On 11/22/05, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When dealing with inputs from libxml i would like to use a stl string > like class ... > > Is this a good idea?
Depends on many things... > Is there a class that supports wide strings in C++ stl? std::wstring But be aware: std::wstring is string of wchar_t, when libxml2 uses simple char (unsigned char if more preciously). Therefore, wide strings are have nothing with libxml2. Also, please, pay attantion that libxml2 uses UTF-8 (multi-byte encoding) internally, therefore you unable to obtain, e.g. 4th character by accessing to the 4th byte (i.e. str[3]) -- number of characters and number of bytes are two different things in the UTF-8. You can use regular std::string here (but casting from the "unsigned char" to the "char" will be required sometimes). Or you can use some C++ wrapper around libxml2 if you want (e.g. libxml++, http://libxmlplusplus.sourceforge.net/ ) Again: libxml2 uses "narrow" characters (unsigned char), not a "wide" characters (wchar_t). > Or am i better using the provide string functions in libxml? Again, depends on your application and your personal taste. -- Andrew W. Nosenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ xml mailing list, project page http://xmlsoft.org/ [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/xml
