Include UTF8 helpers in libdevcore

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+/*
+	This file is part of cpp-ethereum.
+
+	cpp-ethereum is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+	the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	cpp-ethereum is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+	GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+	along with cpp-ethereum.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+/** @file UTF8.h
+ * @author Alex Beregszaszi
+ * @date 2016
+ *
+ * UTF-8 related helpers
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace dev
+{
+
+namespace utf8
+{
+
+/// Validate an input for UTF8 encoding
+/// @returns true if it is invalid and the first invalid position in invalidPosition
+bool validate(std::string input, int &invalidPosition);
+
+}
+
+}