diff --git a/src/core/Encoding.cc b/src/core/Encoding.cc
index b026861..f8e1fb9 100644
--- a/src/core/Encoding.cc
+++ b/src/core/Encoding.cc
@@ -156,3 +156,41 @@ uint32_t Encoding::decode(Type type, const uint8_t * encoded)
 
     return 0u;
 }
+
+uint8_t Encoding::num_bytes_to_encode_code_point(uint32_t code_point, Type type)
+{
+    switch (type)
+    {
+    case UTF_8:
+        if (code_point <= 0x7Fu)
+        {
+            return 1u;
+        }
+        else if (code_point <= 0x7FFu)
+        {
+            return 2u;
+        }
+        else if (code_point <= 0xFFFFu)
+        {
+            return 3u;
+        }
+        else if (code_point <= 0x1FFFFFu)
+        {
+            return 4u;
+        }
+        else if (code_point <= 0x3FFFFFFu)
+        {
+            return 5u;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return 6u;
+        }
+        break;
+    case CP_1252:
+        return 1u;
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return 0u;
+}
diff --git a/src/core/Encoding.h b/src/core/Encoding.h
index 3b5761a..f85defc 100644
--- a/src/core/Encoding.h
+++ b/src/core/Encoding.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ public:
     static uint8_t num_bytes_in_code_point(Type type, const uint8_t * encoded);
     static const uint8_t * beginning_of_code_point(Type type, const uint8_t * encoded);
     static uint32_t decode(Type type, const uint8_t * encoded);
+    static uint8_t num_bytes_to_encode_code_point(uint32_t code_point, Type type);
+    static uint8_t encode(uint32_t code_point, Type type, uint8_t * buffer);
 };
 
 #endif