    // Copyright (C) 2007  Davis E. King (davis@dlib.net), and Nils Labugt
    // License: Boost Software License   See LICENSE.txt for the full license.
    #undef DLIB_UNICODe_ABSTRACT_H_
    #ifdef DLIB_UNICODe_ABSTRACT_H_

    #include "../uintn.h"
    #include "../error.h"
    #include <string>
    #include <fstream>

    namespace dlib
    {

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        // a typedef for an unsigned 32bit integer to hold our UNICODE characters
        typedef uint32 unichar;

        // a typedef for a string object to hold our UNICODE strings
        typedef std::basic_string<unichar> ustring;

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <typename T>
        bool is_combining_char(
            const T ch_
        );
        /*!
            ensures
                - if (ch_ is a unicode combining character) then
                    - returns true
                - else
                    - returns false
        !*/

        bool is_surrogate(
            unichar ch
        );
        /*!
            ensures
                - if (ch is a unicode surrogate character) then
                    - returns true
                - else
                    - returns false
        !*/

        unichar surrogate_pair_to_unichar(
            unichar first,
            unichar second
        );
        /*!
            requires
                - 0xD800 <= first < 0xDC00
                - 0xDC00 <= second < 0xE000
                - is_surrogate(first) == true
                - is_surrogate(second) == true
            ensures
                - converts two surrogates into one unicode character
        !*/

        void unichar_to_surrogate_pair(
            unichar ch,
            unichar& first,
            unichar& second
        );
        /*!
            requires
                - ch >= 0x10000 (i.e. is not in Basic Multilingual Plane)
            ensures
                - surrogate_pair_to_unichar(#first,#second) == ch
                  (i.e. converts ch into two surrogate characters)
        !*/

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        class invalid_utf8_error : public error
        {
        public:
            invalid_utf8_error():error(EUTF8_TO_UTF32) {}
        };

        const ustring convert_utf8_to_utf32 (
            const std::string& str
        );
        /*!
            ensures
                - if (str is a valid UTF-8 encoded string) then
                    - returns a copy of str that has been converted into a
                      unichar string
                - else
                    - throws invalid_utf8_error
        !*/

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        const ustring convert_wstring_to_utf32 (
            const std::wstring &wstr
        );
        /*!
            requires
                - wstr is a valid UTF-16 string when sizeof(wchar_t) == 2
                - wstr is a valid UTF-32 string when sizeof(wchar_t) == 4
            ensures
                - converts wstr into UTF-32 string
        !*/

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        const std::wstring convert_utf32_to_wstring (
            const ustring &str
        );
        /*!
            requires
                - str is a valid UTF-32 encoded string
            ensures
                - converts str into wstring whose encoding is UTF-16 when sizeof(wchar_t) == 2
                - converts str into wstring whose encoding is UTF-32 when sizeof(wchar_t) == 4
        !*/

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        const std::wstring convert_mbstring_to_wstring (
            const std::string &str
        );
        /*!
            requires
                - str is a valid multibyte string whose encoding is same as current locale setting
            ensures
                - converts str into wstring whose encoding is UTF-16 when sizeof(wchar_t) == 2
                - converts str into wstring whose encoding is UTF-32 when sizeof(wchar_t) == 4
        !*/

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        const std::string convert_wstring_to_mbstring (
            const std::wstring &src
        );
        /*!
            requires
                - str is a valid wide character string string whose encoding is same as current
                  locale setting
            ensures
                - returns a multibyte encoded version of the given string
        !*/

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename charT
            >
        class basic_utf8_ifstream : public std::basic_istream<charT>
        {
            /*!
                WHAT THIS OBJECT REPRESENTS
                    This object represents an input file stream much like the
                    normal std::ifstream except that it knows how to read UTF-8
                    data.  So when you read characters out of this stream it will
                    automatically convert them from the UTF-8 multibyte encoding
                    into a fixed width wide character encoding.
            !*/

        public:

            basic_utf8_ifstream (
            );
            /*!
                ensures
                    - constructs an input stream that isn't yet associated with
                      a file.
            !*/

            basic_utf8_ifstream (
                const char* file_name,
                std::ios_base::openmode mode = std::ios::in
            );
            /*!
                ensures
                    - tries to open the given file for reading by this stream
                    - mode is interpreted exactly the same was as the open mode
                      argument used by std::ifstream.
            !*/

            basic_utf8_ifstream (
                const std::string& file_name,
                std::ios_base::openmode mode = std::ios::in
            );
            /*!
                ensures
                    - tries to open the given file for reading by this stream
                    - mode is interpreted exactly the same was as the open mode
                      argument used by std::ifstream.
            !*/

            void open(
                const std::string& file_name,
                std::ios_base::openmode mode = std::ios::in
            );
            /*!
                ensures
                    - tries to open the given file for reading by this stream
                    - mode is interpreted exactly the same was as the open mode
                      argument used by std::ifstream.
            !*/

            void open (
                const char* file_name,
                std::ios_base::openmode mode = std::ios::in
            );
            /*!
                ensures
                    - tries to open the given file for reading by this stream
                    - mode is interpreted exactly the same was as the open mode
                      argument used by std::ifstream.
            !*/

            void close (
            );
            /*!
                ensures
                    - any file opened by this stream has been closed
            !*/
        };

        typedef basic_utf8_ifstream<unichar> utf8_uifstream;
        typedef basic_utf8_ifstream<wchar_t> utf8_wifstream;

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    }

    #endif // DLIB_UNICODe_ABSTRACT_H_