Charset utilities

Typedefs
typedef struct bg_charset_converter_s	bg_charset_converter_t
	Opaque charset converter.
Functions
bg_charset_converter_t *	bg_charset_converter_create (const char *in_charset, const char *out_charset)
	Create a charset converter.
void	bg_charset_converter_destroy (bg_charset_converter_t *cnv)
	Destroy a charset converter.
char *	bg_convert_string (bg_charset_converter_t *cnv, const char *in_string, int in_len, int *out_len)
	Convert a string.

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Typedef Documentation

typedef struct bg_charset_converter_s bg_charset_converter_t

Opaque charset converter.

You don't want to know, what's inside

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Function Documentation

bg_charset_converter_t* bg_charset_converter_create	(	const char *	in_charset,
		const char *	out_charset
	)

Create a charset converter.

Parameters:

in_charset	Input character set
out_charset	Output character set

Returns:

A newly allocated charset converte

in_charset and out_charset must be supported by iconv (type iconv -l for a list).

void bg_charset_converter_destroy

(

bg_charset_converter_t *

cnv

)

Destroy a charset converter.

Parameters:

cnv	A charset converter

char* bg_convert_string	(	bg_charset_converter_t *	cnv,
		const char *	in_string,
		int	in_len,
		int *	out_len
	)

Convert a string.

Parameters:

cnv	A charset converter
in_string	Input string
in_len	Length of input string or -1
out_len	If non NULL, returns the length of the output string

Returns:

A newly allocated string