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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2010 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:
+*
+*/
+
+package com.nokia.mj.impl.cenrep;
+
+import com.nokia.mid.cenrep.CentralRepositoryException;
+/**
+ * Class for central repository key representation
+ */
+class CentralRepositoryKey
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Default constructor.
+     */
+    protected CentralRepositoryKey()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns long value represantion.
+     *
+     * @param value string represantion of key.
+     * @throws CentralRepositoryException, if key is null, empty, negative
+     *        or not valid.
+     */
+    static long getLongValue(String value)
+    throws CentralRepositoryException
+    {
+        if (value == null || value.length() == 0)
+        {
+            throw new CentralRepositoryException("Key is null or empty!");
+        }
+
+        String numStr = value;
+
+        // Negative value is not allowed
+        if (numStr.startsWith("-"))
+        {
+            throw new CentralRepositoryException("Nagative value is not allowed!");
+        }
+
+        // Check for optional radix prefix.
+        int radix = 10;
+        if (numStr.startsWith("0x"))
+        {
+            radix = 16;
+            numStr = numStr.substring(2);
+        }
+
+        return Long.parseLong(numStr, radix);
+    }
+
+};