encode!

in lib/encode.rb [6:31]


    def encode!(message)
      return nil unless message.respond_to? :force_encoding

      
      message.force_encoding("UTF-8")
      return message if message.valid_encoding?

      
      detect = CharlockHolmes::EncodingDetector.detect(message)
      return message if detect[:type] == :binary

      
      if detect[:encoding]
        message.force_encoding(detect[:encoding])
        message.encode!("UTF-8", detect[:encoding], undef: :replace, replace: "", invalid: :replace)
      end

      
      message.valid_encoding? ? message : raise

      
    rescue
      encoding = detect ? detect[:encoding] : "unknown"
      "--broken encoding: #{encoding}"
    end