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#ifndef WTF_UTF8_h
#define WTF_UTF8_h

#include "Unicode.h"

namespace WTF {
  namespace Unicode {

    // Given a first byte, gives the length of the UTF-8 sequence it begins.
    // Returns 0 for bytes that are not legal starts of UTF-8 sequences.
    // Only allows sequences of up to 4 bytes, since that works for all Unicode characters (U-00000000 to U-0010FFFF).
    int UTF8SequenceLength(char);

    // Takes a null-terminated C-style string with a UTF-8 sequence in it and converts it to a character.
    // Only allows Unicode characters (U-00000000 to U-0010FFFF).
    // Returns -1 if the sequence is not valid (including presence of extra bytes).
    int decodeUTF8Sequence(const char*);

    typedef enum {
            conversionOK,       // conversion successful
            sourceExhausted,    // partial character in source, but hit end
            targetExhausted,    // insuff. room in target for conversion
            sourceIllegal       // source sequence is illegal/malformed
    } ConversionResult;

    // These conversion functions take a "strict" argument. When this
    // flag is set to strict, both irregular sequences and isolated surrogates
    // will cause an error.  When the flag is set to lenient, both irregular
    // sequences and isolated surrogates are converted.
    // 
    // Whether the flag is strict or lenient, all illegal sequences will cause
    // an error return. This includes sequences such as: <F4 90 80 80>, <C0 80>,
    // or <A0> in UTF-8, and values above 0x10FFFF in UTF-32. Conformant code
    // must check for illegal sequences.
    // 
    // When the flag is set to lenient, characters over 0x10FFFF are converted
    // to the replacement character; otherwise (when the flag is set to strict)
    // they constitute an error.

    ConversionResult convertUTF8ToUTF16(
                    const char** sourceStart, const char* sourceEnd, 
                    UChar** targetStart, UChar* targetEnd, bool strict = true);

    ConversionResult convertUTF16ToUTF8(
                    const UChar** sourceStart, const UChar* sourceEnd, 
                    char** targetStart, char* targetEnd, bool strict = true);
  }
}

#endif // WTF_UTF8_h