Function

FwupdPluginutf16_to_utf8_bytes

since: 1.9.3

Declaration [src]

gchar*
fu_utf16_to_utf8_bytes (
  GBytes* bytes,
  FuEndianType endian,
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

Converts a UTF-16 buffer to a UTF-8 string.

Available since: 1.9.3

Parameters

bytes

Type: GBytes

A GBytes.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

endian

Type: FuEndianType

An endian type, e.g. G_LITTLE_ENDIAN.

error

Type: GError **

The return location for a recoverable error.

The argument can be NULL.

If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to a NULL GError*.

The argument will be left initialized to NULL by the function if there are no errors.

In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

Return value

Type: gchar*

A string, or NULL on error.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.