cpython/Lib/encodings/utf_16.py

""" Python 'utf-16' Codec


Written by Marc-Andre Lemburg (mal@lemburg.com).

(c) Copyright CNRI, All Rights Reserved. NO WARRANTY.

"""
import codecs, sys

### Codec APIs

encode = codecs.utf_16_encode

def decode(input, errors='strict'):
    return codecs.utf_16_decode(input, errors, True)

class StreamWriter(codecs.StreamWriter):
    def __init__(self, stream, errors='strict'):
        self.bom_written = False
        codecs.StreamWriter.__init__(self, stream, errors)

    def encode(self, input, errors='strict'):
        self.bom_written = True
        result = codecs.utf_16_encode(input, errors)
        if sys.byteorder == 'little':
            self.encode = codecs.utf_16_le_encode
        else:
            self.encode = codecs.utf_16_be_encode
        return result

class StreamReader(codecs.StreamReader):

    def reset(self):
        codecs.StreamReader.reset(self)
        try:
            del self.decode
        except AttributeError:
            pass

    def decode(self, input, errors='strict'):
        (object, consumed, byteorder) = \
            codecs.utf_16_ex_decode(input, errors, 0, False)
        if byteorder == -1:
            self.decode = codecs.utf_16_le_decode
        elif byteorder == 1:
            self.decode = codecs.utf_16_be_decode
        elif consumed>=2:
            raise UnicodeError,"UTF-16 stream does not start with BOM"
        return (object, consumed)

### encodings module API

def getregentry():

    return (encode,decode,StreamReader,StreamWriter)