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src/utils/string_utils.cpp

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "utils/log.hpp"
 #include "utils/time.hpp"
-
+#include "utils/utf8.h"
 #include "coreutil.h"
 
 #include <math.h>
@@ -684,6 +684,32 @@ namespace StringUtils
         return output.str();
     }   // xmlEncode
 
+    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    std::string wide_to_utf8(const wchar_t* input)
+    {
+        static std::vector<char> utf8line;
+        utf8line.clear();
+
+        utf8::utf16to8(input, input + wcslen(input), back_inserter(utf8line));
+        utf8line.push_back(0);
+
+        return std::string(&utf8line[0]);
+    }
+
+    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    irr::core::stringw utf8_to_wide(const char* input)
+    {
+        static std::vector<wchar_t> utf16line;
+        utf16line.clear();
+
+        utf8::utf8to16(input, input + strlen(input), back_inserter(utf16line));
+        utf16line.push_back(0);
+
+        return irr::core::stringw(&utf16line[0]);
+    }
+
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     /** Converts a version string (in the form of 'X.Y.Za-rcU' into an
      *  integer number.