+//! Take a string and decode it using the specified text codec, recognizing utf8.
+/** This function takes a string and first checks if it is encoded in utf8, in which case it is
+ * decoded appropriately. Otherwise, the specified text codec is used to transform the string.
+ * \param input The input string containing encoded data
+ * \param encoding The text encoding we assume if it's not utf8
+ * \return The decoded string.
+ */
+QString decodeString(QByteArray input, QString encoding = "ISO-8859-15");
+