src/Pure/General/length.scala

+/*  Title:      Pure/General/length.scala
+    Author:     Makarius
+
+Text length wrt. encoding.
+*/
+
+package isabelle
+
+
+trait Length
+{
+  def apply(text: String): Int
+  def offset(text: String, i: Int): Option[Text.Offset]
+}
+
+object Length extends Length
+{
+  def apply(text: String): Int = text.length
+  def offset(text: String, i: Int): Option[Text.Offset] =
+    if (0 <= i && i <= text.length) Some(i) else None
+
+  def encoding(name: String): Length =
+    name match {
+      case "UTF-8" => UTF8.Length
+      case "UTF-16" => Length
+      case "codepoints" => Codepoint.Length
+      case "symbols" => Symbol.Length
+      case _ =>
+        error("Bad text encoding: " + name + " (expected UTF-8, UTF-16, codepoints, symbols)")
+    }
+}