---
title: TECPluginSniffTextEncodingPtr
framework: Core Services
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Alias
platforms: [Mac Catalyst 17.0+, macOS 10.0+]
path: coreservices/tecpluginsnifftextencodingptr
---

# TECPluginSniffTextEncodingPtr

Defines a pointer toa function that analyzes a text stream and returns the probable encodingsin a ranked list, based on an array of possible encodings you supply;it also returns the number of errors and features for each encoding.

## Declaration

```occ
typedef OSStatus (*TECPluginSniffTextEncodingPtr)(TECSnifferObjectRef encodingSniffer, TECSnifferContextRec *snifContext);
```

## Parameters

- `encodingSniffer`: A reference to a sniffer object.
- `snifContext`: A pointer to a TEC sniffer context record.

## Return Value

Return Value A resultcode. See Result Codes.

## See Also

### Callbacks

- [UnicodeToTextFallbackProcPtr](coreservices/unicodetotextfallbackprocptr.md)
- [TECPluginGetPluginDispatchTablePtr](coreservices/tecplugingetplugindispatchtableptr.md)
- [TECPluginNewEncodingConverterPtr](coreservices/tecpluginnewencodingconverterptr.md)
- [TECPluginClearContextInfoPtr](coreservices/tecpluginclearcontextinfoptr.md)
- [TECPluginConvertTextEncodingPtr](coreservices/tecpluginconverttextencodingptr.md)
- [TECPluginFlushConversionPtr](coreservices/tecpluginflushconversionptr.md)
- [TECPluginDisposeEncodingConverterPtr](coreservices/tecplugindisposeencodingconverterptr.md)
- [TECPluginNewEncodingSnifferPtr](coreservices/tecpluginnewencodingsnifferptr.md)
- [TECPluginClearSnifferContextInfoPtr](coreservices/tecpluginclearsniffercontextinfoptr.md)
- [TECPluginDisposeEncodingSnifferPtr](coreservices/tecplugindisposeencodingsnifferptr.md)
- [TECPluginGetCountAvailableTextEncodingsPtr](coreservices/tecplugingetcountavailabletextencodingsptr.md)
- [TECPluginGetCountAvailableTextEncodingPairsPtr](coreservices/tecplugingetcountavailabletextencodingpairsptr.md)
- [TECPluginGetCountDestinationTextEncodingsPtr](coreservices/tecplugingetcountdestinationtextencodingsptr.md)
- [TECPluginGetCountSubTextEncodingsPtr](coreservices/tecplugingetcountsubtextencodingsptr.md)
- [TECPluginGetCountAvailableSniffersPtr](coreservices/tecplugingetcountavailablesniffersptr.md)
- [TECPluginGetCountWebEncodingsPtr](coreservices/tecplugingetcountwebencodingsptr.md)
- [TECPluginGetCountMailEncodingsPtr](coreservices/tecplugingetcountmailencodingsptr.md)
- [TECPluginGetTextEncodingInternetNamePtr](coreservices/tecplugingettextencodinginternetnameptr.md)
- [TECPluginGetTextEncodingFromInternetNamePtr](coreservices/tecplugingettextencodingfrominternetnameptr.md)