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    12 <concept id="GUID-C71311A7-F747-57EB-B31F-6E634D5976A3" xml:lang="en"><title> Character
       
    13 Conversion (Charconv) Framework Overview</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>
       
    14 <p>The Symbian platform uses UTF-16 encoded Unicode text. The Charconv Framework
       
    15 provides the APIs and <xref href="GUID-06EDE5E8-04EA-5A74-ADE2-E5B8C49AB292.dita#GUID-06EDE5E8-04EA-5A74-ADE2-E5B8C49AB292/GUID-5E593C5A-882B-5B11-AD6E-CFD10EA6700B">converters</xref> to
       
    16 convert characters between foreign encodings and Unicode (UTF-16). </p>
       
    17 <p> </p>
       
    18 <section><title>Architecture</title> <p>The Character Conversion Framework
       
    19 comprises two components: </p> <ul>
       
    20 <li id="GUID-BD14B058-9F17-5B43-B3B4-12298700A6C2"><p>The Character Encoding
       
    21 and Conversion Framework component is also referred to as Charconv Framework.
       
    22 It contains built-in converters for many languages. It also provides APIs
       
    23 for selecting built-in or plug-in converters. </p> </li>
       
    24 <li id="GUID-91F95B05-7345-5617-81C0-1FF02119CC04"><p>The Character Encoding
       
    25 and Conversion Plug-ins component, also referred to as Charconv Plug-ins,
       
    26 contains ECom <xref href="GUID-001F6216-48AE-57D4-8985-65CF77B26F19.dita#GUID-001F6216-48AE-57D4-8985-65CF77B26F19/GUID-74C42671-A14C-5E38-8618-06CD8AFB5C70">plug-in
       
    27 converters</xref> for various languages not supported by the built-in converters.
       
    28 Device creators can write additional plug-in converters by implementing the <codeph>CCharacterSetConverterPluginInterface</codeph> interface. </p> </li>
       
    29 </ul> <fig id="GUID-4B8A7DE4-6A72-5950-96CE-D8BEACD977A0">
       
    30 <title>              Charconv Framework collection            </title>
       
    31 <image href="GUID-F681C857-086F-527A-9946-A91560601658_d0e377073_href.jpg" placement="inline"/>
       
    32 </fig> <p> </p> </section>
       
    33 <section><title>Using the Character Conversion Framework </title> <p>Application
       
    34 developers can use the Charconv API to convert text between various encodings
       
    35 and Unicode. </p> <p>Device creators can also write additional
       
    36 plug-in converters for specific encodings. </p> </section>
       
    37 </conbody><related-links>
       
    38 <link href="GUID-06EDE5E8-04EA-5A74-ADE2-E5B8C49AB292.dita"><linktext>Character
       
    39 Conversion (Charconv) Framework Concepts</linktext></link>
       
    40 <link href="GUID-E64C06D7-B138-5BCC-A814-3F9E2C517404.dita"><linktext>Character
       
    41 Encoding and Conversion Framework Component</linktext></link>
       
    42 <link href="GUID-E7ACEC20-27C9-5124-A46E-2812A64E3E4B.dita"><linktext>Character
       
    43 Encoding and Conversion Plug-ins Component</linktext></link>
       
    44 </related-links></concept>