Encode::Detect::Detector(3)    User Contributed Perl Documentation    Encode::Detect::Detector(3)



NAME
       Encode::Detect::Detector - Detects the encoding of data

SYNOPSIS
         use Encode::Detect::Detector;
         my $charset = detect($octets);

         my $d = new Encode::Detect::Detector;
         $d->handle($octets);
         $d->handle($more_octets);
         $d->end;
         my $charset = $d->getresult;

DESCRIPTION
       This module provides an interface to Mozilla's universal charset detector, which detects
       the charset used to encode data.

METHODS
       $charset = Encode::Detect::Detector->detect($octets)

       Detect the charset used to encode the data in $octets and return the charset's name.
       Returns undef if the charset cannot be determined with sufficient confidence.

       $d = Encode::Detect::Detector->new()

       Creates a new "Encode::Detect::Detector" object and returns it.

       $d->handle($octets)

       Provides an additional chunk of data to be examined by the detector.  May be called multi-
       ple times.

       Returns zero on success, nonzero if a memory allocation failed.

       $d->eof

       Informs the detector that there is no more data to be examined.  In many cases, this is
       necessary in order for the detector to make a decision on the charset.

       $d->reset

       Resets the detector to its initial state.

       $d->getresult

       Returns the name of the detected charset or "undef" if no charset has (yet) been decided
       upon.  May be called at any time.

SEE ALSO
       Encode::Detect

AUTHOR
       John Gardiner Myers <>

SUPPORT
       For help and thank you notes, e-mail the author directly.  To report a bug, submit a
       patch, or add to the wishlist please visit the CPAN bug manager at: http://rt.cpan.org



perl v5.8.8                                 2008-06-26                Encode::Detect::Detector(3)