Encode::BOCU1::XS - Perl extension for encoding / decoding BOCU-1 string. Works as part of Encode.pm
use Encode::BOCU1::XS;
$string = 'UTF-8 text to convert...' Encode::from_to($string,'utf8','bocu1');
$string = 'BOCU-1 data to convert...' Encode::from_to($string,'bocu1','shiftjis');
BOCU-1 is a MIME-compatible application of the Binary Ordered Compression for Unicode [BOCU] base algorithm developed and patented by IBM.
Encode::BOCU1::XS enables to convert any encoding systems supported by Encode.pm from/to BOCU-1 through UTF-8. It uses a lot less CPU than Encode::BOCU1, the original pure-perl module.
http://www.unicode.org/notes/tn6/ http://icu.sourceforge.net/docs/papers/binary_ordered_compression_for_unicode.html
Source files found under IBM_CODES/ directory * bocu1.h (constants and macros) * bocu1.c (encoder and decoder functions) * bocu1tst.c (test code with main() function) from "Sample C Code" on http://www.unicode.org/notes/tn6/ are
Copyright (C) 2002, International Business Machines Corporation and others. All Rights Reserved.
The "Sample C Code" is under the X license (ICU version). ICU License : http://dev.icu-project.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/icu/license.html
BOCU "Binary-Ordered Compression For Unicode" is a patent-protected technology of IBM. (US Patent 6737994)
The XS glue code is written by Naoya Tozuka and Copyright (C) 2006, Naoya Tozuka <naoyat@naochan.com>. As with the original C code, this port is licensed under the X license (ICU version). also distributed under the ICU License.
To install Encode::BOCU1::XS, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Encode::BOCU1::XS
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Encode::BOCU1::XS
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.