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+/*
+* 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:  
+*
+*/
+
+
+#ifndef CATALOGS_CLIENTSERVER_ALLOC_UTILS_H
+#define CATALOGS_CLIENTSERVER_ALLOC_UTILS_H
+
+#include <badesca.h>
+
+/**
+ * Function that allocates a descriptor of given expected length. If
+ * the given length is less than minimum length acceptable when using
+ * return message allocation then this minimum allocation length is
+ * used.
+ * 
+ * @param aExpectedLength Expected length of return message.
+ * @param aAllocatedBuf Reference to a pointer which is used to
+ *                      return the allocated descriptor.
+ * @return TInt KErrNone on success.
+ */
+TInt AllocReturnBuf( TInt aExpectedLength, HBufC8*& aAllocatedBuf );
+
+/**
+ * Function that allocates a descriptor of given expected length. If
+ * the given length is less than minimum length acceptable when using
+ * return message allocation then this minimum allocation length is
+ * used.
+ * 
+ * @param aExpectedLength Expected length of return message.
+ * @param aAllocatedBuf Reference to a pointer which is used to
+ *                      return the allocated descriptor.
+ * @return TInt KErrNone on success.
+ */
+TInt AllocReturnBuf( TInt aExpectedLength, HBufC16*& aAllocatedBuf );
+                         
+
+
+/**
+ * Retrieves realloc-information from the given descriptor and
+ * reallocates the descriptor according to it. Also makes the
+ * descriptor empty. Realloc-information is expected to be sent from
+ * the server-side to inform of a too small return buffer-size.
+ * This function also returns the handle of the incomplete message
+ * in a reference. In error situations remember to delete server-side
+ * incomplete message if this function gives the handle to it.
+ * If not given, -1 is set to aIncompleteMessageHandle.
+ * 
+ * @param aTempReturnBuf Buffer which contains realloc info sent
+ *                       from server side and which is reallocated
+ *                       according to it.
+ * @param aIncompleteMessageHandle Handle of the incomplete message.
+ * @return TInt KErrNone on success.
+ */
+TInt RetrieveNewDescLengthAndReAlloc( HBufC8*& aTempReturnBuf,
+                                      TInt& aIncompleteMessageHandle );
+
+/**
+ * Retrieves realloc-information from the given descriptor and
+ * reallocates the descriptor according to it. Also makes the
+ * descriptor empty. Realloc-information is expected to be sent from
+ * the server-side to inform of a too small return buffer-size.
+ * This function also returns the handle of the incomplete message
+ * in a reference. In error situations remember to delete server-side
+ * incomplete message if this function gives the handle to it.
+ * If not given, -1 is set to aIncompleteMessageHandle.
+ * 
+ * @param aTempReturnBuf Buffer which contains realloc info sent
+ *                       from server side and which is reallocated
+ *                       according to it.
+ * @param aIncompleteMessageHandle Handle of the incomplete message.
+ * @return TInt KErrNone on success.
+ */
+TInt RetrieveNewDescLengthAndReAlloc( HBufC16*& aTempReturnBuf,
+                                      TInt& aIncompleteMessageHandle );
+
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Function that retrieves handle of a incomplete message and a
+ * new descriptor maximum length from the given descriptor. The message
+ * in descriptor is expected to be sent from the server-side to
+ * inform of a too small return buffer-size.
+ * 
+ * @param aTempReturnBuf Buffer which contains realloc info sent
+ *                       from server side and which is reallocated
+ *                       according to it.
+ * @param aIncompleteMessageHandle Handle of the incomplete message.
+ * @return TInt KErrNone on success.
+ */
+TInt InterpretNewAllocInfo( const HBufC8& aTempReturnBuf,
+                            TInt& aIncompleteMessageHandle,
+                            TInt& aNewDescriptorMaxLength );
+                            
+/**
+ * Function that retrieves handle of a incomplete message and a
+ * new descriptor maximum length from the given descriptor. The message
+ * in descriptor is expected to be sent from the server-side to
+ * inform of a too small return buffer-size.
+ * 
+ * @param aTempReturnBuf Buffer which contains realloc info sent
+ *                       from server side and which is reallocated
+ *                       according to it.
+ * @param aIncompleteMessageHandle Handle of the incomplete message.
+ * @return TInt KErrNone on success.
+ */
+TInt InterpretNewAllocInfo( const HBufC16& aTempReturnBuf,
+                            TInt& aIncompleteMessageHandle,
+                            TInt& aNewDescriptorMaxLength );
+
+
+#endif // CATALOGS_CLIENTSERVER_ALLOC_UTILS_H