1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/json/common.rb b/lib/json/common.rb
index c7808fb..39f6336 100644
--- a/lib/json/common.rb
+++ b/lib/json/common.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'json/version'
+require 'iconv'
 
 module JSON
   class << self
@@ -316,6 +317,11 @@ module JSON
   rescue JSON::NestingError
     raise ArgumentError, "exceed depth limit"
   end
+
+  # Shortuct for iconv.
+  def self.iconv(to, from, string)
+    Iconv.iconv(to, from, string).first
+  end
 end
 
 module ::Kernel