File : adagio-unicode.ads
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-- $Id: adagio-unicode.ads,v 1.3 2004/01/21 21:05:42 Jano Exp $
-- Helper functions to deal with unicode strings
package Adagio.Unicode is
Invalid_encoding : exception;
-- Returns a Latin1 string from a G2 encoded string
-- It can be a UTF8 encoded string or a
-- 16 bit (endianness applies then) raw unicode character string.
-- The 16#ff# selector must be the first character in that case.
-- May raise exception if Latin1 can't hold the resulting string.
function G2_to_string (this : in String; Big_endian : in Boolean)
return String;
-- Returns a Utf8 encoded string from Latin1 (Ada default)
function To_utf8 (this : in String) return String;
end Adagio.Unicode;