NAME

       Unicode::Escape - Escape and unescape Unicode characters other than ASCII

VERSION

       This document describes Unicode::Escape version 0.0.1

SYNOPSIS

           # Escape Unicode charactors like '\\u3042\\u3043\\u3044'.
           # JSON thinks No more Garble!!

           # case 1
           use Unicode::Escape;
           my $escaped1 = Unicode::Escape::escape($str1, 'euc-jp');             # $str1 contains charactor that is not ASCII. $str1 is encoded by euc-jp.
           my $escaped2 = Unicode::Escape::escape($str2);     # default is utf8 # $str2 contains charactor that is not ASCII.
           my $unescaped1 = Unicode::Escape::unescape($str3, 'shiftjis');       # $str3 contains escaped Unicode character. return value is encoded by shiftjis.
           my $unescaped2 = Unicode::Escape::unescape($str4); # default is utf8 # $str4 contains escaped Unicode character.

           # case 2
           use Unicode::Escape qw(escape unescape);
           my $escaped1 = escape($str1, 'euc-jp');             # $str1 contains charactor that is not ASCII. $str1 is encoded by euc-jp.
           my $escaped2 = escape($str2);     # default is utf8 # $str2 contains charactor that is not ASCII.
           my $unescaped1 = unescape($str3, 'shiftjis');       # $str3 contains escaped Unicode character. return value is encoded by shiftjis.
           my $unescaped2 = unescape($str4); # default is utf8 # $str4 contains escaped Unicode character.

           # case 3
           use Unicode::Escape;
           my $escaper = Unicode::Escape->new($str, 'shiftjis'); # $str contains charactor that is not ASCII. $str is encoded by shiftjis.(default is utf8)
           my $escaped = $escaper->escape;

           # case 4
           use Unicode::Escape;
           my $escaper = Unicode::Escape->new($str); # $str contains escaped Unicode character.
           my $unescaped1 = $escaper->unescape('shiftjis');
           my $unescaped2 = $escaper->unescape;      # default is utf8.

DESCRIPTION

       Escape and unescape Unicode characters other than ASCII.  When the server response is
       javascript code, it is convenient.

METHODS

   new( $string[, $encode ] )
       string
         Target string for escape or unescape.

       encode
         For instance, 'utf8', 'shiftjis', and 'euc-jp', etc. (See Encode)

   escape( $string[, $encode ] )
       string
         Target string. This argument is unnecessary when called as object method.

       encode
         For instance, 'utf8', 'shiftjis', and 'euc-jp', etc. (See Encode) This argument is
         unnecessary when called as object method.

   unescape( $string[, $encode ] )
       string
         Target string. This argument is unnecessary when called as object method.

       encode
         For instance, 'utf8', 'shiftjis', and 'euc-jp', etc. (See Encode)

SEE ALSO

       Unicode::String, Encode

INCOMPATIBILITIES

       None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

       No bugs have been reported.

       Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-unicode-escape@rt.cpan.org", or through
       the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org>.

AUTHOR

       Hitoshi Amano  "<seijro@gmail.com>"

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2006, Hitoshi Amano "<seijro@gmail.com>". All rights reserved.

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.

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       BECAUSE THIS SOFTWARE IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE SOFTWARE,
       TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE
       COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
       ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
       WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO
       THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE SOFTWARE PROVE
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       IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT
       HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE SOFTWARE AS PERMITTED BY
       THE ABOVE LICENCE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL,
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