+__END__
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+SL::Iconv -- Thin layer on top of Text::Iconv including decode_utf8 usage
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+Usage:
+
+ use SL::Iconv;
+
+ # Conversion without creating objects:
+ my $text_utf8 = SL::Iconv::convert("ISO-8859-15", "UTF-8", $text_iso);
+
+ # Conversion with an object:
+ my $converter = SL::Iconv->new("ISO-8859-15", "UTF-8");
+ my $text_utf8 = $converter->convert($text_iso);
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+A thin layer on top of L<Text::Iconv>. Special handling is implemented
+if the target charset is UTF-8: The resulting string has its UTF8 flag
+set via a call to C<Encode::decode("utf-8-strict", ...)>.
+
+=head1 CLASS FUNCTIONS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<new $from_charset, $to_charset>
+
+Create a new object for conversion from C<$from_charset> to
+C<$to_charset>.
+
+=item C<convert $from_charset, $to_charset, $text>
+
+Converts the string C<$text> from charset C<$from_charset> to charset
+C<$to_charset>. See the instance method C<convert> for further
+discussion.
+
+The object used for this conversion is cached. Therefore multiple
+calls to C<convert> do not result in multiple initializations of the
+iconv library.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 INSTANCE FUNCTIONS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<convert $text>
+
+Converts the string C<$text> from one charset to another (see C<new>).
+
+Special handling is implemented if the target charset is UTF-8: The
+resulting string has its UTF8 flag set via a call to
+C<Encode::decode("utf-8-strict", ...)>. It is also safe to call
+C<convert> multiple times for the same string in such cases as the
+conversion is only done if the UTF8 flag hasn't been set yet.
+
+=item C<is_utf8>
+
+Returns true if the handle converts into UTF8.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 MODULE AUTHORS
+
+Moritz Bunkus E<lt>m.bunkus@linet-services.deE<gt>
+
+L<http://linet-services.de>