Class TextEncoder

TextEncoder takes code points and returns UTF-8 bytes.

Hierarchy

TextEncoder

Implements

TextEncoderCommon

Index

Constructors

Properties

Methods

encode encodeInto

Constructors

constructor

new TextEncoder(): TextEncoder
Create a new instance of TextEncoder.

Returns TextEncoder

Properties

`Readonly` encoding

encoding: "utf-8" = 'utf-8'

Always returns 'utf-8'.

Methods

encode

encode(input?: string): Uint8Array
Encode the given string into a byte array.
Parameters
- input: string = ''
  
  the string to encode.
Returns Uint8Array

encodeInto

encodeInto(input: string, destination: Uint8Array): TextEncoderEncodeIntoResult
Encode the given string and store the results in the given buffer.

Returns
an object describing the progress made in this call (code points read and bytes written).
Parameters
- input: string
  
  the string to encode.
- destination: Uint8Array
  
  the buffer where the encoded string should be stored.
Returns TextEncoderEncodeIntoResult