Unicode.utf8ToUtf16

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

struct Unicode

static

wchar*

utf8ToUtf16

(

string str

,

,

out glong itemsRead

,

out glong itemsWritten

)

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: wchar*

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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