module REXML module Encoding def encode_utf16 content array_utf8 = content.unpack("U*") array_enc = [] array_utf8.each do |num| if ((num>>16) > 0) array_enc << 0 array_enc << ?? else array_enc << (num >> 8) array_enc << (num & 0xFF) end end array_enc.pack('C*') end def decode_utf16(str) str = str[2..-1] if /^\376\377/n =~ str array_enc=str.unpack('C*') array_utf8 = [] 0.step(array_enc.size-1, 2){|i| array_utf8 << (array_enc.at(i+1) + array_enc.at(i)*0x100) } array_utf8.pack('U*') end register(UTF_16) do |obj| class << obj alias decode decode_utf16 alias encode encode_utf16 end end end end