std::codecvt_utf8

Defined in header <codecvt> 
template< 
    class Elem,
    unsigned long Maxcode = 0x10ffff,
    std::codecvt_mode Mode = (std::codecvt_mode)0 
> class codecvt_utf8 : public std::codecvt<Elem, char, std::mbstate_t>;
 (since C++11)
(deprecated in C++17)

std::codecvt_utf8 is a std::codecvt facet which encapsulates conversion between a UTF-8 encoded byte string and UCS2 or UTF-32 character string (depending on the type of Elem). This codecvt facet can be used to read and write UTF-8 files, both text and binary.

Template Parameters

Elem - either char16_t, char32_t, or wchar_t
Maxcode - the largest value of Elem that this facet will read or write without error
Mode - a constant of type std::codecvt_mode

Member functions

(constructor)
 constructs a new codecvt_utf8 facet
(public member function)
(destructor)
 destroys a codecvt_utf8 facet
(public member function)

std::codecvt_utf8::codecvt_utf8 

explicit codecvt_utf8( std::size_t refs = 0 );

Constructs a new std::codecvt_utf8 facet, passes the initial reference counter refs to the base class.

Parameters

refs - the number of references that link to the facet

std::codecvt_utf8::~codecvt_utf8 

~codecvt_utf8();

Destroys the facet. Unlike the locale-managed facets, this facet's destructor is public.

Inherited from std::codecvt

Member types

Member type Definition
intern_type internT
extern_type externT
state_type stateT

Member objects

Member name Type
id (static) std::locale::id

Member functions

invokes do_out
(public member function of std::codecvt<InternT,ExternT,State>)
invokes do_in
(public member function of std::codecvt<InternT,ExternT,State>)
invokes do_unshift
(public member function of std::codecvt<InternT,ExternT,State>)
invokes do_encoding
(public member function of std::codecvt<InternT,ExternT,State>)
invokes do_always_noconv
(public member function of std::codecvt<InternT,ExternT,State>)
invokes do_length
(public member function of std::codecvt<InternT,ExternT,State>)
invokes do_max_length
(public member function of std::codecvt<InternT,ExternT,State>)

Protected member functions

[virtual]
 converts a string from internT to externT, such as when writing to file
(virtual protected member function of std::codecvt<InternT,ExternT,State>)
[virtual]
 converts a string from externT to internT, such as when reading from file
(virtual protected member function of std::codecvt<InternT,ExternT,State>)
[virtual]
 generates the termination character sequence of externT characters for incomplete conversion
(virtual protected member function of std::codecvt<InternT,ExternT,State>)
[virtual]
 returns the number of externT characters necessary to produce one internT character, if constant
(virtual protected member function of std::codecvt<InternT,ExternT,State>)
[virtual]
 tests if the facet encodes an identity conversion for all valid argument values
(virtual protected member function of std::codecvt<InternT,ExternT,State>)
[virtual]
 calculates the length of the externT string that would be consumed by conversion into given internT buffer
(virtual protected member function of std::codecvt<InternT,ExternT,State>)
[virtual]
 returns the maximum number of externT characters that could be converted into a single internT character
(virtual protected member function of std::codecvt<InternT,ExternT,State>)

Inherited from std::codecvt_base

Member type Definition
enum result { ok, partial, error, noconv }; Unscoped enumeration type
Enumeration constant Definition
ok conversion was completed with no error
partial not all source characters were converted
error encountered an invalid character
noconv no conversion required, input and output types are the same

Notes

Although the standard requires that this facet works with UCS2 when the size of Elem is 16 bits, some implementations use UTF-16 instead. The term "UCS2" was deprecated and removed from the Unicode standard.

Example

The following example demonstrates the difference between UCS2/UTF-8 and UTF-16/UTF-8 conversions: the third character in the string is not a valid UCS2 character.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <locale>
#include <codecvt>
 
int main()
{
    // UTF-8 data. The character U+1d10b, musical sign segno, does not fit in UCS2
    std::string utf8 = u8"z\u6c34\U0001d10b";
 
    // the UTF-8 / UTF-16 standard conversion facet
    std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8_utf16<char16_t>, char16_t> utf16conv;
    std::u16string utf16 = utf16conv.from_bytes(utf8);
    std::cout << "UTF16 conversion produced " << utf16.size() << " code units:\n";
    for (char16_t c : utf16)
        std::cout << std::hex << std::showbase << c << '\n';
 
    // the UTF-8 / UCS2 standard conversion facet
    std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<char16_t>, char16_t> ucs2conv;
    try {
        std::u16string ucs2 = ucs2conv.from_bytes(utf8);
    } catch(const std::range_error& e) {
        std::u16string ucs2 = ucs2conv.from_bytes(utf8.substr(0, ucs2conv.converted()));
        std::cout << "UCS2 failed after producing " << std::dec << ucs2.size()<<" characters:\n";
        for (char16_t c : ucs2)
            std::cout << std::hex << std::showbase << c << '\n';
    }
}

Output:

UTF16 conversion produced 4 code units:
0x7a
0x6c34
0xd834
0xdd0b
UCS2 failed after producing 2 characters:
0x7a
0x6c34

See also

Character
conversions 		locale-defined multibyte
(UTF-8, GB18030) 		UTF-8
 UTF-16
UTF-16 mbrtoc16 / c16rtomb(with C11's DR488) codecvt<char16_t, char, mbstate_t>
codecvt_utf8_utf16<char16_t>
codecvt_utf8_utf16<char32_t>
codecvt_utf8_utf16<wchar_t> 		N/A
UCS2 c16rtomb(without C11's DR488) codecvt_utf8<char16_t>

codecvt_utf8<wchar_t>(Windows).

 codecvt_utf16<char16_t>

codecvt_utf16<wchar_t>(Windows).
UTF-32

mbrtoc32 / c32rtomb.

codecvt<char32_t, char, mbstate_t>
codecvt_utf8<char32_t>
codecvt_utf8<wchar_t>(non-Windows).

codecvt_utf16<char32_t>
codecvt_utf16<wchar_t>(non-Windows).
system wide:
UTF-32(non-Windows)
UCS2(Windows)

mbsrtowcs / wcsrtombs
use_facet<codecvt
<wchar_t, char, mbstate_t>>(locale).

 No No
converts between character encodings, including UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32
(class template)
(C++11)(deprecated in C++17)
 tags to alter behavior of the standard codecvt facets
(enum)
(C++11)(deprecated in C++17)
 converts between UTF-16 and UCS2/UCS4
(class template)
(C++11)(deprecated in C++17)
 converts between UTF-8 and UTF-16
(class template)

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