extern "C" {
#endif
+#include "iconv.h"
+
+struct conv_buffer {
+ char* buffer;
+ size_t size;
+};
+
+struct convert {
+ iconv_t from_utf8;
+ iconv_t to_utf8;
+ struct conv_buffer* outbuf;
+ char* unknown;
+};
+
+typedef struct convert *convert_t;
+
/* Returns -1 if the string is not a valid UTF-8 string, returns its
string length otherwise */
int utf8_strlen(const char* input);
/* Returns 1 if string is valid UTF-8 string, 0 otherwise */
int is_utf8_string(const char* input);
-
+
+ /* General conversion interface (is bidirectional) */
+convert_t initialize_utf8_conversion(const char* charset);
+int conversion_set_unknown(convert_t conv, const char* unknown);
+void cleanup_utf8_conversion(convert_t conv);
+char* convert_from_utf8(convert_t conv, const char* input, int* conv_fails);
+char* convert_to_utf8(convert_t conv, const char* input);
+
+ /* Specific locale conversion interface */
void convert_set_unknown(const char* unknown);
char* convert_utf8_to_locale(const char* input, int *conv_fails);
char* convert_locale_to_utf8(const char* input);