PySide6.QtCore.QStringDecoder

class QStringDecoder

The QStringDecoder class provides a state-based decoder for text.

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A text decoder converts text an encoded text format that uses a specific encoding into Qt’s internal representation.

Converting encoded data into a QString can be achieved using the following code:

encodedString = "..."
toUtf16 = QStringDecoder(QStringDecoder.Utf8)
string = toUtf16(encodedString)

The decoder remembers any state that is required between calls, so converting data received in chunks, for example, when receiving it over a network, is just as easy, by calling the decoder whenever new data is available:

toUtf16 = QStringDecoder(QStringDecoder.Utf8)
string = QString()
while new_data_available():
    chunk = get_new_data()
    string += toUtf16(chunk)

The QStringDecoder object maintains state between chunks and therefore works correctly even if chunks are split in the middle of a multi-byte character sequence.

QStringDecoder objects can’t be copied because of their internal state, but can be moved.

Inheritance diagram of PySide6.QtCore.QStringDecoder

Synopsis

Methods

Static functions

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__init__()

Default constructs an decoder. The default decoder is not valid, and can’t be used for converting text.

__init__(name[, f=QStringConverterBase.Flag.Default])
Parameters:

  • name – str

  • f – Combination of Flag

__init__(encoding[, flags=QStringConverterBase.Flag.Default])
Parameters:
appendToBuffer(out, ba)
Parameters:

  • out – QChar

  • ba – QByteArrayView

Return type:

QChar

Decodes the sequence of bytes viewed by in and writes the decoded result into the buffer starting at out. Returns a pointer to the end of data written.

out needs to be large enough to be able to hold all the decoded data. Use requiredSpace to determine the maximum size requirements to decode an encoded data buffer of in.size() bytes.

See also

requiredSpace

static decoderForHtml(data)
Parameters:

data – QByteArrayView

Return type:

QStringDecoder

Tries to determine the encoding of the HTML in data by looking at leading byte order marks or a charset specifier in the HTML meta tag and returns a QStringDecoder matching the encoding. If the returned decoder is not valid, the encoding specified is not supported by QStringConverter . If no encoding is detected, the method returns a decoder for Utf8.

See also

isValid()

requiredSpace(inputLength)
Parameters:

inputLength – int

Return type:

int

Returns the maximum amount of UTF-16 code units required to be able to process inputLength encoded data.

See also

appendToBuffer