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Encoding

​​ TextEncoder

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The TextEncoder takes a stream of code points as input and emits a stream of bytes. Encoding types passed to the constructor are ignored and a UTF-8 TextEncoder is created.

TextEncoder() returns a newly constructed TextEncoder that generates a byte stream with UTF-8 encoding. TextEncoder takes no parameters and throws no exceptions.

​​ Constructor

let encoder = new TextEncoder();

​​ Properties

  • encoder.encoding DOMString read-only
    • The name of the encoder as a string describing the method the TextEncoder uses (always utf-8).

​​ Methods


​​ TextDecoder

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The TextDecoder interface represents a UTF-8 decoder. Decoders take a stream of bytes as input and emit a stream of code points.

TextDecoder() returns a newly constructed TextDecoder that generates a code-point stream.

​​ Constructor

let decoder = new TextDecoder();

​​ Properties

  • decoder.encoding DOMString read-only

    • The name of the decoder that describes the method the TextDecoder uses.
  • decoder.fatal boolean read-only

    • Indicates if the error mode is fatal.
  • decoder.ignoreBOM boolean read-only

    • Indicates if the byte-order marker is ignored.

​​ Methods