BloombergLP::bdlde::Utf8Util::isValid

Return whether string contains only valid UTF-8 characters.

Synopsis

Declared in <bdlde_utf8util.h>

static
bool
isValid(
    char const** invalidString,
    std::string_view const& string);

Description

Return true if the specified string contains only valid UTF-8 characters, and false otherwise. If string contains invalid UTF-8, load into the specified invalidString the address of the byte after the last valid code point traversed; invalidString is unaffected if string contains only valid UTF-8. string need not be null-terminated and can contain embedded null bytes.

Return Value

true if string is valid UTF-8, and false otherwise

Parameters

NameDescription
invalidStringif non-null, set to after the last valid code point
stringUTF-8 string view to validate