QStringDecoder Class

The QStringDecoder class provides a state-based decoder for text. More...

Header:	#include <QStringDecoder>
CMake:	find_package(Qt6 COMPONENTS Core REQUIRED) target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE Qt6::Core)
qmake:	QT += core
Inherits:	QStringConverter

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Note: All functions in this class are reentrant.

Public Functions

	QStringDecoder(const char *name, QStringConverter::Flags flags = Flag::Default)
	QStringDecoder()
	QStringDecoder(QStringConverter::Encoding encoding, QStringConverter::Flags flags = Flag::Default)
QChar *	appendToBuffer(QChar *out, QByteArrayView in)
QString	decode(const QByteArray &ba)
QString	decode(QByteArrayView ba)
qsizetype	requiredSpace(qsizetype inputLength) const
QString	operator()(const QByteArray &ba)
QString	operator()(QByteArrayView ba)

Detailed Description

A text decoder converts text an encoded text format that uses a specific encoding into Qt's internal representation.

Converting encoded data into a QString can be achieved using the following code:

QByteArray encodedString = "...";
auto toUtf16 = QStringDecoder(QStringDecoder::Utf8);
QString string = toUtf16(encodedString);

The decoder remembers any state that is required between calls, so converting data received in chunks, for example, when receiving it over a network, is just as easy, by calling the decoder whenever new data is available:

auto toUtf16 = QStringDecoder(QStringDecoder::Utf8);

QString string;
while (new_data_available()) {
    QByteArray chunk = get_new_data();
    string += toUtf16(chunk);
}

The QStringDecoder object maintains state between chunks and therefore works correctly even if chunks are split in the middle of a multi-byte character sequence.

QStringDecoder objects can't be copied because of their internal state, but can be moved.

See also QStringConverter and QStringEncoder.

Member Function Documentation

Converts ba and returns the data as a QString.

QStringDecoder::QStringDecoder(const char *name, QStringConverter::Flags flags = Flag::Default)

Creates an decoder object using name and flags. If name is not the name of a known encoding an invalid converter will get created.

See also isValid().

QStringDecoder::QStringDecoder()

Default constructs an decoder. The default decoder is not valid, and can't be used for converting text.

QStringDecoder::QStringDecoder(QStringConverter::Encoding encoding, QStringConverter::Flags flags = Flag::Default)

Creates an decoder object using encoding and flags.

QChar *QStringDecoder::appendToBuffer(QChar *out, QByteArrayView in)

Decodes the sequence of bytes viewed by in and writes the decoded result into the buffer starting at out. Returns a pointer to the end of data written.

out needs to be large enough to be able to hold all the decoded data. Use requiredSpace to determine the maximum size requirements to decode an encoded data buffer of in.size() bytes.

See also requiredSpace.

qsizetype QStringDecoder::requiredSpace(qsizetype inputLength) const

Returns the maximum amount of UTF-16 code units required to be able to process inputLength encoded data.

See also appendToBuffer.