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rt.util.utf

Encode and decode UTF-8, UTF-16 and UTF-32 strings.
For Win32 systems, the C wchar_t type is UTF-16 and corresponds to the D wchar type. For Posix systems, the C wchar_t type is UTF-32 and corresponds to the D utf.dchar type.
UTF character support is restricted to (\u0000 <= character <= \U0010FFFF).
Authors:
Walter Bright, Sean Kelly
pure nothrow @nogc @safe bool isValidDchar(dchar c);
Test if c is a valid UTF-32 character.
\uFFFE and \uFFFF are considered valid by this function, as they are permitted for internal use by an application, but they are not allowed for interchange by the Unicode standard.
Returns:
true if it is, false if not.
pure nothrow @nogc @safe uint stride(in char[] s, size_t i);
stride() returns the length of a UTF-8 sequence starting at index i in string s.
Returns:
The number of bytes in the UTF-8 sequence or 0xFF meaning s[i] is not the start of of UTF-8 sequence.
pure nothrow @nogc @safe uint stride(in wchar[] s, size_t i);
stride() returns the length of a UTF-16 sequence starting at index i in string s.
pure nothrow @nogc @safe uint stride(in dchar[] s, size_t i);
stride() returns the length of a UTF-32 sequence starting at index i in string s.
Returns:
The return value will always be 1.
pure @safe size_t toUCSindex(in char[] s, size_t i);

pure @safe size_t toUCSindex(in wchar[] s, size_t i);

pure nothrow @nogc @safe size_t toUCSindex(in dchar[] s, size_t i);
Given an index i into an array of characters s[], and assuming that index i is at the start of a UTF character, determine the number of UCS characters up to that index i.
pure @safe size_t toUTFindex(in char[] s, size_t n);

pure nothrow @nogc @safe size_t toUTFindex(in wchar[] s, size_t n);

pure nothrow @nogc @safe size_t toUTFindex(in dchar[] s, size_t n);
Given a UCS index n into an array of characters s[], return the UTF index.
pure @safe dchar decode(in char[] s, ref size_t idx);

pure @safe dchar decode(in wchar[] s, ref size_t idx);

pure @safe dchar decode(in dchar[] s, ref size_t idx);
Decodes and returns character starting at s[idx]. idx is advanced past the decoded character. If the character is not well formed, a UtfException is thrown and idx remains unchanged.
pure nothrow @safe void encode(ref char[] s, dchar c);

pure nothrow @safe void encode(ref wchar[] s, dchar c);

pure nothrow @safe void encode(ref dchar[] s, dchar c);
Encodes character c and appends it to array s[].
pure nothrow @nogc @safe ubyte codeLength(C)(dchar c);
Returns the code length of c in the encoding using C as a code point. The code is returned in character count, not in bytes.
pure @safe void validate(S)(in S s);
Checks to see if string is well formed or not. S can be an array of char, wchar, or dchar. Throws a UtfException if it is not. Use to check all untrusted input for correctness.
pure nothrow @safe string toUTF8(string s);

pure @trusted string toUTF8(in wchar[] s);

pure @trusted string toUTF8(in dchar[] s);
Encodes string s into UTF-8 and returns the encoded string.
pure @trusted wstring toUTF16(in char[] s);

pure @safe wptr toUTF16z(in char[] s);

pure nothrow @safe wstring toUTF16(wstring s);

pure nothrow @trusted wstring toUTF16(in dchar[] s);
Encodes string s into UTF-16 and returns the encoded string. toUTF16z() is suitable for calling the 'W' functions in the Win32 API that take an LPWSTR or LPCWSTR argument.
pure @trusted dstring toUTF32(in char[] s);

pure @trusted dstring toUTF32(in wchar[] s);

pure nothrow @safe dstring toUTF32(dstring s);
Encodes string s into UTF-32 and returns the encoded string.