utf-8 support in both ruby 1.9 and 1.8

Gemfile

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ gem 'resque', '~> 1.15.0'
 
 gem 'right_aws', '~> 2.1.0'
 
+gem "character-encodings", "~> 0.4.1", :platforms => :ruby_18
+
 group :development_async do
   # async wrappers
   gem 'eventmachine',     :git => 'git://github.com/eventmachine/eventmachine.git'

Gemfile.lock

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ GEM
     arel (2.0.8)
     bcrypt-ruby (2.1.4)
     builder (2.1.2)
+    character-encodings (0.4.1)
     closure-compiler (1.0.0)
     compass (0.10.6)
       haml (>= 3.0.4)
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 DEPENDENCIES
   RocketAMF!
   addressable
+  character-encodings (~> 0.4.1)
   compass (~> 0.10.1)
   devise (~> 1.1.5)
   em-http-request!

app/models/swf_asset.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'fileutils'
 require 'uri'
+require 'utf8'
 
 class SwfAsset < ActiveRecord::Base
   PUBLIC_ASSET_DIR = File.join('swfs', 'outfit')
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ class SwfAsset < ActiveRecord::Base
     if response.is_a? Net::HTTPSuccess
       new_local_path = File.join(LOCAL_ASSET_DIR, local_path_within_outfit_swfs)
       new_local_dir = File.dirname new_local_path
-      content = response.body.force_encoding 'utf-8'
+      content = +response.body
       FileUtils.mkdir_p new_local_dir
       File.open(new_local_path, 'w') do |f|
         f.print content

lib/openneo-auth/session.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require 'active_support/core_ext/hash'
 require 'msgpack'
 require 'openneo-auth-signatory'
+require 'utf8'
 
 module Openneo
   module Auth
@@ -11,9 +12,10 @@ module Openneo
       attr_writer :id
 
       def save!
+        content = +MessagePack.pack(@message)
         FileUtils.mkdir_p TMP_STORAGE_DIR
         File.open(tmp_storage_path, 'w') do |file|
-          file.write MessagePack.pack(@message).force_encoding('utf-8')
+          file.write content
         end
       end
 
@@ -33,7 +35,8 @@ module Openneo
           raise "Must set config.secret to the remote auth server's secret"
         end
         given_signature = params['signature']
-        signatory = Auth::Signatory.new(Auth.config.secret.force_encoding('utf-8'))
+        secret = +Auth.config.secret
+        signatory = Auth::Signatory.new(secret)
         REMOTE_MSG_KEYS.each do |key|
           unless params.include?(key)
             raise MissingParam, "Missing required param #{key.inspect}"
@@ -82,3 +85,4 @@ module Openneo
     end
   end
 end
+

lib/utf8.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+if String.method_defined?(:force_encoding)
+  # UTF-8 support is native, so let's route the +"abc" syntax to the native
+  # encode method.
+
+  class String
+    def +@
+      force_encoding('utf-8')
+    end
+  end
+else
+  require 'encoding/character/utf-8'
+end
+