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    {- |
       Module     : Text.XML.HXT.DOM.UTF8Decoding
       Copyright  : Copyright (C) 2005 Uwe Schmidt
       License    : MIT

       Maintainer : Uwe Schmidt (uwe@fh-wedel.de)
       Stability  : stable
       Portability: portable

       Interface for Data.Char.UTF8 funtions

    -}

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    module Text.XML.HXT.DOM.UTF8Decoding (
       decodeUtf8,
       decodeUtf8EmbedErrors,
       decodeUtf8IgnoreErrors,
       )
    where

    import qualified Data.Char.UTF8 as UTF8
    import Data.Word (Word8)

    -- | calls 'Data.Char.UTF8.decode' for parsing and decoding UTF-8

    decodeUtf8	:: String -> (String, [String])
    decodeUtf8 str
        = (res, map (uncurry toErrStr) errs)
        where
        (res, errs) = UTF8.decode . stringToByteString $ str

    decodeUtf8IgnoreErrors	:: String -> String
    decodeUtf8IgnoreErrors
        = fst . decodeUtf8

    decodeUtf8EmbedErrors	:: String -> [Either String Char]
    decodeUtf8EmbedErrors str
        = map (either (Left . uncurry toErrStr) Right) $
          UTF8.decodeEmbedErrors $ stringToByteString $ str

    stringToByteString :: String -> [Word8]
    stringToByteString = map (toEnum . fromEnum)

    toErrStr :: UTF8.Error -> Int -> String
    toErrStr err pos
    	= " at input position " ++ show pos ++ ": " ++ show err

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