-require 'iconv'
-
module UTF8
##
# Checks that a string is valid UTF-8 by trying to convert it to UTF-8
# using the iconv library, which is in the standard library.
def self.valid?(str)
return true if str.nil?
- Iconv.conv("UTF-8", "UTF-8", str)
- return true
-
- rescue
- return false
- end
+ str.valid_encoding?
+ end
end
-