pub struct Utf8Error { /* fields omitted */ }
Errors which can occur when attempting to interpret a sequence of u8
as a string.
As such, the from_utf8
family of functions and methods for both String
s
and &str
s make use of this error, for example.
This error type’s methods can be used to create functionality
similar to String::from_utf8_lossy
without allocating heap memory:
fn from_utf8_lossy<F>(mut input: &[u8], mut push: F) where F: FnMut(&str) {
loop {
match ::std::str::from_utf8(input) {
Ok(valid) => {
push(valid);
break
}
Err(error) => {
let (valid, after_valid) = input.split_at(error.valid_up_to());
unsafe {
push(::std::str::from_utf8_unchecked(valid))
}
push("\u{FFFD}");
if let Some(invalid_sequence_length) = error.error_len() {
input = &after_valid[invalid_sequence_length..]
} else {
break
}
}
}
}
}
Returns the index in the given string up to which valid UTF-8 was
verified.
It is the maximum index such that from_utf8(&input[..index])
would return Ok(_)
.
Basic usage:
use std::str;
let sparkle_heart = vec![0, 159, 146, 150];
let error = str::from_utf8(&sparkle_heart).unwrap_err();
assert_eq!(1, error.valid_up_to());
Provide more information about the failure:
-
None
: the end of the input was reached unexpectedly.
self.valid_up_to()
is 1 to 3 bytes from the end of the input.
If a byte stream (such as a file or a network socket) is being decoded incrementally,
this could be a valid char
whose UTF-8 byte sequence is spanning multiple chunks.
-
Some(len)
: an unexpected byte was encountered.
The length provided is that of the invalid byte sequence
that starts at the index given by valid_up_to()
.
Decoding should resume after that sequence
(after inserting a U+FFFD REPLACEMENT CHARACTER) in case of lossy decoding.
Performs copy-assignment from source
. Read more
Formats the value using the given formatter. Read more
This method tests for self
and other
values to be equal, and is used by ==
. Read more
This method tests for !=
.
Formats the value using the given formatter. Read more
A short description of the error.
The lower-level cause of this error, if any.