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+/*
+ * Ceph - scalable distributed file system
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Cloudbase Solutions
+ *
+ * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License version 2.1, as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation. See file COPYING.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "wstring.h"
+
+#include <boost/locale/encoding_utf.hpp>
+
+using boost::locale::conv::utf_to_utf;
+
+std::wstring to_wstring(const std::string& str)
+{
+ return utf_to_utf<wchar_t>(str.c_str(), str.c_str() + str.size());
+}
+
+std::string to_string(const std::wstring& str)
+{
+ return utf_to_utf<char>(str.c_str(), str.c_str() + str.size());
+}