text: // =======================================================================================================
  // StreamConverter
  //
  // convert between encoding schemes in a stream
  // Work in Progress - Will complete this at some point
  let jconv;
  
  class StreamConverter {
    constructor(inner, options) {
      this.inner = inner;
  
      options = options || {};
      this.innerEncoding = (options.innerEncoding || 'UTF8').toUpperCase();
      this.outerEncoding = (options.outerEncoding || 'UTF8').toUpperCase();
  
      this.innerBOM = options.innerBOM || null;
      this.outerBOM = options.outerBOM || null;
  
      this.writeStarted = false;
    }
  
    convertInwards(data) {
      if (data) {
        if (typeof data === 'string') {
          data = Buffer.from(data, this.outerEncoding);
        }
  
        if (this.innerEncoding !== this.outerEncoding) {
          data = jconv.convert(data, this.outerEncoding, this.innerEncoding);
        }
      }
  
      return data;
    }
  
    convertOutwards(data) {
      if (typeof data === 'string') {
        data = Buffer.from(data, this.innerEncoding);
      }
  
      if (this.innerEncoding !== this.outerEncoding) {
        data = jconv.convert(data, this.innerEncoding, this.outerEncoding);
      }
      return data;
    }
  
    addListener(event, handler) {
      this.inner.addListener(event, handler);
    }
  
    removeListener(event, handler) {
      this.inner.removeListener(event, handler);
    }
  
    write(data, encoding, callback) {
      if (encoding instanceof Function) {
        callback = encoding;
        encoding = undefined;
      }
  
      if (!this.writeStarted) {
        // if inner encoding has BOM, write it now
        if (this.innerBOM) {
          this.inner.write(this.innerBOM);
        }
  
        // if outer encoding has BOM, delete it now
        if (this.outerBOM) {
          if (data.length <= this.outerBOM.length) {
            if (callback) {
              callback();
            }
            return;
          }
          const bomless = Buffer.alloc(data.length - this.outerBOM.length);
          data.copy(bomless, 0, this.outerBOM.length, data.length);
          data = bomless;
        }
  
        this.writeStarted = true;
      }
  
      this.inner.write(this.convertInwards(data), encoding ? this.innerEncoding : undefined, callback);
    }
  
    read() {
      // TBD
    }
  
    pipe(destination, options) {
      const reverseConverter = new StreamConverter(destination, {
        innerEncoding: this.outerEncoding,
        outerEncoding: this.innerEncoding,
        innerBOM: this.outerBOM,
        outerBOM: this.innerBOM,
      });
  
      this.inner.pipe(reverseConverter, options);
    }
  
    close() {
      this.inner.close();
    }
  
    on(type, callback) {
      switch (type) {
        case 'data':
          this.inner.on('data', chunk => {
            callback(this.convertOutwards(chunk));
          });
          return this;
        default:
          this.inner.on(type, callback);
          return this;
      }
    }
  
    once(type, callback) {
      this.inner.once(type, callback);
    }
  
    end(chunk, encoding, callback) {
      this.inner.end(this.convertInwards(chunk), this.innerEncoding, callback);
    }
  
    emit(type, value) {
      this.inner.emit(type, value);
    }
  }
  
  module.exports = StreamConverter;
  