compilation fix for windows compilers: _wrename is declared in io.h

[wxWidgets.git] / include / wx / strconv.h

diff --git a/include/wx/strconv.h b/include/wx/strconv.h
index ce0f04012126f38dcaa0776bbcb1411b2aa576ae..b36ad0b862ae8bde53daa8044e7f9673a4dbb6e5 100644 (file)
--- a/include/wx/strconv.h
+++ b/include/wx/strconv.h
@@ -1,23 +1,20 @@
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Name:        strconv.h
 // Purpose:     conversion routines for char sets any Unicode
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Name:        strconv.h
 // Purpose:     conversion routines for char sets any Unicode

-// Author:      Robert Roebling, Ove Kaaven
+// Author:      Ove Kaaven, Robert Roebling, Vadim Zeitlin

 // Modified by:
 // Created:     29/01/98
 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
 // Modified by:
 // Created:     29/01/98
 // RCS-ID:      $Id$

-// Copyright:   (c) 1998 Ove Kaaven, Robert Roebling, Vadim Zeitlin
+// Copyright:   (c) 1998 Ove Kaaven, Robert Roebling
+//              (c) 1998-2006 Vadim Zeitlin

 // Licence:     wxWindows licence
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 // Licence:     wxWindows licence
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 

-#ifndef _WX_WXSTRCONVH__
-#define _WX_WXSTRCONVH__
-
-#if defined(__GNUG__) && !defined(NO_GCC_PRAGMA)
-  #pragma interface "strconv.h"
-#endif
+#ifndef _WX_STRCONV_H_
+#define _WX_STRCONV_H_

 
 #include "wx/defs.h"
 
 #include "wx/defs.h"

-#include "wx/wxchar.h"
+#include "wx/chartype.h"

 #include "wx/buffer.h"
 
 #ifdef __DIGITALMARS__
 #include "wx/buffer.h"
 
 #ifdef __DIGITALMARS__


@@ -32,30 +29,83 @@
 
 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 
 
 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 

+class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString;
+
+// the error value returned by wxMBConv methods
+#define wxCONV_FAILED ((size_t)-1)
+
+// the default value for some length parameters meaning that the string is
+// NUL-terminated
+#define wxNO_LEN ((size_t)-1)
+

 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxMBConv (abstract base class for conversions)
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxMBConv (abstract base class for conversions)
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

+// When deriving a new class from wxMBConv you must reimplement ToWChar() and
+// FromWChar() methods which are not pure virtual only for historical reasons,
+// don't let the fact that the existing classes implement MB2WC/WC2MB() instead
+// confuse you.
+//
+// You also have to implement Clone() to allow copying the conversions
+// polymorphically.
+//
+// And you might need to override GetMBNulLen() as well.

 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMBConv
 {
 public:
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMBConv
 {
 public:

-    // the actual conversion takes place here
+    // The functions doing actual conversion from/to narrow to/from wide
+    // character strings.
+    //
+    // On success, the return value is the length (i.e. the number of
+    // characters, not bytes) of the converted string including any trailing
+    // L'\0' or (possibly multiple) '\0'(s). If the conversion fails or if
+    // there is not enough space for everything, including the trailing NUL
+    // character(s), in the output buffer, wxCONV_FAILED is returned.

     //
     //

-    // note that outputSize is the size of the output buffer, not the length of input
-    // (the latter is always supposed to be NUL-terminated)
-    virtual size_t MB2WC(wchar_t *outputBuf, const char *psz, size_t outputSize) const = 0;
-    virtual size_t WC2MB(char *outputBuf, const wchar_t *psz, size_t outputSize) const = 0;
+    // In the special case when dstLen is 0 (outputBuf may be NULL then) the
+    // return value is the length of the needed buffer but nothing happens
+    // otherwise. If srcLen is wxNO_LEN, the entire string, up to and
+    // including the trailing NUL(s), is converted, otherwise exactly srcLen
+    // bytes are.
+    //
+    // Typical usage:
+    //
+    //          size_t dstLen = conv.ToWChar(NULL, 0, src);
+    //          if ( dstLen != wxCONV_FAILED )
+    //              ... handle error ...
+    //          wchar_t *wbuf = new wchar_t[dstLen];
+    //          conv.ToWChar(wbuf, dstLen, src);
+    //
+    virtual size_t ToWChar(wchar_t *dst, size_t dstLen,
+                           const char *src, size_t srcLen = wxNO_LEN) const;
+
+    virtual size_t FromWChar(char *dst, size_t dstLen,
+                             const wchar_t *src, size_t srcLen = wxNO_LEN) const;

 
 

-    // MB <-> WC
-    const wxWCharBuffer cMB2WC(const char *psz) const;
-    const wxCharBuffer cWC2MB(const wchar_t *psz) const;

 
 

-    // MB <-> WC for strings with embedded null characters
+    // Convenience functions for translating NUL-terminated strings: returns
+    // the buffer containing the converted string or NULL pointer if the
+    // conversion failed.
+    const wxWCharBuffer cMB2WC(const char *in) const;
+    const wxCharBuffer cWC2MB(const wchar_t *in) const;
+
+    // Convenience functions for converting strings which may contain embedded
+    // NULs and don't have to be NUL-terminated.
+    //
+    // inLen is the length of the buffer including trailing NUL if any: if the
+    // last 4 bytes of the buffer are all NULs, these functions are more
+    // efficient as they avoid copying the string, but otherwise a copy is made
+    // internally which could be quite bad for (very) long strings.

     //
     //

-    // pszLen length of the input string
-    // pOutSize gets the final size of the converted string
-    const wxWCharBuffer cMB2WC(const char *psz, size_t pszLen, size_t* pOutSize) const;
-    const wxCharBuffer cWC2MB(const wchar_t *psz, size_t pszLen, size_t* pOutSize) const;
+    // outLen receives, if not NULL, the length of the converted string or 0 if
+    // the conversion failed (returning 0 and not -1 in this case makes it
+    // difficult to distinguish between failed conversion and empty input but
+    // this is done for backwards compatibility)
+    const wxWCharBuffer
+        cMB2WC(const char *in, size_t inLen, size_t *outLen) const;
+    const wxCharBuffer
+        cWC2MB(const wchar_t *in, size_t inLen, size_t *outLen) const;

 
     // convenience functions for converting MB or WC to/from wxWin default
 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 
     // convenience functions for converting MB or WC to/from wxWin default
 #if wxUSE_UNICODE


@@ -70,6 +120,53 @@ public:
     const wxWCharBuffer cWX2WC(const char *psz) const { return cMB2WC(psz); }
 #endif // Unicode/ANSI
 
     const wxWCharBuffer cWX2WC(const char *psz) const { return cMB2WC(psz); }
 #endif // Unicode/ANSI
 

+    // this function is used in the implementation of cMB2WC() to distinguish
+    // between the following cases:
+    //
+    //      a) var width encoding with strings terminated by a single NUL
+    //         (usual multibyte encodings): return 1 in this case
+    //      b) fixed width encoding with 2 bytes/char and so terminated by
+    //         2 NULs (UTF-16/UCS-2 and variants): return 2 in this case
+    //      c) fixed width encoding with 4 bytes/char and so terminated by
+    //         4 NULs (UTF-32/UCS-4 and variants): return 4 in this case
+    //
+    // anything else is not supported currently and -1 should be returned
+    virtual size_t GetMBNulLen() const { return 1; }
+
+    // return the maximal value currently returned by GetMBNulLen() for any
+    // encoding
+    static size_t GetMaxMBNulLen() { return 4 /* for UTF-32 */; }
+
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8
+    // return true if the converter's charset is UTF-8, i.e. char* strings
+    // decoded using this object can be directly copied to wxString's internal
+    // storage without converting to WC and than back to UTF-8 MB string
+    virtual bool IsUTF8() const { return false; }
+#endif
+
+    // The old conversion functions. The existing classes currently mostly
+    // implement these ones but we're in transition to using To/FromWChar()
+    // instead and any new classes should implement just the new functions.
+    // For now, however, we provide default implementation of To/FromWChar() in
+    // this base class in terms of MB2WC/WC2MB() to avoid having to rewrite all
+    // the conversions at once.
+    //
+    // On success, the return value is the length (i.e. the number of
+    // characters, not bytes) not counting the trailing NUL(s) of the converted
+    // string. On failure, (size_t)-1 is returned. In the special case when
+    // outputBuf is NULL the return value is the same one but nothing is
+    // written to the buffer.
+    //
+    // Note that outLen is the length of the output buffer, not the length of
+    // the input (which is always supposed to be terminated by one or more
+    // NULs, as appropriate for the encoding)!
+    virtual size_t MB2WC(wchar_t *out, const char *in, size_t outLen) const;
+    virtual size_t WC2MB(char *out, const wchar_t *in, size_t outLen) const;
+
+
+    // make a heap-allocated copy of this object
+    virtual wxMBConv *Clone() const = 0;
+

     // virtual dtor for any base class
     virtual ~wxMBConv();
 };
     // virtual dtor for any base class
     virtual ~wxMBConv();
 };


@@ -84,8 +181,65 @@ class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMBConvLibc : public wxMBConv
 public:
     virtual size_t MB2WC(wchar_t *outputBuf, const char *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
     virtual size_t WC2MB(char *outputBuf, const wchar_t *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
 public:
     virtual size_t MB2WC(wchar_t *outputBuf, const char *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
     virtual size_t WC2MB(char *outputBuf, const wchar_t *psz, size_t outputSize) const;

+
+    virtual wxMBConv *Clone() const { return new wxMBConvLibc; }
+
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8
+    virtual bool IsUTF8() const { return wxLocaleIsUtf8; }
+#endif

 };
 
 };
 

+#ifdef __UNIX__
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxConvBrokenFileNames is made for Unix in Unicode mode when
+// files are accidentally written in an encoding which is not
+// the system encoding. Typically, the system encoding will be
+// UTF8 but there might be files stored in ISO8859-1 on disk.
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxConvBrokenFileNames : public wxMBConv
+{
+public:
+    wxConvBrokenFileNames(const wxString& charset);
+    wxConvBrokenFileNames(const wxConvBrokenFileNames& conv)
+        : wxMBConv(),
+          m_conv(conv.m_conv ? conv.m_conv->Clone() : NULL)
+    {
+    }
+    virtual ~wxConvBrokenFileNames() { delete m_conv; }
+
+    virtual size_t MB2WC(wchar_t *out, const char *in, size_t outLen) const
+    {
+        return m_conv->MB2WC(out, in, outLen);
+    }
+
+    virtual size_t WC2MB(char *out, const wchar_t *in, size_t outLen) const
+    {
+        return m_conv->WC2MB(out, in, outLen);
+    }
+
+    virtual size_t GetMBNulLen() const
+    {
+        // cast needed to call a private function
+        return m_conv->GetMBNulLen();
+    }
+
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8
+    virtual bool IsUTF8() const { return m_conv->IsUTF8(); }
+#endif
+
+    virtual wxMBConv *Clone() const { return new wxConvBrokenFileNames(*this); }
+
+private:
+    // the conversion object we forward to
+    wxMBConv *m_conv;
+
+    DECLARE_NO_ASSIGN_CLASS(wxConvBrokenFileNames)
+};
+
+#endif // __UNIX__
+

 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxMBConvUTF7 (for conversion using UTF7 encoding)
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxMBConvUTF7 (for conversion using UTF7 encoding)
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------


@@ -95,6 +249,8 @@ class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMBConvUTF7 : public wxMBConv
 public:
     virtual size_t MB2WC(wchar_t *outputBuf, const char *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
     virtual size_t WC2MB(char *outputBuf, const wchar_t *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
 public:
     virtual size_t MB2WC(wchar_t *outputBuf, const char *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
     virtual size_t WC2MB(char *outputBuf, const wchar_t *psz, size_t outputSize) const;

+
+    virtual wxMBConv *Clone() const { return new wxMBConvUTF7; }

 };
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 };
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------


@@ -104,7 +260,10 @@ public:
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMBConvUTF8 : public wxMBConv
 {
 public:
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMBConvUTF8 : public wxMBConv
 {
 public:

-    enum { 
+    // FIXME-UTF8: split this class into multiple classes, one strict and
+    //             other lossy (PUA, OCTAL mappings)
+    enum
+    {

         MAP_INVALID_UTF8_NOT = 0,
         MAP_INVALID_UTF8_TO_PUA = 1,
         MAP_INVALID_UTF8_TO_OCTAL = 2
         MAP_INVALID_UTF8_NOT = 0,
         MAP_INVALID_UTF8_TO_PUA = 1,
         MAP_INVALID_UTF8_TO_OCTAL = 2


@@ -113,53 +272,110 @@ public:
     wxMBConvUTF8(int options = MAP_INVALID_UTF8_NOT) : m_options(options) { }
     virtual size_t MB2WC(wchar_t *outputBuf, const char *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
     virtual size_t WC2MB(char *outputBuf, const wchar_t *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
     wxMBConvUTF8(int options = MAP_INVALID_UTF8_NOT) : m_options(options) { }
     virtual size_t MB2WC(wchar_t *outputBuf, const char *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
     virtual size_t WC2MB(char *outputBuf, const wchar_t *psz, size_t outputSize) const;

-    
+
+    virtual wxMBConv *Clone() const { return new wxMBConvUTF8(m_options); }
+
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8
+    // NB: other mapping modes are not, strictly speaking, UTF-8, so we can't
+    //     take the shortcut in that case
+    virtual bool IsUTF8() const { return m_options == MAP_INVALID_UTF8_NOT; }
+#endif
+

 private:
     int m_options;
 };
 
 private:
     int m_options;
 };
 

+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxMBConvUTF16Base: for both LE and BE variants
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMBConvUTF16Base : public wxMBConv
+{
+public:
+    enum { BYTES_PER_CHAR = 2 };
+
+    virtual size_t GetMBNulLen() const { return BYTES_PER_CHAR; }
+
+protected:
+    // return the length of the buffer using srcLen if it's not wxNO_LEN and
+    // computing the length ourselves if it is; also checks that the length is
+    // even if specified as we need an entire number of UTF-16 characters and
+    // returns wxNO_LEN which indicates error if it is odd
+    static size_t GetLength(const char *src, size_t srcLen);
+};
+

 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxMBConvUTF16LE (for conversion using UTF16 Little Endian encoding)
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxMBConvUTF16LE (for conversion using UTF16 Little Endian encoding)
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

-class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMBConvUTF16LE : public wxMBConv
+class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMBConvUTF16LE : public wxMBConvUTF16Base

 {
 public:
 {
 public:

-    virtual size_t MB2WC(wchar_t *outputBuf, const char *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
-    virtual size_t WC2MB(char *outputBuf, const wchar_t *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
+    virtual size_t ToWChar(wchar_t *dst, size_t dstLen,
+                           const char *src, size_t srcLen = wxNO_LEN) const;
+    virtual size_t FromWChar(char *dst, size_t dstLen,
+                             const wchar_t *src, size_t srcLen = wxNO_LEN) const;
+    virtual wxMBConv *Clone() const { return new wxMBConvUTF16LE; }

 };
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxMBConvUTF16BE (for conversion using UTF16 Big Endian encoding)
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 };
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxMBConvUTF16BE (for conversion using UTF16 Big Endian encoding)
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

-class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMBConvUTF16BE : public wxMBConv
+class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMBConvUTF16BE : public wxMBConvUTF16Base

 {
 public:
 {
 public:

-    virtual size_t MB2WC(wchar_t *outputBuf, const char *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
-    virtual size_t WC2MB(char *outputBuf, const wchar_t *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
+    virtual size_t ToWChar(wchar_t *dst, size_t dstLen,
+                           const char *src, size_t srcLen = wxNO_LEN) const;
+    virtual size_t FromWChar(char *dst, size_t dstLen,
+                             const wchar_t *src, size_t srcLen = wxNO_LEN) const;
+    virtual wxMBConv *Clone() const { return new wxMBConvUTF16BE; }

 };
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 };
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

-// wxMBConvUCS4LE (for conversion using UTF32 Little Endian encoding)
+// wxMBConvUTF32Base: base class for both LE and BE variants

 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

-class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMBConvUTF32LE : public wxMBConv
+class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMBConvUTF32Base : public wxMBConv

 {
 public:
 {
 public:

-    virtual size_t MB2WC(wchar_t *outputBuf, const char *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
-    virtual size_t WC2MB(char *outputBuf, const wchar_t *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
+    enum { BYTES_PER_CHAR = 4 };
+
+    virtual size_t GetMBNulLen() const { return BYTES_PER_CHAR; }
+
+protected:
+    // this is similar to wxMBConvUTF16Base method with the same name except
+    // that, of course, it verifies that length is divisible by 4 if given and
+    // not by 2
+    static size_t GetLength(const char *src, size_t srcLen);

 };
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 };
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

-// wxMBConvUCS4BE (for conversion using UTF32 Big Endian encoding)
+// wxMBConvUTF32LE (for conversion using UTF32 Little Endian encoding)

 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

-class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMBConvUTF32BE : public wxMBConv
+class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMBConvUTF32LE : public wxMBConvUTF32Base

 {
 public:
 {
 public:

-    virtual size_t MB2WC(wchar_t *outputBuf, const char *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
-    virtual size_t WC2MB(char *outputBuf, const wchar_t *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
+    virtual size_t ToWChar(wchar_t *dst, size_t dstLen,
+                           const char *src, size_t srcLen = wxNO_LEN) const;
+    virtual size_t FromWChar(char *dst, size_t dstLen,
+                             const wchar_t *src, size_t srcLen = wxNO_LEN) const;
+    virtual wxMBConv *Clone() const { return new wxMBConvUTF32LE; }
+};
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxMBConvUTF32BE (for conversion using UTF32 Big Endian encoding)
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxMBConvUTF32BE : public wxMBConvUTF32Base
+{
+public:
+    virtual size_t ToWChar(wchar_t *dst, size_t dstLen,
+                           const char *src, size_t srcLen = wxNO_LEN) const;
+    virtual size_t FromWChar(char *dst, size_t dstLen,
+                             const wchar_t *src, size_t srcLen = wxNO_LEN) const;
+    virtual wxMBConv *Clone() const { return new wxMBConvUTF32BE; }

 };
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 };
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------


@@ -173,7 +389,7 @@ class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxCSConv : public wxMBConv
 public:
     // we can be created either from charset name or from an encoding constant
     // but we can't have both at once
 public:
     // we can be created either from charset name or from an encoding constant
     // but we can't have both at once

-    wxCSConv(const wxChar *charset);
+    wxCSConv(const wxString& charset);

     wxCSConv(wxFontEncoding encoding);
 
     wxCSConv(const wxCSConv& conv);
     wxCSConv(wxFontEncoding encoding);
 
     wxCSConv(const wxCSConv& conv);


@@ -181,10 +397,24 @@ public:
 
     wxCSConv& operator=(const wxCSConv& conv);
 
 
     wxCSConv& operator=(const wxCSConv& conv);
 

+    virtual size_t ToWChar(wchar_t *dst, size_t dstLen,
+                           const char *src, size_t srcLen = wxNO_LEN) const;
+    virtual size_t FromWChar(char *dst, size_t dstLen,
+                             const wchar_t *src, size_t srcLen = wxNO_LEN) const;

     virtual size_t MB2WC(wchar_t *outputBuf, const char *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
     virtual size_t WC2MB(char *outputBuf, const wchar_t *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
     virtual size_t MB2WC(wchar_t *outputBuf, const char *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
     virtual size_t WC2MB(char *outputBuf, const wchar_t *psz, size_t outputSize) const;

+    virtual size_t GetMBNulLen() const;
+
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE_UTF8
+    virtual bool IsUTF8() const;
+#endif
+
+    virtual wxMBConv *Clone() const { return new wxCSConv(*this); }

 
 

-    void Clear() ;
+    void Clear();
+
+    // return true if the conversion could be initilized successfully
+    bool IsOk() const;

 
 private:
     // common part of all ctors
 
 private:
     // common part of all ctors


@@ -198,12 +428,12 @@ private:
 
     // set the name (may be only called when m_name == NULL), makes copy of
     // charset string
 
     // set the name (may be only called when m_name == NULL), makes copy of
     // charset string

-    void SetName(const wxChar *charset);
+    void SetName(const char *charset);

 
 
     // note that we can't use wxString here because of compilation
     // dependencies: we're included from wx/string.h
 
 
     // note that we can't use wxString here because of compilation
     // dependencies: we're included from wx/string.h

-    wxChar *m_name;
+    char *m_name;

     wxFontEncoding m_encoding;
 
     // use CreateConvIfNeeded() before accessing m_convReal!
     wxFontEncoding m_encoding;
 
     // use CreateConvIfNeeded() before accessing m_convReal!


@@ -211,43 +441,40 @@ private:
     bool m_deferred;
 };
 
     bool m_deferred;
 };
 

-#ifdef __UNIX__

 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

-// wxConvBrokenFileNames is made for GTK2 in Unicode mode when
-// files are accidentally written in an encoding which is not
-// the system encoding. Typically, the system encoding will be
-// UTF8 but there might be files stored in ISO8859-1 on disk.
+// declare predefined conversion objects

 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

-class wxConvBrokenFileNames : public wxMBConv
-{
-public:
-    wxConvBrokenFileNames();
-    virtual ~wxConvBrokenFileNames() { delete m_conv; }
+// Note: this macro is an implementation detail (see the comment in
+// strconv.cpp). The wxGet_XXX() and wxGet_XXXPtr() functions shouldn't be
+// used by user code and neither should XXXPtr, use the wxConvXXX macro
+// instead.
+#define WX_DECLARE_GLOBAL_CONV(klass, name)                             \
+    extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(klass*) name##Ptr;                     \
+    extern WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE klass* wxGet_##name##Ptr();                 \
+    inline klass& wxGet_##name()                                        \
+    {                                                                   \
+        if ( !name##Ptr )                                               \
+            name##Ptr = wxGet_##name##Ptr();                            \
+        return *name##Ptr;                                              \
+    }

 
 

-    virtual size_t MB2WC(wchar_t *outputBuf, const char *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
-    virtual size_t WC2MB(char *outputBuf, const wchar_t *psz, size_t outputSize) const;
-
-private:
-    // the conversion object we forward to
-    wxMBConv *m_conv;
-};
-#endif
-// __UNIX__
-
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// declare predefined conversion objects
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
 // conversion to be used with all standard functions affected by locale, e.g.
 // strtol(), strftime(), ...
 
 // conversion to be used with all standard functions affected by locale, e.g.
 // strtol(), strftime(), ...

-extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(wxMBConv&) wxConvLibc;
+WX_DECLARE_GLOBAL_CONV(wxMBConv, wxConvLibc)
+#define wxConvLibc wxGet_wxConvLibc()

 
 // conversion ISO-8859-1/UTF-7/UTF-8 <-> wchar_t
 
 // conversion ISO-8859-1/UTF-7/UTF-8 <-> wchar_t

-extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(wxCSConv&) wxConvISO8859_1;
-extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(wxMBConvUTF7&) wxConvUTF7;
-extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(wxMBConvUTF8&) wxConvUTF8;
+WX_DECLARE_GLOBAL_CONV(wxCSConv, wxConvISO8859_1)
+#define wxConvISO8859_1 wxGet_wxConvISO8859_1()
+
+WX_DECLARE_GLOBAL_CONV(wxMBConvUTF8, wxConvUTF8)
+#define wxConvUTF8 wxGet_wxConvUTF8()
+
+WX_DECLARE_GLOBAL_CONV(wxMBConvUTF7, wxConvUTF7)
+#define wxConvUTF7 wxGet_wxConvUTF7()

 
 // conversion used for the file names on the systems where they're not Unicode
 // (basically anything except Windows)
 
 // conversion used for the file names on the systems where they're not Unicode
 // (basically anything except Windows)


@@ -265,9 +492,17 @@ extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(wxMBConv *) wxConvFileName;
 // default in a couple of places inside wx (initially same as wxConvLibc)
 extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(wxMBConv *) wxConvCurrent;
 
 // default in a couple of places inside wx (initially same as wxConvLibc)
 extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(wxMBConv *) wxConvCurrent;
 

-// ???
-extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(wxCSConv&) wxConvLocal;
+// the conversion corresponding to the current locale
+WX_DECLARE_GLOBAL_CONV(wxCSConv, wxConvLocal)
+#define wxConvLocal wxGet_wxConvLocal()
+
+// the conversion corresponding to the encoding of the standard UI elements
+//
+// by default this is the same as wxConvLocal but may be changed if the program
+// needs to use a fixed encoding
+extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(wxMBConv *) wxConvUI;

 
 

+#undef WX_DECLARE_GLOBAL_CONV

 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // endianness-dependent conversions
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // endianness-dependent conversions


@@ -285,13 +520,7 @@ extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(wxCSConv&) wxConvLocal;
 // filename conversion macros
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // filename conversion macros
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

-// filenames are multibyte on Unix and probably widechar on Windows?
-#if defined(__UNIX__) || defined(__BORLANDC__) || defined(__WXMAC__ )
-    #define wxMBFILES 1
-#else
-    #define wxMBFILES 0
-#endif
-
+// filenames are multibyte on Unix and widechar on Windows

 #if wxMBFILES && wxUSE_UNICODE
     #define wxFNCONV(name) wxConvFileName->cWX2MB(name)
     #define wxFNSTRINGCAST wxMBSTRINGCAST
 #if wxMBFILES && wxUSE_UNICODE
     #define wxFNCONV(name) wxConvFileName->cWX2MB(name)
     #define wxFNSTRINGCAST wxMBSTRINGCAST


@@ -338,12 +567,26 @@ extern WXDLLIMPEXP_DATA_BASE(wxMBConv *) wxConvCurrent;
 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
     #define wxConvertWX2MB(s)   wxConvCurrent->cWX2MB(s)
     #define wxConvertMB2WX(s)   wxConvCurrent->cMB2WX(s)
 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
     #define wxConvertWX2MB(s)   wxConvCurrent->cWX2MB(s)
     #define wxConvertMB2WX(s)   wxConvCurrent->cMB2WX(s)

+
+    // these functions should be used when the conversions really, really have
+    // to succeed (usually because we pass their results to a standard C
+    // function which would crash if we passed NULL to it), so these functions
+    // always return a valid pointer if their argument is non-NULL
+
+    // this function safety is achieved by trying wxConvLibc first, wxConvUTF8
+    // next if it fails and, finally, wxConvISO8859_1 which always succeeds
+    extern WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxWCharBuffer wxSafeConvertMB2WX(const char *s);
+
+    // this function uses wxConvLibc and wxConvUTF8(MAP_INVALID_UTF8_TO_OCTAL)
+    // if it fails
+    extern WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxCharBuffer wxSafeConvertWX2MB(const wchar_t *ws);

 #else // ANSI
     // no conversions to do
     #define wxConvertWX2MB(s)   (s)
     #define wxConvertMB2WX(s)   (s)
 #else // ANSI
     // no conversions to do
     #define wxConvertWX2MB(s)   (s)
     #define wxConvertMB2WX(s)   (s)

+    #define wxSafeConvertMB2WX(s) (s)
+    #define wxSafeConvertWX2MB(s) (s)

 #endif // Unicode/ANSI
 
 #endif // Unicode/ANSI
 

-#endif
-  // _WX_WXSTRCONVH__
+#endif // _WX_STRCONV_H_