Module: siteKiosk.text.utf8Encoding

This module provides functions to encode and decode UTF-8 byte arrays.

Example

//simple conversion between utf8 strings and byte arrays
var utfString = "I am an utf8 String!";
var byteArray = siteKiosk.text.utf8Encoding.getBytes(utfString);

//this should log the utfString content
console.log(siteKiosk.text.utf8encoding.getString(byteArray));

Methods

<static> getBytes(text) → {Array.<byte>}

Converts a string to a byte array.
Parameters:
Name Type Description
text string The text to convert
Returns:
The bytes converted from the text string
Type
Array.<byte>

<static> getString(bytes) → {string}

Converts a byte array to a string.
Parameters:
Name Type Description
bytes Array.<byte> A byte array to be converted
Returns:
The converted string
Type
string