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+++ b/imservices/imfeatureplugin/srcimdatamodel/imapidataobjfactory.h	Thu Dec 17 08:54:49 2009 +0200
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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 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:  Codec to pack and unpack data objects.
+*
+*/
+
+#ifndef IMAPIDATAOBJFACTORY_H
+#define IMAPIDATAOBJFACTORY_H
+
+#include <e32base.h>
+#include "imtypehelpers.h"
+#include "ximpapidataobjbase.h"
+
+// internal interface for the factory
+#include "apidataobjfactory.h"
+
+class RReadStream;
+class RWriteStream;
+
+
+/**
+ * Codec to pack and unpack data object arrays.
+ *
+ * @lib ximpdatamodel.dll
+ * @since S60 v3.2
+ */
+NONSHARABLE_CLASS( CImApiDataObjFactory ) : public CBase,
+                                                  public MApiDataObjFactory
+    {
+public:
+
+    static CImApiDataObjFactory* NewL();
+    
+    // From base class
+    CXIMPApiDataObjBase* NewFromStreamLC( TInt32 aDataObjInterfaceId,
+                                          RReadStream& aStream );
+    /**
+     * Unpacks a request parameter array from a 
+     * descriptor back to array format.
+     * @param aDataObjArrayData The packed array
+     * @param aArray The array which to fill
+     */
+    static void InternalizeL( 
+            RReadStream& aStream,
+            RImReqParamArray& aArray
+            );
+
+    /**
+     * Packs a given request parameter array into 
+     * a stream.
+     * @param aWs The stream to pack into
+     * @param aArray The array to pack
+     */    
+    static void ExternalizeL( 
+            RWriteStream& aWs,
+            const RImReqParamArray& aArray
+            );
+
+    /**
+     * Internalize a CXIMPApiDataObjBase-derived object
+     * from the given stream, ownership is returned to the caller.
+     * @param aStream The stream
+     * @return The object instance
+     */
+    static CXIMPApiDataObjBase* InternalizeLC(
+            RReadStream& aStream );
+
+    /**
+     * Externalize a CXIMPApiDataObjBase-derived object
+     * to the given stream.
+     * @param aWs The write stream
+     * @param aDataObj The data object
+     */
+    static void ExternalizeL(
+            RWriteStream& aWs,
+            const CXIMPApiDataObjBase& aDataObj );
+    
+
+    /*
+     * Packs a given array into a stream.
+     * @param aStream The stream
+     * @param aArray The array
+     */
+    template< class INFOIMP>    
+        static inline void InternalizeL( 
+                RReadStream& aStream,
+                RPointerArray<INFOIMP>& aArray
+                );
+
+    /**
+     * Unpacks an array of info fields back to array format.
+     * @param aWs The stream
+     * @param aArray The array which to fill
+     */
+    template< class INFOIMP >
+        static inline void ExternalizeL( 
+                RWriteStream& aWs,
+                const RPointerArray<INFOIMP>& aArray
+                );
+
+
+    ~CImApiDataObjFactory();
+private:
+
+    CImApiDataObjFactory();
+
+    void ConstructL();
+
+    };
+
+// template methods need inline implementation
+#include "imapidataobjfactory.inl"
+
+#endif // IMAPIDATAOBJFACTORY_H