1998-10-19 Roland McGrath <roland@baalperazim.frob.com>
[glibc.git] / iconv / iconv.h
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1 /* Copyright (C) 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
6 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
7 License, or (at your option) any later version.
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10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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15 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
16 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
17 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
19 #ifndef _ICONV_H
20 #define _ICONV_H 1
22 #include <features.h>
23 #define __need_size_t
24 #include <stddef.h>
27 __BEGIN_DECLS
29 /* Identifier for conversion method from one codeset to another. */
30 typedef void *iconv_t;
33 /* Allocate descriptor for code conversion from codeset FROMCODE to
34 codeset TOCODE. */
35 extern iconv_t iconv_open __P ((__const char *__tocode,
36 __const char *__fromcode));
38 /* Convert at most *INBYTESLEFT bytes from *INBUF according to the
39 code conversion algorithm specified by CD and place up to
40 *OUTBYTESLEFT bytes in buffer at *OUTBUF. */
41 extern size_t iconv __P ((iconv_t cd,
42 __const char **__inbuf, size_t *__inbytesleft,
43 char **__outbuf, size_t *__outbytesleft));
45 /* Free resources allocated for descriptor CD for code conversion. */
46 extern int iconv_close __P ((iconv_t __cd));
48 __END_DECLS
50 #endif /* iconv.h */