/* 
 * File:   unicode.hpp
 * Author: etienne
 *
 * Created on 28 April 2009, 5:53 PM
 */

#ifndef _UNICODE_HPP
#define	_UNICODE_HPP

#include <string>
#include <vector>

namespace unicode {

    typedef unsigned int code_point;

    class string : public std::basic_string<code_point> {
    public:
        string();
        virtual ~string() throw();
        std::vector<unsigned char> encode();
        string& decode(
            std::vector<unsigned char>&
        );
    private:
        std::pair<
            unsigned char,
            code_point
        > m_code;
        std::pair<
            code_point,
            code_point
        > m_range;
    protected:
    };

}


#endif	/* _UNICODE_HPP */