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+#
+# Author:: John Keiser (<jkeiser@opscode.com>)
+# Author:: Seth Chisamore (<schisamo@opscode.com>)
+# Copyright:: Copyright 2011 Opscode, Inc.
+# License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+require 'chef/win32/api/unicode'
+
+class Chef
+  module ReservedNames::Win32
+    class Unicode
+      include Chef::ReservedNames::Win32::API::Unicode
+      extend Chef::ReservedNames::Win32::API::Unicode
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+module FFI
+  class Pointer
+    def read_wstring(num_wchars)
+      Chef::ReservedNames::Win32::Unicode.wide_to_utf8(self.get_bytes(0, num_wchars*2))
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+class String
+  def to_wstring
+    Chef::ReservedNames::Win32::Unicode.utf8_to_wide(self)
+  end
+end