/**

 * Copyright (c) 2010 Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd.

 * All rights reserved.

 * This component and the accompanying materials are made available

 * under the terms of the "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:

 * Lasse Laasonen, Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd - Initial contribution

 *

 * Description:

 * This header contains utility routines used by server and client

 */

#ifndef SMFUTILS_H_

#define SMFUTILS_H_

#include <e32base.h>

class RWriteStream;

class RReadStream;

/**

 * Utility to serialize data

 */

namespace SmfUtils

	{

	/**

	 * Method to externalize

	 * @param aDes descriptor to be externalized

	 * @param aStream The Write Stream to be filled.

	 */

	void ExternalizeDesL(const TDesC8& aDes, RWriteStream& aStream);

	/**

	 * Method to internalize 

	 * @param aDes descriptor to be internalized

	 * @param aStream the stream to read from.

	 */

	TInt InternalizeDesL(RBuf8& aDes, RReadStream& aStream);

	/**

	 * Method to externalize

	 * @param aDes descriptor to be externalized

	 * @param aStream The Write Stream to be filled.

	 */

	void ExternalizeDesL(const TDesC16& aDes, RWriteStream& aStream);

	/**

	 * Method to internalize 

	 * @param aStream the stream to read from.

	 */

	HBufC16* InternalizeDesL(RReadStream& aStream);

	TInt InternalizeDesL( RBuf16& aDes, RReadStream& aStream );

	/**

	 * Method to externalize 

	 * @param aInt integer to be externalized

	 * @param aStream The Write Stream to be filled.

	 */

	void ExternalizeInt64L(const TInt64& aInt, RWriteStream& aStream);

	/**

	 * Method to internalize 

	 * @param aInt integer to be internalized

	 * @param aStream the stream to read from.

	 */

	void InternalizeInt64L(TInt64& aInt, RReadStream& aStream);

	}

#endif /* SMFUTILS_H_ */