# Utf8Codec constructor

const Utf8Codec({bool allowMalformed: false })

Instantiates a new Utf8Codec.

The optional `allowMalformed` argument defines how decoder (and decode) deal with invalid or unterminated character sequences.

If it is `true` (and not overridden at the method invocation) decode and the decoder replace invalid (or unterminated) octet sequences with the Unicode Replacement character `U+FFFD` (�). Otherwise they throw a FormatException.

## Implementation

    const Utf8Codec({bool allowMalformed: false})
        : _allowMalformed = allowMalformed;