Unicode Converter Classes

RWToUTF8Converter and RWFromUTF8Converter provide character encoding conversions between UTF-8 and UTF-16. These classes use the same interface as the converters in the Internationalization Module, but do not require that module.

To perform conversions to or from character encodings other than UTF-8 and UTF-16, you will need the Internationalization Module.

These classes also provide interfaces for the RWUChar type and for wchar_t. (RWUChar is a typedef for unsigned short and is used by the Streams package to represent UTF-16 characters.) If you are using these types, use these classes for your conversions between UTF-8 and UTF-16.

However, if you are performing conversions that do not require the RWUChar or wchar_t interface, we recommend that you use instead RWBasicUString and its conversion utilities. For more information, see Choosing the Appropriate String Class.