utf16?

> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to produce a utf-16 encoded string (bytearray) in Gemstone?
> I need to write a utf-16 encoded csv file (which is the only cross-platform way to get a csv file with correct characters imported into excel..).
>
> Below is what I do in Pharo. Is there something that supports this in GS?
>
> Any ideas are welcome and appreciated ;-)
> Johan
>
> self requestContext respond: [ :response |
> response
> attachmentWithFileName: 'file.csv';
> contentType: ((WAMimeType main: 'text' sub: 'csv')
> charset: 'utf-16');
> binary.
> converter := UTF16TextConverter new useLittleEndian: true; useByteOrderMark: true.
> response nextPutAll: ((String streamContents: [:str |
> self exportCSVFor: coll on: str]) convertToWithConverter: converter) asByteArray]]

> Just in case it matters, GemStone 3.1 has support for Utf8, Utf16 and Utf32 encodings...
>
> Dale
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> | From: "Carla F. Griggio" <[hidden email]>
> | To: "GemStone Seaside beta discussion" <[hidden email]>
> | Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 2:06:05 PM
> | Subject: Re: [GS/SS Beta] utf16?
> |
> | I'm reviving this thread... Johan, have you managed to export
> | cross-platform csv files from GLASS?
> |
> | Cheers!
> | Carla.
> |
> |
> | On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Dale Henrichs < [hidden email]
> | > wrote:
> |
> |
> | Haha:) We have created primitives for doing the UTF8 conversion
> | quickly... So you are correct that porting a Smalltalk-based
> | solution is your best bet... If porting the TextConverter hierarchy
> | is a bigger task than you want to undertake, you could look at the
> | UTF8Encoding which does Smalltalk-based UTF8 conversion and
> | implement a UTF16Encoding class ...
> |
> | Dale
> |
> |
> |
> | ----- Original Message -----
> | | From: "Johan Brichau" < [hidden email] >
> | | To: "GemStone Seaside beta discussion" < [hidden email]
> | | >
> | | Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 4:20:32 AM
> | | Subject: Re: [GS/SS Beta] utf16?
> | |
> | | Ok, so I guess there is no way? ;-)
> | |
> | | I will have to check out if the TextConverter hierarchy from Pharo
> | | can (im)ported in/to Gemstone then.
> | |
> | | On 11 Aug 2011, at 19:11, Johan Brichau wrote:
> | |
> | | > Hi,
> | | >
> | | > Is there a way to produce a utf-16 encoded string (bytearray) in
> | | > Gemstone?
> | | > I need to write a utf-16 encoded csv file (which is the only
> | | > cross-platform way to get a csv file with correct characters
> | | > imported into excel..).
> | | >
> | | > Below is what I do in Pharo. Is there something that supports
> | | > this
> | | > in GS?
> | | >
> | | > Any ideas are welcome and appreciated ;-)
> | | > Johan
> | | >
> | | > self requestContext respond: [ :response |
> | | > response
> | | > attachmentWithFileName: 'file.csv';
> | | > contentType: ((WAMimeType main: 'text' sub: 'csv')
> | | > charset: 'utf-16');
> | | > binary.
> | | > converter := UTF16TextConverter new useLittleEndian: true;
> | | > useByteOrderMark: true.
> | | > response nextPutAll: ((String streamContents: [:str |
> | | > self exportCSVFor: coll on: str]) convertToWithConverter:
> | | > converter) asByteArray]]
> | |
> | |
> |
> |