Return whether string contains valid UTF‐8.

Synopsis

Declared in <bdlde_utf8util.h>

static
bool
isValid(
    char const** invalidString,
    char const* string);

Description

Return true if the specified string contains valid UTF‐8, and false otherwise. If string contains invalid UTF‐8, load into the specified invalidString the address of the beginning of the first invalid UTF‐8 sequence encountered; invalidString is unaffected if string contains only valid UTF‐8. string is necessarily null‐terminated, so it cannot contain embedded null bytes.

Return Value

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

Parameters

Name

Description

invalidString

if non‐null, set to the first invalid sequence

string

null‐terminated UTF‐8 input to validate

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