libidnkit(3LIB) 						Interface Libraries						   libidnkit(3LIB)

NAME

       libidnkit - IDN conversion library

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag... ] file... -lidnkit [ library... ]
       #include <idn/api.h>

DESCRIPTION

       Functions  in this library provide conversions between ACE string and multibyte character string of the current locale or a specified code-
       set. They support various manipulations of internationalized domain names, including encoding conversion and  name  preparation.  They  are
       designed  according  to	IDNA framework where each application must do necessary preparations for the internationalized domain names before
       passing them to the resolver. The library provides easy-to-use, high-level interfaces to help applications with the preparation.

       The libidnkit library internally uses iconv(3C) to provide encoding conversion from UTF-8 to the local encoding (such as ISO8859-1, usually
       determined by the current locale), and from the local encoding to UTF-8.

INTERFACES

       The  shared  object  libidnkit.so.1  provides the public interfaces defined below. See Intro(3) for additional information on shared object
       interfaces.

       idn_decodename		     idn_decodename2
       idn_enable		     idn_encodename
       idn_nameinit

FILES

       /usr/lib/libidnkit.so.1	     shared object

       /usr/lib/64/libidnkit.so.1    64-bit shared object

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWidnl			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Unsafe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       Intro(3), iconv(3C), idn_decodename(3EXT), setlocale(3C), hosts(4), attributes(5), environ(5)

       RFC 3490 	  Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)

       RFC 3491 	  Nameprep: A Stringprep Profile for Internationalized Domain Names (IDN)

       RFC 3492 	  Punycode: A Bootstring encoding of Unicode for Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)

       RFC 3454 	  Preparation of Internationalized Strings ("stringprep")

       RFC 952		  DoD Internet Host Table Specification

       RFC 921		  Domain Name System Implementation Schedule - Revised

       STD 3, RFC 1122	  Requirements for Internet Hosts -- Communication Layers

       STD 3, RFC 1123	  Requirements for Internet Hosts -- Applications and Support

       Unicode Standard Annex #15: Unicode Normalization Forms, Version 3.2.0. http://www.unicode.org

       International Language Environments Guide (for this version of Solaris)

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SunOS 5.11							    15 Aug 2003 						   libidnkit(3LIB)