@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@
 extern int of_string_check_utf8(const char*, size_t);
 extern size_t of_string_unicode_to_utf8(of_unichar_t, char*);
 extern size_t of_string_utf8_to_unicode(const char*, size_t, of_unichar_t*);
 extern size_t of_string_position_to_index(const char*, size_t);
 extern size_t of_string_index_to_position(const char*, size_t, size_t);
+extern size_t of_unicode_string_length(const of_unichar_t*);
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
 @class OFArray;
@@ -111,10 +112,18 @@
  * \param string A string to initialize the OFString with
  * \return A new autoreleased OFString
  */
 + stringWithString: (OFString*)string;
 
+/**
+ * Creates a new OFString from a unicode string.
+ *
+ * \param string The unicode string
+ * \return A new autoreleased OFString
+ */
++ stringWithUnicodeString: (of_unichar_t*)string;
+
 /**
  * Creates a new OFString from a format string.
  * See printf for the format syntax.
  *
  * \param format A string used as format to initialize the OFString
@@ -223,10 +232,18 @@
  * \param string A string to initialize the OFString with
  * \return An initialized OFString
  */
 - initWithString: (OFString*)string;
 
+/**
+ * Initializes an already allocated OFString with a unicode string.
+ *
+ * \param string The unicode string
+ * \return An initialized OFString
+ */
+- initWithUnicodeString: (of_unichar_t*)string;
+
 /**
  * Initializes an already allocated OFString with a format string.
  * See printf for the format syntax.
  *
  * \param format A string used as format to initialize the OFString