base/strings/sys_string_conversions.h

   1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
   2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
   3 // found in the LICENSE file.
   4
   5 #ifndef BASE_STRINGS_SYS_STRING_CONVERSIONS_H_
   6 #define BASE_STRINGS_SYS_STRING_CONVERSIONS_H_
   7
   8 // Provides system-dependent string type conversions for cases where it's
   9 // necessary to not use ICU. Generally, you should not need this in Chrome,
  10 // but it is used in some shared code. Dependencies should be minimal.
  11
  12 #include <string>
  13
  14 #include "base/base_export.h"
  15 #include "base/basictypes.h"
  16 #include "base/strings/string16.h"
  17 #include "base/strings/string_piece.h"
  18
  19 #if defined(OS_MACOSX)
  20 #include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
  21 #ifdef __OBJC__
  22 @class NSString;
  23 #else
  24 class NSString;
  25 #endif
  26 #endif  // OS_MACOSX
  27
  28 namespace base {
  29
  30 // Converts between wide and UTF-8 representations of a string. On error, the
  31 // result is system-dependent.
  32 BASE_EXPORT std::string SysWideToUTF8(const std::wstring& wide);
  33 BASE_EXPORT std::wstring SysUTF8ToWide(const StringPiece& utf8);
  34
  35 // Converts between wide and the system multi-byte representations of a string.
  36 // DANGER: This will lose information and can change (on Windows, this can
  37 // change between reboots).
  38 BASE_EXPORT std::string SysWideToNativeMB(const std::wstring& wide);
  39 BASE_EXPORT std::wstring SysNativeMBToWide(const StringPiece& native_mb);
  40
  41 // Windows-specific ------------------------------------------------------------
  42
  43 #if defined(OS_WIN)
  44
  45 // Converts between 8-bit and wide strings, using the given code page. The
  46 // code page identifier is one accepted by the Windows function
  47 // MultiByteToWideChar().
  48 BASE_EXPORT std::wstring SysMultiByteToWide(const StringPiece& mb,
  49                                             uint32 code_page);
  50 BASE_EXPORT std::string SysWideToMultiByte(const std::wstring& wide,
  51                                            uint32 code_page);
  52
  53 #endif  // defined(OS_WIN)
  54
  55 // Mac-specific ----------------------------------------------------------------
  56
  57 #if defined(OS_MACOSX)
  58
  59 // Converts between STL strings and CFStringRefs/NSStrings.
  60
  61 // Creates a string, and returns it with a refcount of 1. You are responsible
  62 // for releasing it. Returns NULL on failure.
  63 BASE_EXPORT CFStringRef SysUTF8ToCFStringRef(const std::string& utf8);
  64 BASE_EXPORT CFStringRef SysUTF16ToCFStringRef(const string16& utf16);
  65
  66 // Same, but returns an autoreleased NSString.
  67 BASE_EXPORT NSString* SysUTF8ToNSString(const std::string& utf8);
  68 BASE_EXPORT NSString* SysUTF16ToNSString(const string16& utf16);
  69
  70 // Converts a CFStringRef to an STL string. Returns an empty string on failure.
  71 BASE_EXPORT std::string SysCFStringRefToUTF8(CFStringRef ref);
  72 BASE_EXPORT string16 SysCFStringRefToUTF16(CFStringRef ref);
  73
  74 // Same, but accepts NSString input. Converts nil NSString* to the appropriate
  75 // string type of length 0.
  76 BASE_EXPORT std::string SysNSStringToUTF8(NSString* ref);
  77 BASE_EXPORT string16 SysNSStringToUTF16(NSString* ref);
  78
  79 #endif  // defined(OS_MACOSX)
  80
  81 }  // namespace base
  82
  83 #endif  // BASE_STRINGS_SYS_STRING_CONVERSIONS_H_