NAME
    Types::Encodings - type constraints for Bytes and Chars

DESCRIPTION
    Additional type constraints and coercions to complement Types::Standard.

  Type constraints
    "Str"
        Alias for Types::Standard type constraint of the same name.

    "Bytes"
        Strings where "utf8::is_utf8()" is false.

    "Chars"
        Strings where either "utf8::is_utf8()" is true, or each byte is
        below 0x7F.

  Coercions
    "Encode[`a]"
        Coercion to encode a character string to a byte string using
        "Encode::encode()". This is a parameterized type coercion, which
        expects a character set:

           use Types::Standard qw( Bytes Encode );
   
           has filename => (
              is     => "ro",
              isa    => Bytes + Encode["utf-8"],
              coerce => 1,
           );

    "Decode[`a]"
        Coercion to decode a byte string to a character string using
        "Encode::decode()". This is a parameterized type coercion, which
        expects a character set.

BUGS
    Please report any bugs to
    <http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=Types-Encodings>.

SEE ALSO
    Types::Standard.

AUTHOR
    Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
    This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Toby Inkster.

    This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
    the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
    THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
    WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
    MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.