Re: [xml] Read&Write Files with unicode/UTF-16 names (on Windows) (was: RE: Read tree from FILE* ?)

[Rob Richards <rrichards ctindustries net>]

Trappel Martin wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rob Richards [mailto:rrichards ctindustries net] 
>> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 2:23 PM
>> To: Trappel Martin
>> Cc: xml gnome org
>> Subject: Re: [xml] Read&Write Files with unicode/UTF-16 names 
>> (on Windows) (was: RE: Read tree from FILE* ?)
>>
>> Trappel Martin wrote:
>>     
>>> Still, allow me to phrase two questions:
>>> * Is there an opposite to xmlReadIO, something like xmlWriteIO ?
>>>   
>>>       
>> maybe xmlSaveToIO
>>     
>>> * Is anyone using the xmlRegisterInputCallbacks(..) to open 
>>>       
>> files with 
>>     
>>> wide character names? (It seems to me this would require some 
>>> additional wrapping, since the callback functions get char* for the 
>>> file URL. So I'd first had to encode the wchar_t filename 
>>>       
>> to utf8 and 
>>     
>>> the, in the callback, decode it again.)
>>>   
>>>       
>> You should encode the filenames to UTF-8 before passing them. 
>> Unless you have any other requirements, you shouldn't need 
>> custom I/O handlers. As of 2.6.24, under windows, the io 
>> handlers will first attempt to convert the path from utf-8 to 
>> wide chars and use the _wxxxx functions to stat and open. If 
>> you need to support prior versions, you can always use the 
>> code within xmlIO.c to write your own handlers.
>>
>>     
>
> Thanks a lot! This is fantabulous news :-)
>
> ( Is this mentioned anywhere in the docs? Did I look in the wrong places for
> this info? )
>   
I really don't know if it was added to the docs. Just remember this had
been brought up sometime last year and checked the release info:
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html.

Rob