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+// -*- C++ -*-
+
+//=========================================================================
+/**
+ * @file Encoding_Converter.h
+ *
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * This class is the base class for all encoding converters that convert
+ * to and from UTF-8.
+ *
+ * @author Chad Elliott <elliott_c@ociweb.com>
+ */
+//=========================================================================
+
+#ifndef ACE_ENCODING_CONVERTER_H
+#define ACE_ENCODING_CONVERTER_H
+
+#include /**/ "ace/pre.h"
+
+#include "ace/Basic_Types.h"
+
+#if defined (ACE_USES_WCHAR)
+#include /**/ "ace/ACE_export.h"
+
+ACE_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
+
+/** The base class for all ACE UTF Encoding Converters.
+ * This class provides a generic interface that is used to implement
+ * various UTF encoding conversion classes.
+ */
+class ACE_Export ACE_Encoding_Converter
+{
+public:
+  /// This enum describes the various states that can be returned
+  /// from the to_utf8() and from_utf8() methods which depends on
+  /// both the source buffer and the size of the target buffer.
+  enum Result {CONVERSION_OK,
+               SOURCE_EXHAUSTED,
+               TARGET_EXHAUSTED,
+               SOURCE_ILLEGAL
+              };
+
+  /// This destructor is here (and virtual) because we have virtual
+  /// functions.
+  virtual ~ACE_Encoding_Converter (void);
+
+  /// Convert the source (which can be in any encoding) to UTF-8 and
+  /// store it in the provided target buffer.
+  virtual Result to_utf8 (const void* source,
+                          size_t source_size,
+                          ACE_Byte* target,
+                          size_t target_size,
+                          bool strict = true) = 0;
+
+  /// Convert the UTF-8 source into an alternate encoding and store it
+  /// in the provided target buffer.
+  virtual Result from_utf8 (const ACE_Byte* source,
+                            size_t source_size,
+                            void* target,
+                            size_t target_size,
+                            bool strict = true) = 0;
+};
+
+ACE_END_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL
+#endif /* ACE_USES_WCHAR */
+
+#include /**/ "ace/post.h"
+
+#endif /* ACE_ENCODING_CONVERTER_H */