Writing converters using the iconv interface

This section provides information about the iconv subroutines and structures in preparation for writing code set converters. Included in this discussion are an overview of the control flow and the order in which the framework operates, details about writing code set converters, and an example including the code, header file, and a makefile. This section applies to the iconv framework within AIX®.

Under the framework of the iconv_open, iconv and iconv_close subroutines, you can create and use several different types of converters. Applications can call these subroutines to convert characters in one code set into characters in a different code set. The access and use of the iconv_open, iconv and iconv_close subroutines is standardized by .X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4.