/*

* Copyright (c) 2006 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:   Declaration of CCatalogsBigDes

*

*/

#ifndef C_CATALOGS_BIG_DES_H

#define C_CATALOGS_BIG_DES_H

#include <e32base.h>

#include <badesca.h>

/**

 * A buffer that grows automatically and can be retrieved in

 * descriptor format.

 */

class CCatalogsBigDes : public CBase

    {

public:

    /**

     * Constructor.

     * @return CCatalogsBigDes* Big Des.

     */

    static CCatalogsBigDes* NewL();

    /**

     * Constructor.

     * @return CCatalogsBigDes* Big Des.

     */

    static CCatalogsBigDes* NewLC();

    /**

     * Destructor.

     */

    ~CCatalogsBigDes();

    /**

     * Appends data to the buffer.

     * @param aDes Descriptor.

     */

    void AppendL( const TDesC& aDes );

    /**

     * Retrieves the data as a heap desc.

     * @return HBufC* Buffer, ownership transferred.

     */

    HBufC* DesL() const;

    /**

     * Retrieves the data as a heap desc.

     * @return HBufC* Buffer, ownership transferred.

     */

    HBufC* DesLC() const;

private:

    /**

     * Private constructor.

     */

    void ConstructL();

    /**

     * Private constructor.

     */

    CCatalogsBigDes();

private:

    /**

     * Actual data is stored in an array.

     */

    CDesCArray* iArray;

    };

#endif // C_CATALOGS_BIG_DES_H