambuf_iterator</code> to it and read the content of the file directly +without loading it to the memory first.</p> +<p> +Note that other functions that take input iterator arguments can be used in a similar way. For +instance, to read the content of a UTF-8 encoded text file and convert the text to UTF-16, just +do something like: +</p> +<pre> + utf8::utf8to16(it, eos, back_inserter(u16string)); +</pre> + <h3 id="fixinvalid">Ensure that a string contains valid UTF-8 text</h3> +<p> +If we have some text that "probably" contains UTF-8 encoded text and we want to +replace any invalid UTF-8 sequence with a replacement character, something like +the following function may be used: +</p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">void</span> fix_utf8_string(std::string& str) +{ + std::string temp; + utf8::replace_invalid(str.begin(), str.end(), back_inserter(temp)); + str = temp; +} +</pre> +<p>The function will replace any invalid UTF-8 sequence with a Unicode replacement character. +There is an overloaded function that enables the caller to supply their own replacement character. +</p> + <h2 id="reference"> + Reference + </h2> + <h3 id="funutf8"> + Functions From utf8 Namespace + </h3> + <h4> + utf8::append + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Encodes a 32 bit code point as a UTF-8 sequence of octets and appends the sequence + to a UTF-8 string. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator> +octet_iterator append(uint32_t cp, octet_iterator result); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>octet_iterator</code>: an output iterator.<br> + <code>cp</code>: a 32 bit integer representing a code point to append to the + sequence.<br> + <code>result</code>: an output iterator to the place in the sequence where to + append the code point.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: an iterator pointing to the place + after the newly appended sequence. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">unsigned char</span> u[<span class="literal">5</span>] = {<span +class="literal">0</span>,<span class="literal">0</span>,<span class= +"literal">0</span>,<span class="literal">0</span>,<span class="literal">0</span>}; +<span class="keyword">unsigned char</span>* end = append(<span class= +"literal">0x0448</span>, u); +assert (u[<span class="literal">0</span>] == <span class= +"literal">0xd1</span> && u[<span class="literal">1</span>] == <span class= +"literal">0x88</span> && u[<span class="literal">2</span>] == <span class= +"literal">0</span> && u[<span class="literal">3</span>] == <span class= +"literal">0</span> && u[<span class="literal">4</span>] == <span class= +"literal">0</span>); +</pre> + <p> + Note that <code>append</code> does not allocate any memory - it is the burden of + the caller to make sure there is enough memory allocated for the operation. To make + things more interesting, <code>append</code> can add anywhere between 1 and 4 + octets to the sequence. In practice, you would most often want to use + <code>std::back_inserter</code> to ensure that the necessary memory is allocated. + </p> + <p> + In case of an invalid code point, a <code>utf8::invalid_code_point</code> exception + is thrown. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::next + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Given the iterator to the beginning of the UTF-8 sequence, it returns the code + point and moves the iterator to the next position. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator> +uint32_t next(octet_iterator& it, octet_iterator end); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>octet_iterator</code>: an input iterator.<br> + <code>it</code>: a reference to an iterator pointing to the beginning of an UTF-8 + encoded code point. After the function returns, it is incremented to point to the + beginning of the next code point.<br> + <code>end</code>: end of the UTF-8 sequence to be processed. If <code>it</code> + gets equal to <code>end</code> during the extraction of a code point, an + <code>utf8::not_enough_room</code> exception is thrown.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: the 32 bit representation of the + processed UTF-8 code point. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">char</span>* twochars = <span class= +"literal">"\xe6\x97\xa5\xd1\x88"</span>; +<span class="keyword">char</span>* w = twochars; +<span class="keyword">int</span> cp = next(w, twochars + <span class="literal">6</span>); +assert (cp == <span class="literal">0x65e5</span>); +assert (w == twochars + <span class="literal">3</span>); +</pre> + <p> + This function is typically used to iterate through a UTF-8 encoded string. + </p> + <p> + In case of an invalid UTF-8 seqence, a <code>utf8::invalid_utf8</code> exception is + thrown. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::peek_next + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 2.1 and later. + </p> + <p> + Given the iterator to the beginning of the UTF-8 sequence, it returns the code + point for the following sequence without changing the value of the iterator. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator> +uint32_t peek_next(octet_iterator it, octet_iterator end); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>octet_iterator</code>: an input iterator.<br> + <code>it</code>: an iterator pointing to the beginning of an UTF-8 + encoded code point.<br> + <code>end</code>: end of the UTF-8 sequence to be processed. If <code>it</code> + gets equal to <code>end</code> during the extraction of a code point, an + <code>utf8::not_enough_room</code> exception is thrown.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: the 32 bit representation of the + processed UTF-8 code point. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">char</span>* twochars = <span class= +"literal">"\xe6\x97\xa5\xd1\x88"</span>; +<span class="keyword">char</span>* w = twochars; +<span class="keyword">int</span> cp = peek_next(w, twochars + <span class="literal">6</span>); +assert (cp == <span class="literal">0x65e5</span>); +assert (w == twochars); +</pre> + <p> + In case of an invalid UTF-8 seqence, a <code>utf8::invalid_utf8</code> exception is + thrown. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::prior + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.02 and later. + </p> + <p> + Given a reference to an iterator pointing to an octet in a UTF-8 sequence, it + decreases the iterator until it hits the beginning of the previous UTF-8 encoded + code point and returns the 32 bits representation of the code point. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator> +uint32_t prior(octet_iterator& it, octet_iterator start); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>octet_iterator</code>: a bidirectional iterator.<br> + <code>it</code>: a reference pointing to an octet within a UTF-8 encoded string. + After the function returns, it is decremented to point to the beginning of the + previous code point.<br> + <code>start</code>: an iterator to the beginning of the sequence where the search + for the beginning of a code point is performed. It is a + safety measure to prevent passing the beginning of the string in the search for a + UTF-8 lead octet.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: the 32 bit representation of the + previous code point. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">char</span>* twochars = <span class= +"literal">"\xe6\x97\xa5\xd1\x88"</span>; +<span class="keyword">unsigned char</span>* w = twochars + <span class= +"literal">3</span>; +<span class="keyword">int</span> cp = prior (w, twochars); +assert (cp == <span class="literal">0x65e5</span>); +assert (w == twochars); +</pre> + <p> + This function has two purposes: one is two iterate backwards through a UTF-8 + encoded string. Note that it is usually a better idea to iterate forward instead, + since <code>utf8::next</code> is faster. The second purpose is to find a beginning + of a UTF-8 sequence if we have a random position within a string. Note that in that + case <code>utf8::prior</code> may not detect an invalid UTF-8 sequence in some scenarios: + for instance if there are superfluous trail octets, it will just skip them. + </p> + <p> + <code>it</code> will typically point to the beginning of + a code point, and <code>start</code> will point to the + beginning of the string to ensure we don't go backwards too far. <code>it</code> is + decreased until it points to a lead UTF-8 octet, and then the UTF-8 sequence + beginning with that octet is decoded to a 32 bit representation and returned. + </p> + <p> + In case <code>start</code> is reached before a UTF-8 lead octet is hit, or if an + invalid UTF-8 sequence is started by the lead octet, an <code>invalid_utf8</code> + exception is thrown. + </p> + <p>In case <code>start</code> equals <code>it</code>, a <code>not_enough_room</code> + exception is thrown. + <h4> + utf8::previous + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Deprecated in version 1.02 and later. + </p> + <p> + Given a reference to an iterator pointing to an octet in a UTF-8 seqence, it + decreases the iterator until it hits the beginning of the previous UTF-8 encoded + code point and returns the 32 bits representation of the code point. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator> +uint32_t previous(octet_iterator& it, octet_iterator pass_start); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>octet_iterator</code>: a random access iterator.<br> + <code>it</code>: a reference pointing to an octet within a UTF-8 encoded string. + After the function returns, it is decremented to point to the beginning of the + previous code point.<br> + <code>pass_start</code>: an iterator to the point in the sequence where the search + for the beginning of a code point is aborted if no result was reached. It is a + safety measure to prevent passing the beginning of the string in the search for a + UTF-8 lead octet.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: the 32 bit representation of the + previous code point. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">char</span>* twochars = <span class= +"literal">"\xe6\x97\xa5\xd1\x88"</span>; +<span class="keyword">unsigned char</span>* w = twochars + <span class= +"literal">3</span>; +<span class="keyword">int</span> cp = previous (w, twochars - <span class= +"literal">1</span>); +assert (cp == <span class="literal">0x65e5</span>); +assert (w == twochars); +</pre> + <p> + <code>utf8::previous</code> is deprecated, and <code>utf8::prior</code> should + be used instead, although the existing code can continue using this function. + The problem is the parameter <code>pass_start</code> that points to the position + just before the beginning of the sequence. Standard containers don't have the + concept of "pass start" and the function can not be used with their iterators. + </p> + <p> + <code>it</code> will typically point to the beginning of + a code point, and <code>pass_start</code> will point to the octet just before the + beginning of the string to ensure we don't go backwards too far. <code>it</code> is + decreased until it points to a lead UTF-8 octet, and then the UTF-8 sequence + beginning with that octet is decoded to a 32 bit representation and returned. + </p> + <p> + In case <code>pass_start</code> is reached before a UTF-8 lead octet is hit, or if an + invalid UTF-8 sequence is started by the lead octet, an <code>invalid_utf8</code> + exception is thrown + </p> + <h4> + utf8::advance + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Advances an iterator by the specified number of code points within an UTF-8 + sequence. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator, typename distance_type> +<span class= +"keyword">void</span> advance (octet_iterator& it, distance_type n, octet_iterator end); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>octet_iterator</code>: an input iterator.<br> + <code>distance_type</code>: an integral type convertible to <code>octet_iterator</code>'s difference type.<br> + <code>it</code>: a reference to an iterator pointing to the beginning of an UTF-8 + encoded code point. After the function returns, it is incremented to point to the + nth following code point.<br> + <code>n</code>: a positive integer that shows how many code points we want to + advance.<br> + <code>end</code>: end of the UTF-8 sequence to be processed. If <code>it</code> + gets equal to <code>end</code> during the extraction of a code point, an + <code>utf8::not_enough_room</code> exception is thrown.<br> + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">char</span>* twochars = <span class= +"literal">"\xe6\x97\xa5\xd1\x88"</span>; +<span class="keyword">unsigned char</span>* w = twochars; +advance (w, <span class="literal">2</span>, twochars + <span class="literal">6</span>); +assert (w == twochars + <span class="literal">5</span>); +</pre> + <p> + This function works only "forward". In case of a negative <code>n</code>, there is + no effect. + </p> + <p> + In case of an invalid code point, a <code>utf8::invalid_code_point</code> exception + is thrown. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::distance + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Given the iterators to two UTF-8 encoded code points in a seqence, returns the + number of code points between them. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator> +<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> std::iterator_traits<octet_iterator>::difference_type distance (octet_iterator first, octet_iterator last); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>octet_iterator</code>: an input iterator.<br> + <code>first</code>: an iterator to a beginning of a UTF-8 encoded code point.<br> + <code>last</code>: an iterator to a "post-end" of the last UTF-8 encoded code + point in the sequence we are trying to determine the length. It can be the + beginning of a new code point, or not.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span> the distance between the iterators, + in code points. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">char</span>* twochars = <span class= +"literal">"\xe6\x97\xa5\xd1\x88"</span>; +size_t dist = utf8::distance(twochars, twochars + <span class="literal">5</span>); +assert (dist == <span class="literal">2</span>); +</pre> + <p> + This function is used to find the length (in code points) of a UTF-8 encoded + string. The reason it is called <em>distance</em>, rather than, say, + <em>length</em> is mainly because developers are used that <em>length</em> is an + O(1) function. Computing the length of an UTF-8 string is a linear operation, and + it looked better to model it after <code>std::distance</code> algorithm. + </p> + <p> + In case of an invalid UTF-8 seqence, a <code>utf8::invalid_utf8</code> exception is + thrown. If <code>last</code> does not point to the past-of-end of a UTF-8 seqence, + a <code>utf8::not_enough_room</code> exception is thrown. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::utf16to8 + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Converts a UTF-16 encoded string to UTF-8. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> u16bit_iterator, <span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator> +octet_iterator utf16to8 (u16bit_iterator start, u16bit_iterator end, octet_iterator result); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>u16bit_iterator</code>: an input iterator.<br> + <code>octet_iterator</code>: an output iterator.<br> + <code>start</code>: an iterator pointing to the beginning of the UTF-16 encoded + string to convert.<br> + <code>end</code>: an iterator pointing to pass-the-end of the UTF-16 encoded + string to convert.<br> + <code>result</code>: an output iterator to the place in the UTF-8 string where to + append the result of conversion.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: An iterator pointing to the place + after the appended UTF-8 string. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">unsigned short</span> utf16string[] = {<span class= +"literal">0x41</span>, <span class="literal">0x0448</span>, <span class= +"literal">0x65e5</span>, <span class="literal">0xd834</span>, <span class= +"literal">0xdd1e</span>}; +vector<<span class="keyword">unsigned char</span>> utf8result; +utf16to8(utf16string, utf16string + <span class= +"literal">5</span>, back_inserter(utf8result)); +assert (utf8result.size() == <span class="literal">10</span>); +</pre> + <p> + In case of invalid UTF-16 sequence, a <code>utf8::invalid_utf16</code> exception is + thrown. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::utf8to16 + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Converts an UTF-8 encoded string to UTF-16 + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> u16bit_iterator, typename octet_iterator> +u16bit_iterator utf8to16 (octet_iterator start, octet_iterator end, u16bit_iterator result); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>octet_iterator</code>: an input iterator.<br> + <code>u16bit_iterator</code>: an output iterator.<br> + <code>start</code>: an iterator pointing to the beginning of the UTF-8 encoded + string to convert. < br /> <code>end</code>: an iterator pointing to + pass-the-end of the UTF-8 encoded string to convert.<br> + <code>result</code>: an output iterator to the place in the UTF-16 string where to + append the result of conversion.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: An iterator pointing to the place + after the appended UTF-16 string. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">char</span> utf8_with_surrogates[] = <span class= +"literal">"\xe6\x97\xa5\xd1\x88\xf0\x9d\x84\x9e"</span>; +vector <<span class="keyword">unsigned short</span>> utf16result; +utf8to16(utf8_with_surrogates, utf8_with_surrogates + <span class= +"literal">9</span>, back_inserter(utf16result)); +assert (utf16result.size() == <span class="literal">4</span>); +assert (utf16result[<span class="literal">2</span>] == <span class= +"literal">0xd834</span>); +assert (utf16result[<span class="literal">3</span>] == <span class= +"literal">0xdd1e</span>); +</pre> + <p> + In case of an invalid UTF-8 seqence, a <code>utf8::invalid_utf8</code> exception is + thrown. If <code>end</code> does not point to the past-of-end of a UTF-8 seqence, a + <code>utf8::not_enough_room</code> exception is thrown. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::utf32to8 + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Converts a UTF-32 encoded string to UTF-8. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator, typename u32bit_iterator> +octet_iterator utf32to8 (u32bit_iterator start, u32bit_iterator end, octet_iterator result); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>octet_iterator</code>: an output iterator.<br> + <code>u32bit_iterator</code>: an input iterator.<br> + <code>start</code>: an iterator pointing to the beginning of the UTF-32 encoded + string to convert.<br> + <code>end</code>: an iterator pointing to pass-the-end of the UTF-32 encoded + string to convert.<br> + <code>result</code>: an output iterator to the place in the UTF-8 string where to + append the result of conversion.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: An iterator pointing to the place + after the appended UTF-8 string. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">int</span> utf32string[] = {<span class= +"literal">0x448</span>, <span class="literal">0x65E5</span>, <span class= +"literal">0x10346</span>, <span class="literal">0</span>}; +vector<<span class="keyword">unsigned char</span>> utf8result; +utf32to8(utf32string, utf32string + <span class= +"literal">3</span>, back_inserter(utf8result)); +assert (utf8result.size() == <span class="literal">9</span>); +</pre> + <p> + In case of invalid UTF-32 string, a <code>utf8::invalid_code_point</code> exception + is thrown. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::utf8to32 + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Converts a UTF-8 encoded string to UTF-32. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator, <span class= +"keyword">typename</span> u32bit_iterator> +u32bit_iterator utf8to32 (octet_iterator start, octet_iterator end, u32bit_iterator result); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>octet_iterator</code>: an input iterator.<br> + <code>u32bit_iterator</code>: an output iterator.<br> + <code>start</code>: an iterator pointing to the beginning of the UTF-8 encoded + string to convert.<br> + <code>end</code>: an iterator pointing to pass-the-end of the UTF-8 encoded string + to convert.<br> + <code>result</code>: an output iterator to the place in the UTF-32 string where to + append the result of conversion.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: An iterator pointing to the place + after the appended UTF-32 string. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">char</span>* twochars = <span class= +"literal">"\xe6\x97\xa5\xd1\x88"</span>; +vector<<span class="keyword">int</span>> utf32result; +utf8to32(twochars, twochars + <span class= +"literal">5</span>, back_inserter(utf32result)); +assert (utf32result.size() == <span class="literal">2</span>); +</pre> + <p> + In case of an invalid UTF-8 seqence, a <code>utf8::invalid_utf8</code> exception is + thrown. If <code>end</code> does not point to the past-of-end of a UTF-8 seqence, a + <code>utf8::not_enough_room</code> exception is thrown. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::find_invalid + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Detects an invalid sequence within a UTF-8 string. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator> +octet_iterator find_invalid(octet_iterator start, octet_iterator end); +</pre> + <p> + <code>octet_iterator</code>: an input iterator.<br> + <code>start</code>: an iterator pointing to the beginning of the UTF-8 string to + test for validity.<br> + <code>end</code>: an iterator pointing to pass-the-end of the UTF-8 string to test + for validity.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: an iterator pointing to the first + invalid octet in the UTF-8 string. In case none were found, equals + <code>end</code>. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">char</span> utf_invalid[] = <span class= +"literal">"\xe6\x97\xa5\xd1\x88\xfa"</span>; +<span class= +"keyword">char</span>* invalid = find_invalid(utf_invalid, utf_invalid + <span class= +"literal">6</span>); +assert (invalid == utf_invalid + <span class="literal">5</span>); +</pre> + <p> + This function is typically used to make sure a UTF-8 string is valid before + processing it with other functions. It is especially important to call it if before + doing any of the <em>unchecked</em> operations on it. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::is_valid + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Checks whether a sequence of octets is a valid UTF-8 string. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator> +<span class="keyword">bool</span> is_valid(octet_iterator start, octet_iterator end); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>octet_iterator</code>: an input iterator.<br> + <code>start</code>: an iterator pointing to the beginning of the UTF-8 string to + test for validity.<br> + <code>end</code>: an iterator pointing to pass-the-end of the UTF-8 string to test + for validity.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: <code>true</code> if the sequence + is a valid UTF-8 string; <code>false</code> if not. + </p> + Example of use: +<pre> +<span class="keyword">char</span> utf_invalid[] = <span class= +"literal">"\xe6\x97\xa5\xd1\x88\xfa"</span>; +<span class="keyword">bool</span> bvalid = is_valid(utf_invalid, utf_invalid + <span +class="literal">6</span>); +assert (bvalid == false); +</pre> + <p> + <code>is_valid</code> is a shorthand for <code>find_invalid(start, end) == + end;</code>. You may want to use it to make sure that a byte seqence is a valid + UTF-8 string without the need to know where it fails if it is not valid. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::replace_invalid + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 2.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Replaces all invalid UTF-8 sequences within a string with a replacement marker. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator, <span class= +"keyword">typename</span> output_iterator> +output_iterator replace_invalid(octet_iterator start, octet_iterator end, output_iterator out, uint32_t replacement); +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator, <span class= +"keyword">typename</span> output_iterator> +output_iterator replace_invalid(octet_iterator start, octet_iterator end, output_iterator out); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>octet_iterator</code>: an input iterator.<br> + <code>output_iterator</code>: an output iterator.<br> + <code>start</code>: an iterator pointing to the beginning of the UTF-8 string to + look for invalid UTF-8 sequences.<br> + <code>end</code>: an iterator pointing to pass-the-end of the UTF-8 string to look + for invalid UTF-8 sequences.<br> + <code>out</code>: An output iterator to the range where the result of replacement + is stored.<br> + <code>replacement</code>: A Unicode code point for the replacement marker. The + version without this parameter assumes the value <code>0xfffd</code><br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: An iterator pointing to the place + after the UTF-8 string with replaced invalid sequences. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">char</span> invalid_sequence[] = <span class= +"literal">"a\x80\xe0\xa0\xc0\xaf\xed\xa0\x80z"</span>; +vector<<span class="keyword">char</span>> replace_invalid_result; +replace_invalid (invalid_sequence, invalid_sequence + sizeof(invalid_sequence), back_inserter(replace_invalid_result), <span + class="literal">'?'</span>); +bvalid = is_valid(replace_invalid_result.begin(), replace_invalid_result.end()); +assert (bvalid); +<span class="keyword">char</span>* fixed_invalid_sequence = <span class= +"literal">"a????z"</span>; +assert (std::equal(replace_invalid_result.begin(), replace_invalid_result.end(), fixed_invalid_sequence)); +</pre> + <p> + <code>replace_invalid</code> does not perform in-place replacement of invalid + sequences. Rather, it produces a copy of the original string with the invalid + sequences replaced with a replacement marker. Therefore, <code>out</code> must not + be in the <code>[start, end]</code> range. + </p> + <p> + If <code>end</code> does not point to the past-of-end of a UTF-8 sequence, a + <code>utf8::not_enough_room</code> exception is thrown. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::starts_with_bom + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 2.3 and later. Relaces deprecated <code>is_bom()</code> function. + </p> + <p> + Checks whether an octet sequence starts with a UTF-8 byte order mark (BOM) + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator> +<span class="keyword">bool</span> starts_with_bom (octet_iterator it, octet_iterator end); +</pre> + <p> + <code>octet_iterator</code>: an input iterator.<br> + <code>it</code>: beginning of the octet sequence to check<br> + <code>end</code>: pass-end of the sequence to check<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: <code>true</code> if the sequence + starts with a UTF-8 byte order mark; <code>false</code> if not. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">unsigned char</span> byte_order_mark[] = {<span class= +"literal">0xef</span>, <span class="literal">0xbb</span>, <span class= +"literal">0xbf</span>}; +<span class="keyword">bool</span> bbom = starts_with_bom(byte_order_mark, byte_order_mark + <span class="keyword">sizeof</span>(byte_order_mark)); +assert (bbom == <span class="literal">true</span>); +</pre> + <p> + The typical use of this function is to check the first three bytes of a file. If + they form the UTF-8 BOM, we want to skip them before processing the actual UTF-8 + encoded text. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::is_bom + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. Deprecated in version 2.3. <code>starts_with_bom()</code> should be used + instead. + </p> + <p> + Checks whether a sequence of three octets is a UTF-8 byte order mark (BOM) + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator> +<span class="keyword">bool</span> is_bom (octet_iterator it); <span class="comment"> // Deprecated</span> +</pre> + <p> + <code>octet_iterator</code>: an input iterator.<br> + <code>it</code>: beginning of the 3-octet sequence to check<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: <code>true</code> if the sequence + is UTF-8 byte order mark; <code>false</code> if not. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">unsigned char</span> byte_order_mark[] = {<span class= +"literal">0xef</span>, <span class="literal">0xbb</span>, <span class= +"literal">0xbf</span>}; +<span class="keyword">bool</span> bbom = is_bom(byte_order_mark); +assert (bbom == <span class="literal">true</span>); +</pre> + <p> + The typical use of this function is to check the first three bytes of a file. If + they form the UTF-8 BOM, we want to skip them before processing the actual UTF-8 + encoded text. + </p> + <p> + If a sequence is + shorter than three bytes, an invalid iterator will be dereferenced. Therefore, this function is deprecated + in favor of <code>starts_with_bom()</code>that takes the end of sequence as an argument. + </p> + <h3 id="typesutf8"> + Types From utf8 Namespace + </h3> + <h4>utf8::exception + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 2.3 and later. + </p> + <p> + Base class for the exceptions thrown by UTF CPP library functions. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">class</span> exception : <span class="keyword">public</span> std::exception {}; +</pre> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">try</span> { + code_that_uses_utf_cpp_library(); +} +<span class="keyword">catch</span>(<span class="keyword">const</span> utf8::exception& utfcpp_ex) { + cerr << utfcpp_ex.what(); +} +</pre> + + <h4>utf8::invalid_code_point + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Thrown by UTF8 CPP functions such as <code>advance</code> and <code>next</code> if an UTF-8 sequence represents and invalid code point. + </p> + +<pre> +<span class="keyword">class</span> invalid_code_point : <span class="keyword">public</span> exception { +<span class="keyword">public</span>: + uint32_t code_point() <span class="keyword">const</span>; +}; + +</pre> + <p> + Member function <code>code_point()</code> can be used to determine the invalid code point that + caused the exception to be thrown. + </p> + <h4>utf8::invalid_utf8 + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Thrown by UTF8 CPP functions such as <code>next</code> and <code>prior</code> if an invalid UTF-8 sequence + is detected during decoding. + </p> + +<pre> +<span class="keyword">class</span> invalid_utf8 : <span class="keyword">public</span> exception { +<span class="keyword">public</span>: + uint8_t utf8_octet() <span class="keyword">const</span>; +}; +</pre> + + <p> + Member function <code>utf8_octet()</code> can be used to determine the beginning of the byte + sequence that caused the exception to be thrown. + </p> +</pre> + <h4>utf8::invalid_utf16 + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Thrown by UTF8 CPP function <code>utf16to8</code> if an invalid UTF-16 sequence + is detected during decoding. + </p> + +<pre> +<span class="keyword">class</span> invalid_utf16 : <span class="keyword">public</span> exception { +<span class="keyword">public</span>: + uint16_t utf16_word() <span class="keyword">const</span>; +}; +</pre> + + <p> + Member function <code>utf16_word()</code> can be used to determine the UTF-16 code unit + that caused the exception to be thrown. + </p> + <h4>utf8::not_enough_room + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Thrown by UTF8 CPP functions such as <code>next</code> if the end of the decoded UTF-8 sequence + was reached before the code point was decoded. + </p> + +<pre> +<span class="keyword">class</span> not_enough_room : <span class="keyword">public</span> exception {}; +</pre> + <h4> + utf8::iterator + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 2.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Adapts the underlying octet iterator to iterate over the sequence of code points, + rather than raw octets. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class="keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator> +<span class="keyword">class</span> iterator; +</pre> + + <h5>Member functions</h5> + <dl> + <dt><code>iterator();</code> <dd> the deafult constructor; the underlying <code>octet_iterator</code> is + constructed with its default constructor. + <dt><code><span class="keyword">explicit</span> iterator (const octet_iterator& octet_it, + const octet_iterator& range_start, + const octet_iterator& range_end);</code> <dd> a constructor + that initializes the underlying <code>octet_iterator</code> with <code>octet_it</code> + and sets the range in which the iterator is considered valid. + <dt><code>octet_iterator base () <span class="keyword">const</span>;</code> <dd> returns the + underlying <code>octet_iterator</code>. + <dt><code>uint32_t operator * () <span class="keyword">const</span>;</code> <dd> decodes the utf-8 sequence + the underlying <code>octet_iterator</code> is pointing to and returns the code point. + <dt><code><span class="keyword">bool operator</span> == (const iterator& rhs) + <span class="keyword">const</span>;</code> <dd> returns <span class="keyword">true</span> + if the two underlaying iterators are equal. + <dt><code><span class="keyword">bool operator</span> != (const iterator& rhs) + <span class="keyword">const</span>;</code> <dd> returns <span class="keyword">true</span> + if the two underlaying iterators are not equal. + <dt><code>iterator& <span class="keyword">operator</span> ++ (); </code> <dd> the prefix increment - moves + the iterator to the next UTF-8 encoded code point. + <dt><code>iterator <span class="keyword">operator</span> ++ (<span class="keyword">int</span>); </code> <dd> + the postfix increment - moves the iterator to the next UTF-8 encoded code point and returns the current one. + <dt><code>iterator& <span class="keyword">operator</span> -- (); </code> <dd> the prefix decrement - moves + the iterator to the previous UTF-8 encoded code point. + <dt><code>iterator <span class="keyword">operator</span> -- (<span class="keyword">int</span>); </code> <dd> + the postfix decrement - moves the iterator to the previous UTF-8 encoded code point and returns the current one. + </dl> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">char</span>* threechars = <span class="literal">"\xf0\x90\x8d\x86\xe6\x97\xa5\xd1\x88"</span>; +utf8::iterator<<span class="keyword">char</span>*> it(threechars, threechars, threechars + <span class="literal">9</span>); +utf8::iterator<<span class="keyword">char</span>*> it2 = it; +assert (it2 == it); +assert (*it == <span class="literal">0x10346</span>); +assert (*(++it) == <span class="literal">0x65e5</span>); +assert ((*it++) == <span class="literal">0x65e5</span>); +assert (*it == <span class="literal">0x0448</span>); +assert (it != it2); +utf8::iterator<<span class="keyword">char</span>*> endit (threechars + <span class="literal">9</span>, threechars, threechars + <span class="literal">9</span>); +assert (++it == endit); +assert (*(--it) == <span class="literal">0x0448</span>); +assert ((*it--) == <span class="literal">0x0448</span>); +assert (*it == <span class="literal">0x65e5</span>); +assert (--it == utf8::iterator<<span class="keyword">char</span>*>(threechars, threechars, threechars + <span class="literal">9</span>)); +assert (*it == <span class="literal">0x10346</span>); +</pre> + <p> + The purpose of <code>utf8::iterator</code> adapter is to enable easy iteration as well as the use of STL + algorithms with UTF-8 encoded strings. Increment and decrement operators are implemented in terms of + <code>utf8::next()</code> and <code>utf8::prior()</code> functions. + </p> + <p> + Note that <code>utf8::iterator</code> adapter is a checked iterator. It operates on the range specified in + the constructor; any attempt to go out of that range will result in an exception. Even the comparison operators + require both iterator object to be constructed against the same range - otherwise an exception is thrown. Typically, + the range will be determined by sequence container functions <code>begin</code> and <code>end</code>, i.e.: + </p> +<pre> +std::string s = <span class="literal">"example"</span>; +utf8::iterator i (s.begin(), s.begin(), s.end()); +</pre> + <h3 id="fununchecked"> + Functions From utf8::unchecked Namespace + </h3> + <h4> + utf8::unchecked::append + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Encodes a 32 bit code point as a UTF-8 sequence of octets and appends the sequence + to a UTF-8 string. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator> +octet_iterator append(uint32_t cp, octet_iterator result); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>cp</code>: A 32 bit integer representing a code point to append to the + sequence.<br> + <code>result</code>: An output iterator to the place in the sequence where to + append the code point.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: An iterator pointing to the place + after the newly appended sequence. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">unsigned char</span> u[<span class="literal">5</span>] = {<span +class="literal">0</span>,<span class="literal">0</span>,<span class= +"literal">0</span>,<span class="literal">0</span>,<span class="literal">0</span>}; +<span class="keyword">unsigned char</span>* end = unchecked::append(<span class= +"literal">0x0448</span>, u); +assert (u[<span class="literal">0</span>] == <span class= +"literal">0xd1</span> && u[<span class="literal">1</span>] == <span class= +"literal">0x88</span> && u[<span class="literal">2</span>] == <span class= +"literal">0</span> && u[<span class="literal">3</span>] == <span class= +"literal">0</span> && u[<span class="literal">4</span>] == <span class= +"literal">0</span>); +</pre> + <p> + This is a faster but less safe version of <code>utf8::append</code>. It does not + check for validity of the supplied code point, and may produce an invalid UTF-8 + sequence. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::unchecked::next + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Given the iterator to the beginning of a UTF-8 sequence, it returns the code point + and moves the iterator to the next position. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator> +uint32_t next(octet_iterator& it); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>it</code>: a reference to an iterator pointing to the beginning of an UTF-8 + encoded code point. After the function returns, it is incremented to point to the + beginning of the next code point.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: the 32 bit representation of the + processed UTF-8 code point. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">char</span>* twochars = <span class= +"literal">"\xe6\x97\xa5\xd1\x88"</span>; +<span class="keyword">char</span>* w = twochars; +<span class="keyword">int</span> cp = unchecked::next(w); +assert (cp == <span class="literal">0x65e5</span>); +assert (w == twochars + <span class="literal">3</span>); +</pre> + <p> + This is a faster but less safe version of <code>utf8::next</code>. It does not + check for validity of the supplied UTF-8 sequence. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::unchecked::peek_next + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 2.1 and later. + </p> + <p> + Given the iterator to the beginning of a UTF-8 sequence, it returns the code point. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator> +uint32_t peek_next(octet_iterator it); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>it</code>: an iterator pointing to the beginning of an UTF-8 + encoded code point.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: the 32 bit representation of the + processed UTF-8 code point. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">char</span>* twochars = <span class= +"literal">"\xe6\x97\xa5\xd1\x88"</span>; +<span class="keyword">char</span>* w = twochars; +<span class="keyword">int</span> cp = unchecked::peek_next(w); +assert (cp == <span class="literal">0x65e5</span>); +assert (w == twochars); +</pre> + <p> + This is a faster but less safe version of <code>utf8::peek_next</code>. It does not + check for validity of the supplied UTF-8 sequence. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::unchecked::prior + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.02 and later. + </p> + <p> + Given a reference to an iterator pointing to an octet in a UTF-8 seqence, it + decreases the iterator until it hits the beginning of the previous UTF-8 encoded + code point and returns the 32 bits representation of the code point. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator> +uint32_t prior(octet_iterator& it); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>it</code>: a reference pointing to an octet within a UTF-8 encoded string. + After the function returns, it is decremented to point to the beginning of the + previous code point.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: the 32 bit representation of the + previous code point. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">char</span>* twochars = <span class= +"literal">"\xe6\x97\xa5\xd1\x88"</span>; +<span class="keyword">char</span>* w = twochars + <span class="literal">3</span>; +<span class="keyword">int</span> cp = unchecked::prior (w); +assert (cp == <span class="literal">0x65e5</span>); +assert (w == twochars); +</pre> + <p> + This is a faster but less safe version of <code>utf8::prior</code>. It does not + check for validity of the supplied UTF-8 sequence and offers no boundary checking. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::unchecked::previous (deprecated, see utf8::unchecked::prior) + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Deprecated in version 1.02 and later. + </p> + <p> + Given a reference to an iterator pointing to an octet in a UTF-8 seqence, it + decreases the iterator until it hits the beginning of the previous UTF-8 encoded + code point and returns the 32 bits representation of the code point. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator> +uint32_t previous(octet_iterator& it); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>it</code>: a reference pointing to an octet within a UTF-8 encoded string. + After the function returns, it is decremented to point to the beginning of the + previous code point.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: the 32 bit representation of the + previous code point. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">char</span>* twochars = <span class= +"literal">"\xe6\x97\xa5\xd1\x88"</span>; +<span class="keyword">char</span>* w = twochars + <span class="literal">3</span>; +<span class="keyword">int</span> cp = unchecked::previous (w); +assert (cp == <span class="literal">0x65e5</span>); +assert (w == twochars); +</pre> + <p> + The reason this function is deprecated is just the consistency with the "checked" + versions, where <code>prior</code> should be used instead of <code>previous</code>. + In fact, <code>unchecked::previous</code> behaves exactly the same as <code> + unchecked::prior</code> + </p> + <p> + This is a faster but less safe version of <code>utf8::previous</code>. It does not + check for validity of the supplied UTF-8 sequence and offers no boundary checking. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::unchecked::advance + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Advances an iterator by the specified number of code points within an UTF-8 + sequence. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator, typename distance_type> +<span class="keyword">void</span> advance (octet_iterator& it, distance_type n); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>it</code>: a reference to an iterator pointing to the beginning of an UTF-8 + encoded code point. After the function returns, it is incremented to point to the + nth following code point.<br> + <code>n</code>: a positive integer that shows how many code points we want to + advance.<br> + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">char</span>* twochars = <span class= +"literal">"\xe6\x97\xa5\xd1\x88"</span>; +<span class="keyword">char</span>* w = twochars; +unchecked::advance (w, <span class="literal">2</span>); +assert (w == twochars + <span class="literal">5</span>); +</pre> + <p> + This function works only "forward". In case of a negative <code>n</code>, there is + no effect. + </p> + <p> + This is a faster but less safe version of <code>utf8::advance</code>. It does not + check for validity of the supplied UTF-8 sequence and offers no boundary checking. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::unchecked::distance + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Given the iterators to two UTF-8 encoded code points in a seqence, returns the + number of code points between them. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator> +<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> std::iterator_traits<octet_iterator>::difference_type distance (octet_iterator first, octet_iterator last); +</pre> + <p> + <code>first</code>: an iterator to a beginning of a UTF-8 encoded code point.<br> + <code>last</code>: an iterator to a "post-end" of the last UTF-8 encoded code + point in the sequence we are trying to determine the length. It can be the + beginning of a new code point, or not.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span> the distance between the iterators, + in code points. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">char</span>* twochars = <span class= +"literal">"\xe6\x97\xa5\xd1\x88"</span>; +size_t dist = utf8::unchecked::distance(twochars, twochars + <span class= +"literal">5</span>); +assert (dist == <span class="literal">2</span>); +</pre> + <p> + This is a faster but less safe version of <code>utf8::distance</code>. It does not + check for validity of the supplied UTF-8 sequence. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::unchecked::utf16to8 + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Converts a UTF-16 encoded string to UTF-8. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> u16bit_iterator, <span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator> +octet_iterator utf16to8 (u16bit_iterator start, u16bit_iterator end, octet_iterator result); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>start</code>: an iterator pointing to the beginning of the UTF-16 encoded + string to convert.<br> + <code>end</code>: an iterator pointing to pass-the-end of the UTF-16 encoded + string to convert.<br> + <code>result</code>: an output iterator to the place in the UTF-8 string where to + append the result of conversion.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: An iterator pointing to the place + after the appended UTF-8 string. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">unsigned short</span> utf16string[] = {<span class= +"literal">0x41</span>, <span class="literal">0x0448</span>, <span class= +"literal">0x65e5</span>, <span class="literal">0xd834</span>, <span class= +"literal">0xdd1e</span>}; +vector<<span class="keyword">unsigned char</span>> utf8result; +unchecked::utf16to8(utf16string, utf16string + <span class= +"literal">5</span>, back_inserter(utf8result)); +assert (utf8result.size() == <span class="literal">10</span>); +</pre> + <p> + This is a faster but less safe version of <code>utf8::utf16to8</code>. It does not + check for validity of the supplied UTF-16 sequence. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::unchecked::utf8to16 + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Converts an UTF-8 encoded string to UTF-16 + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> u16bit_iterator, typename octet_iterator> +u16bit_iterator utf8to16 (octet_iterator start, octet_iterator end, u16bit_iterator result); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>start</code>: an iterator pointing to the beginning of the UTF-8 encoded + string to convert. < br /> <code>end</code>: an iterator pointing to + pass-the-end of the UTF-8 encoded string to convert.<br> + <code>result</code>: an output iterator to the place in the UTF-16 string where to + append the result of conversion.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: An iterator pointing to the place + after the appended UTF-16 string. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">char</span> utf8_with_surrogates[] = <span class= +"literal">"\xe6\x97\xa5\xd1\x88\xf0\x9d\x84\x9e"</span>; +vector <<span class="keyword">unsigned short</span>> utf16result; +unchecked::utf8to16(utf8_with_surrogates, utf8_with_surrogates + <span class= +"literal">9</span>, back_inserter(utf16result)); +assert (utf16result.size() == <span class="literal">4</span>); +assert (utf16result[<span class="literal">2</span>] == <span class= +"literal">0xd834</span>); +assert (utf16result[<span class="literal">3</span>] == <span class= +"literal">0xdd1e</span>); +</pre> + <p> + This is a faster but less safe version of <code>utf8::utf8to16</code>. It does not + check for validity of the supplied UTF-8 sequence. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::unchecked::utf32to8 + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Converts a UTF-32 encoded string to UTF-8. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator, <span class= +"keyword">typename</span> u32bit_iterator> +octet_iterator utf32to8 (u32bit_iterator start, u32bit_iterator end, octet_iterator result); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>start</code>: an iterator pointing to the beginning of the UTF-32 encoded + string to convert.<br> + <code>end</code>: an iterator pointing to pass-the-end of the UTF-32 encoded + string to convert.<br> + <code>result</code>: an output iterator to the place in the UTF-8 string where to + append the result of conversion.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: An iterator pointing to the place + after the appended UTF-8 string. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">int</span> utf32string[] = {<span class= +"literal">0x448</span>, <span class="literal">0x65e5</span>, <span class= +"literal">0x10346</span>, <span class="literal">0</span>}; +vector<<span class="keyword">unsigned char</span>> utf8result; +utf32to8(utf32string, utf32string + <span class= +"literal">3</span>, back_inserter(utf8result)); +assert (utf8result.size() == <span class="literal">9</span>); +</pre> + <p> + This is a faster but less safe version of <code>utf8::utf32to8</code>. It does not + check for validity of the supplied UTF-32 sequence. + </p> + <h4> + utf8::unchecked::utf8to32 + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 1.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Converts a UTF-8 encoded string to UTF-32. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class= +"keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator, typename u32bit_iterator> +u32bit_iterator utf8to32 (octet_iterator start, octet_iterator end, u32bit_iterator result); + +</pre> + <p> + <code>start</code>: an iterator pointing to the beginning of the UTF-8 encoded + string to convert.<br> + <code>end</code>: an iterator pointing to pass-the-end of the UTF-8 encoded string + to convert.<br> + <code>result</code>: an output iterator to the place in the UTF-32 string where to + append the result of conversion.<br> + <span class="return_value">Return value</span>: An iterator pointing to the place + after the appended UTF-32 string. + </p> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">char</span>* twochars = <span class= +"literal">"\xe6\x97\xa5\xd1\x88"</span>; +vector<<span class="keyword">int</span>> utf32result; +unchecked::utf8to32(twochars, twochars + <span class= +"literal">5</span>, back_inserter(utf32result)); +assert (utf32result.size() == <span class="literal">2</span>); +</pre> + <p> + This is a faster but less safe version of <code>utf8::utf8to32</code>. It does not + check for validity of the supplied UTF-8 sequence. + </p> + <h3 id="typesunchecked"> + Types From utf8::unchecked Namespace + </h3> + <h4> + utf8::iterator + </h4> + <p class="version"> + Available in version 2.0 and later. + </p> + <p> + Adapts the underlying octet iterator to iterate over the sequence of code points, + rather than raw octets. + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">template</span> <<span class="keyword">typename</span> octet_iterator> +<span class="keyword">class</span> iterator; +</pre> + + <h5>Member functions</h5> + <dl> + <dt><code>iterator();</code> <dd> the deafult constructor; the underlying <code>octet_iterator</code> is + constructed with its default constructor. + <dt><code><span class="keyword">explicit</span> iterator (const octet_iterator& octet_it); + </code> <dd> a constructor + that initializes the underlying <code>octet_iterator</code> with <code>octet_it</code> + <dt><code>octet_iterator base () <span class="keyword">const</span>;</code> <dd> returns the + underlying <code>octet_iterator</code>. + <dt><code>uint32_t operator * () <span class="keyword">const</span>;</code> <dd> decodes the utf-8 sequence + the underlying <code>octet_iterator</code> is pointing to and returns the code point. + <dt><code><span class="keyword">bool operator</span> == (const iterator& rhs) + <span class="keyword">const</span>;</code> <dd> returns <span class="keyword">true</span> + if the two underlaying iterators are equal. + <dt><code><span class="keyword">bool operator</span> != (const iterator& rhs) + <span class="keyword">const</span>;</code> <dd> returns <span class="keyword">true</span> + if the two underlaying iterators are not equal. + <dt><code>iterator& <span class="keyword">operator</span> ++ (); </code> <dd> the prefix increment - moves + the iterator to the next UTF-8 encoded code point. + <dt><code>iterator <span class="keyword">operator</span> ++ (<span class="keyword">int</span>); </code> <dd> + the postfix increment - moves the iterator to the next UTF-8 encoded code point and returns the current one. + <dt><code>iterator& <span class="keyword">operator</span> -- (); </code> <dd> the prefix decrement - moves + the iterator to the previous UTF-8 encoded code point. + <dt><code>iterator <span class="keyword">operator</span> -- (<span class="keyword">int</span>); </code> <dd> + the postfix decrement - moves the iterator to the previous UTF-8 encoded code point and returns the current one. + </dl> + <p> + Example of use: + </p> +<pre> +<span class="keyword">char</span>* threechars = <span class="literal">"\xf0\x90\x8d\x86\xe6\x97\xa5\xd1\x88"</span>; +utf8::unchecked::iterator<<span class="keyword">char</span>*> un_it(threechars); +utf8::unchecked::iterator<<span class="keyword">char</span>*> un_it2 = un_it; +assert (un_it2 == un_it); +assert (*un_it == <span class="literal">0x10346</span>); +assert (*(++un_it) == <span class="literal">0x65e5</span>); +assert ((*un_it++) == <span class="literal">0x65e5</span>); +assert (*un_it == <span class="literal">0x0448</span>); +assert (un_it != un_it2); +utf8::::unchecked::iterator<<span class="keyword">char</span>*> un_endit (threechars + <span class="literal">9</span>); +assert (++un_it == un_endit); +assert (*(--un_it) == <span class="literal">0x0448</span>); +assert ((*un_it--) == <span class="literal">0x0448</span>); +assert (*un_it == <span class="literal">0x65e5</span>); +assert (--un_it == utf8::unchecked::iterator<<span class="keyword">char</span>*>(threechars)); +assert (*un_it == <span class="literal">0x10346</span>); +</pre> + <p> + This is an unchecked version of <code>utf8::iterator</code>. It is faster in many cases, but offers + no validity or range checks. + </p> + <h2 id="points"> + Points of interest + </h2> + <h4> + Design goals and decisions + </h4> + <p> + The library was designed to be: + </p> + <ol> + <li> + Generic: for better or worse, there are many C++ string classes out there, and + the library should work with as many of them as possible. + </li> + <li> + Portable: the library should be portable both accross different platforms and + compilers. The only non-portable code is a small section that declares unsigned + integers of different sizes: three typedefs. They can be changed by the users of + the library if they don't match their platform. The default setting should work + for Windows (both 32 and 64 bit), and most 32 bit and 64 bit Unix derivatives. + </li> + <li> + Lightweight: follow the "pay only for what you use" guideline. + </li> + <li> + Unintrusive: avoid forcing any particular design or even programming style on the + user. This is a library, not a framework. + </li> + </ol> + <h4> + Alternatives + </h4> + <p> + In case you want to look into other means of working with UTF-8 strings from C++, + here is the list of solutions I am aware of: + </p> + <ol> + <li> + <a href="http://icu.sourceforge.net/">ICU Library</a>. It is very powerful, + complete, feature-rich, mature, and widely used. Also big, intrusive, + non-generic, and doesn't play well with the Standard Library. I definitelly + recommend looking at ICU even if you don't plan to use it. + </li> + <li> + C++11 language and library features. Still far from complete, and not widely + supported by compiler vendors. + </li> + <li> + <a href= + "http://www.gtkmm.org/gtkmm2/docs/tutorial/html/ch03s04.html">Glib::ustring</a>. + A class specifically made to work with UTF-8 strings, and also feel like + <code>std::string</code>. If you prefer to have yet another string class in your + code, it may be worth a look. Be aware of the licensing issues, though. + </li> + <li> + Platform dependent solutions: Windows and POSIX have functions to convert strings + from one encoding to another. That is only a subset of what my library offers, + but if that is all you need it may be good enough. + </li> + </ol> + <h2 id="links"> + Links + </h2> + <ol> + <li> + <a href="http://www.unicode.org/">The Unicode Consortium</a>. + </li> + <li> + <a href="http://icu.sourceforge.net/">ICU Library</a>. + </li> + <li> + <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8">UTF-8 at Wikipedia</a> + </li> + <li> + <a href="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html">UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ for + Unix/Linux</a> + </li> + </ol> + </body> +</html> |