OVR_UTF8Util.h

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PublicHeader:   OVR.h
Filename    :   OVR_UTF8Util.h
Content     :   UTF8 Unicode character encoding/decoding support
Created     :   September 19, 2012
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#ifndef OVR_UTF8Util_h
#define OVR_UTF8Util_h

#include "OVR_Types.h"

namespace OVR { namespace UTF8Util {

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// *** UTF8 string length and indexing.

// Determines the length of UTF8 string in characters.
// If source length is specified (in bytes), null 0 character is counted properly.
SPInt    OVR_STDCALL GetLength(const char* putf8str, SPInt length = -1);

// Gets a decoded UTF8 character at index; you can access up to the index returned
// by GetLength. 0 will be returned for out of bounds access.
UInt32   OVR_STDCALL GetCharAt(SPInt index, const char* putf8str, SPInt length = -1);

// Converts UTF8 character index into byte offset.
// -1 is returned if index was out of bounds.
SPInt    OVR_STDCALL GetByteIndex(SPInt index, const char* putf8str, SPInt length = -1);


// *** 16-bit Unicode string Encoding/Decoding routines.

// Determines the number of bytes necessary to encode a string.
// Does not count the terminating 0 (null) character.
SPInt    OVR_STDCALL GetEncodeStringSize(const wchar_t* pchar, SPInt length = -1);

// Encodes a unicode (UCS-2 only) string into a buffer. The size of buffer must be at
// least GetEncodeStringSize() + 1.
void     OVR_STDCALL EncodeString(char *pbuff, const wchar_t* pchar, SPInt length = -1);

// Decode UTF8 into a wchar_t buffer. Must have GetLength()+1 characters available.
// Characters over 0xFFFF are replaced with 0xFFFD.
// Returns the length of resulting string (number of characters)
UPInt    OVR_STDCALL DecodeString(wchar_t *pbuff, const char* putf8str, SPInt bytesLen = -1);


// *** Individual character Encoding/Decoding.

// Determined the number of bytes necessary to encode a UCS character.
int      OVR_STDCALL GetEncodeCharSize(UInt32 ucsCharacter);

// Encodes the given UCS character into the given UTF-8 buffer.
// Writes the data starting at buffer[offset], and 
// increments offset by the number of bytes written.
// May write up to 6 bytes, so make sure there's room in the buffer
void     OVR_STDCALL EncodeChar(char* pbuffer, SPInt* poffset, UInt32 ucsCharacter);

// Return the next Unicode character in the UTF-8 encoded buffer.
// Invalid UTF-8 sequences produce a U+FFFD character as output.
// Advances *utf8_buffer past the character returned. Pointer advance
// occurs even if the terminating 0 character is hit, since that allows
// strings with middle '\0' characters to be supported.
UInt32   OVR_STDCALL DecodeNextChar_Advance0(const char** putf8Buffer);

// Safer version of DecodeNextChar, which doesn't advance pointer if
// null character is hit.
inline UInt32 DecodeNextChar(const char** putf8Buffer)
{
    UInt32 ch = DecodeNextChar_Advance0(putf8Buffer);
    if (ch == 0)
        (*putf8Buffer)--;
    return ch;
}


}} // OVR::UTF8Util

#endif