iconv-go/converter.go
Donovan Jimenez 690531c87e * Added README.md
* moved sample programs to examples directory
 * cleaned up make make file
 * converter.go: ConvertString now uses Convert under the hood, removes some code duplication
 * reader.go: No need to have two separate buffers, can write directly in to buffer given in Read call. Simplifies code greatly
2011-01-15 04:06:50 -05:00

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package iconv
// #include <iconv.h>
import "C"
import (
"os"
"unsafe"
)
type Converter struct {
context C.iconv_t
open bool
}
func NewConverter(fromEncoding string, toEncoding string) (converter *Converter, err Error) {
converter = new(Converter)
converter.context, err = C.iconv_open(C.CString(toEncoding), C.CString(fromEncoding))
// check err
if err == nil {
// no error, mark the context as open
converter.open = true
}
return
}
// Called before garbage collection
func (this *Converter) destroy() {
this.Close()
}
// The converter can be explicitly closed if desired
func (this *Converter) Close() (err os.Error) {
if this.open {
_, err = C.iconv_close(this.context)
}
return
}
// read bytes from an input buffer, and write them to and output buffer
// will return the number of bytesRead from the input and the number of bytes
// written to the output as well as any iconv errors
//
// NOTE: not all bytes may be consumed from the input. This can be because the output
// buffer is too small or because there were iconv errors
func (this *Converter) Convert(input []byte, output []byte) (bytesRead int, bytesWritten int, err Error) {
inputLeft := C.size_t(len(input))
outputLeft := C.size_t(len(output))
if inputLeft > 0 && outputLeft > 0 {
// we're going to give iconv the pointers to the underlying
// storage of each byte slice - so far this is the simplest
// way i've found to do that in Go, but it seems ugly
inputFirstElementPointer := &input[0]
inputPointer := (**C.char)(unsafe.Pointer(&inputFirstElementPointer))
outputFirstElementPointer := &output[0]
outputPointer := (**C.char)(unsafe.Pointer(&outputFirstElementPointer))
// we're only going to make one call to iconv
_,err = C.iconv(this.context, inputPointer, &inputLeft, outputPointer, &outputLeft)
// update byte counters
bytesRead = len(input) - int(inputLeft)
bytesWritten = len(output) - int(outputLeft)
}
return bytesRead, bytesWritten, err
}
// convert a string value, returning a new string value
func (this *Converter) ConvertString(input string) (output string, err Error) {
// construct the buffers
inputBuffer := []byte(input)
outputBuffer := make([]byte, len(inputBuffer) * 2) // we use a larger buffer to help avoid resizing later
// call Convert until all input bytes are read or an error occurs
var bytesRead, totalBytesRead, bytesWritten, totalBytesWritten int
for totalBytesRead < len(inputBuffer) && err == nil {
bytesRead, bytesWritten, err = this.Convert(inputBuffer, outputBuffer)
totalBytesRead += bytesRead
totalBytesWritten += bytesWritten
// check for the E2BIG error specifically, we can add to the output
// buffer to correct for it and then continue
if err == E2BIG {
// increase the size of the output buffer by another input length
// first, create a new buffer
tempBuffer := make([]byte, len(outputBuffer) + len(inputBuffer))
// copy the existing data
copy(tempBuffer, outputBuffer)
// switch the buffers
outputBuffer = tempBuffer
// forget the error
err = nil
}
}
// construct the final output string
output = string(outputBuffer[:totalBytesWritten])
return output, err
}