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- package Text::Iconv;
- # @(#) $Id: Iconv.pm,v 1.2 2003/09/16 18:16:45 joker Exp $
- # Copyright (c) 2000 Michael Piotrowski
-
- use strict;
- use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK);
-
- require Exporter;
- require DynaLoader;
- require AutoLoader;
-
- @ISA = qw(Exporter AutoLoader DynaLoader);
- # Items to export into callers namespace by default. Note: do not export
- # names by default without a very good reason. Use EXPORT_OK instead.
- # Do not simply export all your public functions/methods/constants.
- @EXPORT_OK = qw(
- convert
- );
- $VERSION = '1.2';
-
- bootstrap Text::Iconv $VERSION;
-
- # Preloaded methods go here.
-
- # Autoload methods go after =cut, and are processed by the autosplit program.
-
- 1;
- __END__
- # Below is the documentation for the module.
-
- =head1 NAME
-
- Text::Iconv - Perl interface to iconv() codeset conversion function
-
- =head1 SYNOPSIS
-
- use Text::Iconv;
- $converter = Text::Iconv->new("fromcode", "tocode");
- $converted = $converter->convert("Text to convert");
-
- =head1 DESCRIPTION
-
- The B<Text::Iconv> module provides a Perl interface to the iconv()
- function as defined by the Single UNIX Specification. The convert()
- method converts the encoding of characters in the input string from
- the I<fromcode> codeset to the I<tocode> codeset, and returns the
- result.
-
- Settings of I<fromcode> and I<tocode> and their permitted combinations
- are implementation-dependent. Valid values are specified in the
- system documentation
-
- =head1 ERRORS
-
- If the conversion can't be initialized an exception is raised (using
- croak()).
-
- As an experimental feature, this version of I<Text:Iconv> provides a
- new class attribute B<raise_error> and a corresponding class method
- for setting and getting its value. The handling of errors during
- conversion now depends on the setting of this attribute. If
- B<raise_error> is set to a true value, an exception is raised;
- otherwise, the convert() method only returns B<undef>. By default
- B<raise_error> is false. Warnings are no longer emitted. Example
- usage:
-
- Text::Iconv->raise_error(1); # Conversion errors raise exceptions
- Text::Iconv->raise_error(0); # Conversion errors return undef
- $a = Text::Iconv->raise_error(); # Get current setting
-
- Consult L<iconv(3)> for details on errors that might occur.
-
- Converting undef, e.g.,
-
- $converted = $converter->convert(undef);
-
- always returns undef. This is not considered an error.
-
- =head1 NOTES
-
- The supported codesets, their names, the supported conversions, and
- the quality of the conversions are all system-dependent.
-
- =head1 AUTHOR
-
- Michael Piotrowski <mxp@dynalabs.de>
-
- =head1 SEE ALSO
-
- iconv(1), iconv(3)
-
- =cut
-