Unicode.utf8_ToUtf16

Convert a string from UTF-8 to UTF-16. A 0 character will be added to the result after the converted text.

class Unicode
static
utf8_ToUtf16

Parameters

str string

a UTF-8 encoded string

len glong

the maximum length (number of bytes) of str to use. If len < 0, then the string is nul-terminated.

itemsRead glong

location to store number of bytes read, or NULL. If NULL, then G_CONVERT_ERROR_PARTIAL_INPUT will be returned in case str contains a trailing partial character. If an error occurs then the index of the invalid input is stored here.

itemsWritten glong

location to store number of gunichar2 written, or NULL. The value stored here does not include the trailing 0.

Return Value

Type: gunichar2*

a pointer to a newly allocated UTF-16 string. This value must be freed with g_free(). If an error occurs, NULL will be returned and error set.

Throws

GException on failure.

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