--- VSyncer/BaseSyncer.py	2008/01/02 19:01:35	1.1
+++ VSyncer/BaseSyncer.py	2008/01/04 15:34:43	1.2
@@ -13,6 +13,28 @@ from Products.PageTemplates.PageTemplate
 # do xml
 import xmlrpclibBasicAuth
 
+def unicodify(s):
+    """decode str (utf-8 or latin-1 representation) into unicode object"""
+    if not s:
+        return u""
+    if isinstance(s, str):
+        try:
+            return s.decode('utf-8')
+        except:
+            return s.decode('latin-1')
+    else:
+        return s
+
+def utf8ify(s):
+    """encode unicode object or string into byte string in utf-8 representation.
+       assumes string objects to be utf-8"""
+    if not s:
+        return ""
+    if isinstance(s, str):
+        return s
+    else:
+        return s.encode('utf-8')
+
 
 class BaseSyncer(SimpleItem.Item, Persistent, Acquisition.Implicit, Role.RoleManager):
     """This class contains Basic methods, even These methods will be common if we implements Module Syncer"""
@@ -185,7 +207,7 @@ class BaseSyncer(SimpleItem.Item, Persis
         # do any other encoding here
         # eg twofish, zlib etc
         # this will do me for now
-        return base64.encodestring(s)
+        return base64.encodestring(utf8ify(s))
     
     def _decode(self, s):
         # do any other encoding here