/*

* Copyright (c) 2004-2007 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).

* All rights reserved.

* This component and the accompanying materials are made available

* under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"

* which accompanies this distribution, and is available

* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".

*

* Initial Contributors:

* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.

*

* Contributors:

*

* Description: 

*     Implements Virtual Phonebook generic IPC package.

*

*/

#ifndef VPBKENGUTILS_VPBKIPCPACKAGE_H

#define VPBKENGUTILS_VPBKIPCPACKAGE_H

//  INCLUDES

#include <e32std.h>

//  FORWARD DECLARATIONS

class RDesWriteStream;

class RDesReadStream;

namespace VPbkEngUtils {

//  CLASS DECLARATION

class VPbkIPCPackage

    {

    public: //Interface

        /**

         * Writes buffer's data to a stream.

         *

         * @param aBuffer       The buffer to write.

         * @param aWriteStream  The stream to write to.

         */

        IMPORT_C static void ExternalizeL(

                const TDesC8* aBuffer,

                RDesWriteStream& aWriteStream );

        /**

         * Writes buffer's data to a stream.

         *

         * @param aBuffer       The buffer to write.

         * @param aWriteStream  The stream to write to.

         */

        IMPORT_C static void ExternalizeL(

                const TDesC* aBuffer,

                RDesWriteStream& aWriteStream );

        /**

         * Reads data from the stream.

         *

         * @param aBuffer       Buffer to write the data.

         * @param aReadStream   The stream to read from.

         */

        IMPORT_C static void InternalizeL(

                HBufC8*& aBuffer,

                RDesReadStream& aReadStream );

        /**

         * Reads data from the stream.

         *

         * @param aBuffer       Buffer to write the data.

         * @param aReadStream   The stream to read from.

         */

        IMPORT_C static void InternalizeL(

                HBufC*& aBuffer,

                RDesReadStream& aReadStream );

        /**

         * Reads data from the specific position of the stream.

         *

         * @param aBuffer       Buffer to write the data.

         * @param aReadStream   The stream to read from.

         * @param aPosition     The position where to read.

         */

        IMPORT_C static void InternalizeL(

                HBufC8*& aBuffer,

                RDesReadStream& aReadStream,

                const TInt aPosition );

        /**

         * Reads data from the specific position of the stream.

         *

         * @param aBuffer       Buffer to write the data.

         * @param aReadStream   The stream to read from.

         * @param aPosition     The position where to read.

         */

        IMPORT_C static void InternalizeL(

                HBufC*& aBuffer,

                RDesReadStream& aReadStream,

                const TInt aPosition );

        /**

         * Counts buffer's size in the package.

         *

         * @param aBuffer, ownership not transfered

         * @return  Size of the buffer.

         */

        IMPORT_C static TInt CountPackageSize(

                const TDesC8* aBuffer );

        /**

         * Counts buffer's size in the package.

         *

         * @param aBuffer, ownership not transfered

         * @return  Size of the buffer.

         */

        IMPORT_C static TInt CountPackageSize(

                const TDesC* aBuffer );

    };

} /// namespace

#endif // VPBKENGUTILS_VPBKIPCPACKAGE_H

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