--- /dev/null
+beecrypt's c++ api uses jchar arrays for strings, while ICU 59 expects
+char16_t type
+
+In practice these both seem to be defined as short int on amd64 so it
+might be okay to just reinterpret_cast them? There's probably no easy
+way out on a platform where char16_t won't match jchar
+
+Patch by Valeriy Malov <jazzvoid@gmail.com>
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/618676
+
+--- a/c++/io/DataInputStream.cxx
++++ b/c++/io/DataInputStream.cxx
+@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ String DataInputStream::readUTF() throw (IOException)
+ jchar* buffer = new jchar[ulen+1];
+
+ status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
+- ucnv_toUChars(_utf, buffer, ulen+1, (const char*) data, (jint) utflen, &status);
++ ucnv_toUChars(_utf, reinterpret_cast<UChar*>(buffer), ulen+1, (const char*) data, (jint) utflen, &status);
+
+ delete[] data;
+
+@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ String DataInputStream::readLine() throw (IOException)
+
+ array<jchar> target_buffer(80);
+ jint target_offset = 0;
+- UChar* target = target_buffer.data();
++ UChar* target = reinterpret_cast<UChar*>(target_buffer.data());
+ const UChar* target_limit = target+1;
+ char source_buffer[MAX_BYTES_PER_CHARACTER];
+ const char* source = source_buffer;
+--- a/c++/io/DataOutputStream.cxx
++++ b/c++/io/DataOutputStream.cxx
+@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ void DataOutputStream::writeUTF(const String& str) throw (IOException)
+ const array<jchar>& src = str.toCharArray();
+
+ // the expected status code here is U_BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR
+- jint need = ucnv_fromUChars(_utf, 0, 0, src.data(), src.size(), &status);
++ jint need = ucnv_fromUChars(_utf, 0, 0, reinterpret_cast<const UChar*>(src.data()), src.size(), &status);
+ if (U_FAILURE(status))
+ if (status != U_BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR)
+ throw IOException("ucnv_fromUChars failed");
+@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ void DataOutputStream::writeUTF(const String& str) throw (IOException)
+ status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
+
+ // the expected status code here is U_STRING_NOT_TERMINATED_WARNING
+- ucnv_fromUChars(_utf, (char*) buffer, need, src.data(), src.size(), &status);
++ ucnv_fromUChars(_utf, (char*) buffer, need, reinterpret_cast<const UChar*>(src.data()), src.size(), &status);
+ if (status != U_STRING_NOT_TERMINATED_WARNING)
+ {
+ delete[] buffer;
+--- a/c++/io/PrintStream.cxx
++++ b/c++/io/PrintStream.cxx
+@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ void PrintStream::print(jchar ch) throw ()
+ UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
+
+ // do conversion of one character
+- size_t used = ucnv_fromUChars(_loc, buffer, 8, &ch, 1, &status);
++ size_t used = ucnv_fromUChars(_loc, buffer, 8, reinterpret_cast<UChar*>(&ch), 1, &status);
+ if (U_FAILURE(status))
+ throw IOException("failure in ucnv_fromUChars");
+
+@@ -268,14 +268,14 @@ void PrintStream::print(jlong x) throw ()
+
+ void PrintStream::print(const array<jchar>& chars) throw ()
+ {
+- print(chars.data(), chars.size());
++ print(reinterpret_cast<const UChar*>(chars.data()), chars.size());
+ }
+
+ void PrintStream::print(const String& str) throw ()
+ {
+ const array<jchar>& tmp = str.toCharArray();
+
+- print(tmp.data(), tmp.size());
++ print(reinterpret_cast<const UChar*>(tmp.data()), tmp.size());
+ }
+
+ void PrintStream::println() throw ()
+--- a/c++/lang/String.cxx
++++ b/c++/lang/String.cxx
+@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ using namespace beecrypt::lang;
+ #include <unicode/ustdio.h>
+ #include <unicode/ustring.h>
+
++static_assert(sizeof(jchar) == sizeof(UChar), "jchar and UChar sizes mismatch");
++
+ String::String(array<jchar>& swapWith)
+ {
+ assert(swapWith.size() <= Integer::MAX_VALUE);
+@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ String::String()
+
+ String::String(char c) : _value(1)
+ {
+- u_charsToUChars(&c, _value.data(), 1);
++ u_charsToUChars(&c, reinterpret_cast<UChar*>(_value.data()), 1);
+ }
+
+ String::String(jchar c) : _value(&c, 1)
+@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ String::String(const char* value) : _value(::strlen(value))
+ {
+ assert(_value.size() <= Integer::MAX_VALUE);
+
+- u_charsToUChars(value, _value.data(), _value.size());
++ u_charsToUChars(value, reinterpret_cast<UChar*>(_value.data()), _value.size());
+ }
+
+ String::String(const jchar* value, int offset, int length) : _value(value+offset, length)
+@@ -449,7 +451,7 @@ std::ostream& beecrypt::lang::operator<<(std::ostream& stream, const String& str
+ if (U_FAILURE(status))
+ throw RuntimeException("ucnv_open failed");
+
+- int need = ucnv_fromUChars(loc, 0, 0, src.data(), src.size(), &status);
++ int need = ucnv_fromUChars(loc, 0, 0, reinterpret_cast<const UChar*>(src.data()), src.size(), &status);
+ if (U_FAILURE(status))
+ if (status != U_BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR)
+ throw RuntimeException("ucnv_fromUChars failed");
+@@ -458,7 +460,7 @@ std::ostream& beecrypt::lang::operator<<(std::ostream& stream, const String& str
+
+ status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
+
+- ucnv_fromUChars(loc, out, need+1, src.data(), src.size(), &status);
++ ucnv_fromUChars(loc, out, need+1, reinterpret_cast<const UChar*>(src.data()), src.size(), &status);
+ if (U_FAILURE(status))
+ throw RuntimeException("ucnv_fromUChars failed");
+
+--- a/c++/lang/StringBuffer.cxx
++++ b/c++/lang/StringBuffer.cxx
+@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ StringBuffer::StringBuffer() : _buffer(16)
+
+ StringBuffer::StringBuffer(const char* s) : _buffer(16 + strlen(s))
+ {
+- u_charsToUChars(s, _buffer.data(), _used = strlen(s));
++ u_charsToUChars(s, reinterpret_cast<UChar*>(_buffer.data()), _used = strlen(s));
+ }
+
+ StringBuffer::StringBuffer(const String& s) : _buffer(16 + s._value.size())
+@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ StringBuffer& StringBuffer::append(char c)
+ synchronized (this)
+ {
+ core_ensureCapacity(_used+1);
+- u_charsToUChars(&c, _buffer.data() + _used++, 1);
++ u_charsToUChars(&c, reinterpret_cast<UChar*>(_buffer.data() + _used++), 1);
+ }
+ return *this;
+ }
+@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ StringBuffer& StringBuffer::append(const char* s)
+ jint need = strlen(s);
+
+ core_ensureCapacity(_used + need);
+- u_charsToUChars(s, _buffer.data() + _used, need);
++ u_charsToUChars(s, reinterpret_cast<UChar*>(_buffer.data() + _used), need);
+
+ _used += need;
+ }
+--- a/c++/lang/StringBuilder.cxx
++++ b/c++/lang/StringBuilder.cxx
+@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ StringBuilder::StringBuilder() : _buffer(16)
+
+ StringBuilder::StringBuilder(const char* s) : _buffer(16 + strlen(s))
+ {
+- u_charsToUChars(s, _buffer.data(), _used = strlen(s));
++ u_charsToUChars(s, reinterpret_cast<UChar*>(_buffer.data()), _used = strlen(s));
+ }
+
+ StringBuilder::StringBuilder(const String& s) : _buffer(16 + s._value.size())
+@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ StringBuilder& StringBuilder::append(char c)
+ {
+ ensureCapacity(_used+1);
+
+- u_charsToUChars(&c, _buffer.data() + _used++, 1);
++ u_charsToUChars(&c, reinterpret_cast<UChar*>(_buffer.data() + _used++), 1);
+
+ return *this;
+ }
+@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ StringBuilder& StringBuilder::append(const char* s)
+
+ ensureCapacity(_used + need);
+
+- u_charsToUChars(s, _buffer.data() + _used, need);
++ u_charsToUChars(s, reinterpret_cast<UChar*>(_buffer.data() + _used), need);
+
+ _used += need;
+
+--- a/c++/security/Provider.cxx
++++ b/c++/security/Provider.cxx
+@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Object* Provider::setProperty(const String& key, const String& value)
+
+ UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
+
+- ucnv_fromUChars(_conv, symname, 1024, src.data(), src.size(), &status);
++ ucnv_fromUChars(_conv, symname, 1024, reinterpret_cast<const UChar*>(src.data()), src.size(), &status);
+
+ if (status != U_ZERO_ERROR)
+ throw RuntimeException("error in ucnv_fromUChars");
+--- a/c++/security/Security.cxx
++++ b/c++/security/Security.cxx
+@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void Security::initialize()
+
+ const array<jchar>& src = value->toCharArray();
+
+- int need = ucnv_fromUChars(_loc, 0, 0, src.data(), src.size(), &status);
++ int need = ucnv_fromUChars(_loc, 0, 0, reinterpret_cast<const UChar*>(src.data()), src.size(), &status);
+ if (U_FAILURE(status))
+ if (status != U_BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR)
+ throw RuntimeException("ucnv_fromUChars failed");
+@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ void Security::initialize()
+ char* shared_library = new char[need+1];
+
+ status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
+- ucnv_fromUChars(_loc, shared_library, need+1, src.data(), src.size(), &status);
++ ucnv_fromUChars(_loc, shared_library, need+1, reinterpret_cast<const UChar*>(src.data()), src.size(), &status);
+ if (U_FAILURE(status))
+ throw RuntimeException("ucnv_fromUChars failed");
+