Module converter

Handle Converter

handle_converter provides functions to detect confusable Unicode characters in a given input string and return its canonical form.

Constants

• HANDLE_DELIMITER
  Delimiter for handles

Statics

• CONFUSABLES
  The mapping from homoglyph character to canonical Unicode character

Functions

• convert_to_canonical
  Creates a new HandleConverter instance with a built confusables map. Converts a given string to its canonical form by stripping Unicode whitespace, replacing confusable characters, and stripping diacritical marks. The resulting string is converted to lowercase ASCII characters.
• replace_confusables
  Replaces any characters in the input string that are confusable with a different character.
• split_display_name
  Splits the given display name into its base handle and handle suffix.
• strip_diacriticals
  This function removes diacritical marks from the input string and returns a new String without them.
• strip_unicode_whitespace
  Strips any Unicode whitespace characters from the provided string and returns the resulting string.
• trim_and_collapse_whitespace
  Trims whitespace from the head and tail and collapses all other whitespace to just a single space