std::codecvt_utf8_utf16

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Defined in header `<codecvt>`

template< class Elem, unsigned long Maxcode = 0x10ffff, std::codecvt_mode Mode = (std::codecvt_mode)0 > class codecvt_utf8_utf16;

std::codecvt_utf8_utf16 is a std::codecvt facet which encapsulates conversion between a UTF-8 encoded byte string and UTF-16 encoded character string. If Elem is a 32-bit type, one UTF-16 codepoint will be stored in each 32-bit character of the output sequence. This codecvt facet can be used to read and write UTF-8 files, both text and binary.

[edit] Template Parameters

`Elem`	-	either char16_t, char32_t, or wchar_t
`Maxcode`	-	the largest value of `Elem` that this facet will read or write without error
`Mode`	-	a constant of type std::codecvt_mode

[edit] Example

The following example demonstrates reading a UTF-8 file into a UTF-16 string on a system with 32-bit wchar_t

#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <locale>
#include <codecvt>
int main()
{
    std::ofstream("text.txt") << u8"z\u6c34\U0001d10b";
 
    std::wifstream file1("text.txt");
    file1.imbue(std::locale("en_US.UTF8"));
    std::cout << "Normal read from file (using default UTF-8/UTF-32 codecvt)\n";
    for(wchar_t c; file1 >> c; )
        std::cout << std::hex << std::showbase << c << '\n';
 
    std::wifstream file2("text.txt");
    file2.imbue(std::locale(file2.getloc(), new std::codecvt_utf8_utf16<wchar_t>));
    std::cout << "UTF-16 read from the same file (using codecvt_utf8_utf16)\n";
    for(wchar_t c; file2 >> c; )
        std::cout << std::hex << std::showbase << c << '\n';
}

Output:

Normal read from file (using default UTF-8/UTF-32 codecvt)
0x7a
0x6c34
0x1d10b
UTF-16 read from the same file (using codecvt_utf8_utf16)
0x7a
0x6c34
0xd834
0xdd0b

[edit] See also

Character conversions	narrow multibyte (char)	UTF-8 (char)	UTF-16 (char16_t)
UTF-16	`mbrtoc16` / `c16rtombr`	`codecvt`<char16_t, char, mbstate_t> `codecvt_utf8_utf16`<char16_t> `codecvt_utf8_utf16`<char32_t> `codecvt_utf8_utf16`<wchar_t>	N/A
UCS2	No	`codecvt_utf8`<char16_t>	`codecvt_utf16`<char16_t>
UTF-32/UCS4 (char32_t)	`mbrtoc32` / `c32rtombr`	`codecvt`<char32_t, char, mbstate_t> `codecvt_utf8`<char32_t>	`codecvt_utf16`<char32_t>
UCS2/UCS4 (wchar_t)	No	`codecvt_utf8`<wchar_t>	`codecvt_utf16`<wchar_t>
wide (wchar_t)	`codecvt`<wchar_t, char, mbstate_t> `mbstowcs` / `wcstombs`	No	No

codecvt

converts between character encodings, including UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32
(class template)

codecvt_mode (C++11)

tags to alter behavior of the standard codecvt facets
(class)

codecvt_utf8 (C++11)

converts between UTF-8 and UCS2/UCS4
(class template)

codecvt_utf16 (C++11)

converts between UTF-16 and UCS2/UCS4
(class template)