diff -r e20de85af2ee -r ce057bb09d0b utilitylibraries/libutils/src/stringtodescriptor16.cpp
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+++ b/utilitylibraries/libutils/src/stringtodescriptor16.cpp	Fri Jun 04 16:20:51 2010 +0100
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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2008 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:   Contains the source for string to Descriptor16 conversions
+ *
+*/
+
+
+
+#include "libutils.h"
+  
+
+
+ /**
+   * Converts a string to a descriptor of type TBuf16
+   *
+   * @param aSrc is the string to be converted , aDes is the 
+   * reference to the descriptor where the result of conversion 
+   * is stored,n_size specifies the conversion size of the char array 
+   * @return Status code (0 is ESuccess, -1 is EInsufficientMemory, 
+   * -3 is EStringNoData)
+   */
+EXPORT_C  int StringToTbuf16(string& aSrc, TDes16& aDes)
+{
+  int retval = ESuccess;
+	const char* charString = aSrc.c_str();
+	int ilen = 0; 
+	int minusone = -1;
+	
+    if('\0' == charString[0])
+    {
+    	return EStringNoData;
+    }
+        
+    ilen = strlen(charString);
+    
+	if (ilen > aDes.MaxLength())
+	{
+		return EInsufficientMemory;
+	}
+	
+	wchar_t* WcharString = new wchar_t[ilen];
+	
+	if(!WcharString)
+	{
+		return EInsufficientSystemMemory;
+	}
+	
+	if(minusone == mbstowcs(WcharString, (const char*)charString, ilen))
+	{
+		retval = EInvalidMBSSequence;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+			WcharString[ilen] = L'\0';
+		aDes.Copy((unsigned short*)WcharString,ilen);
+	}
+		
+	delete []WcharString;	
+	return retval;	
+}
+
+ /**
+   * Converts a string to a descriptor of type Tptr16
+   *
+   * @param aSrc is the string to be converted , aDes is the 
+   * reference to the descriptor where the result of conversion 
+   * is stored 
+   * @return Status code (0 is ESuccess, -1 is EInsufficientMemory, 
+   * -3 is EStringNoData , -4 is EInvalidPointer)
+   */
+
+EXPORT_C  int StringToTptr16 (string& aSrc, wchar_t *wPtr, TPtr16& aDes)
+{
+    int retval = ESuccess;
+    int ilen = 0, ideslen = 0;
+    const char* charString = aSrc.c_str();
+    int minusone = -1;
+    
+    if('\0' == charString[0])
+    {
+    	return EStringNoData;
+    }
+    else if(!wPtr)
+    {
+    	return EInvalidPointer;
+    }
+    
+	ilen = strlen(charString);
+	ideslen = aDes.MaxLength();
+	
+	if (ilen > ideslen)
+	{
+		return EInsufficientMemory;
+	}
+	
+	if(minusone != mbstowcs(wPtr, (const char*)charString, ilen))
+	{
+		aDes.Set((unsigned short *)wPtr, ilen, ideslen);
+	}		
+	else
+	{
+		retval = EInvalidMBSSequence;
+	}
+	
+	return retval;	     
+}
+
+ /**
+   * Converts a string to a descriptor of type Tptrc16
+   *
+   * @param aSrc is the string to be converted , aDes is the 
+   * reference to the descriptor  where the result of conversion 
+   * is stored 
+   * @return Status code (0 is ESuccess, -1 is EInsufficientMemory, 
+   * -3 is EStringNoData , -4 is EInvalidPointer)
+   */
+
+EXPORT_C  int StringToTptrc16(string& aSrc, wchar_t* wptr, TPtrC16& aDes)
+{
+    unsigned int ilen = 0;
+    int retval = ESuccess;
+    const char* charString = aSrc.c_str();
+    int minusone = -1;
+    
+    if (!wptr)
+    {
+    	return EInvalidPointer;
+    }
+    
+    if('\0' == charString[0])
+    {
+    	return EStringNoData;
+    }
+    
+	ilen = strlen(charString);
+		
+	if(minusone != mbstowcs(wptr, (const char*)charString, ilen ))
+	{
+		aDes.Set((TUint16 *)(wptr), ilen);	
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		retval = EInvalidMBSSequence;
+	}
+	
+	return retval;	
+}
+
+ /**
+   * Converts a string to a descriptor of type HBufc16
+   *
+   * @param aSrc is the string to be converted , aDes is the 
+   * reference to the descriptor where the result of conversion 
+   * is stored 
+   * @return Status code (0 is ESuccess, -1 is EInsufficientMemory, 
+   * -3 is EStringNoData)
+   */
+
+EXPORT_C int StringToHbufc16(string& aSrc , HBufC16* aDes)
+ {
+    int retval = ESuccess;
+    unsigned int ilen = 0, ilendes = 0; 
+    const char* charString = aSrc.c_str();
+    int minusone = -1;
+   
+    if('\0' == charString[0])
+    {
+    	return EStringNoData;
+    }
+    else if (!aDes)
+    {
+    	return EInvalidPointer;
+    }
+    
+    ilen = strlen(charString);
+    ilendes = aDes->Length();
+    
+    if (0 == ilendes)
+    {
+    	return EUseNewMaxL;
+    }
+    else if (ilendes < ilen)
+    {
+    	return EInsufficientMemory;
+    }
+    
+    wchar_t* WcharString = new wchar_t[ilen];
+	
+	if(!WcharString)
+	{
+		return EInsufficientSystemMemory;
+	}
+	 
+	if(minusone == mbstowcs(WcharString, (const char*)charString, ilen))
+	{
+		retval = EInvalidMBSSequence;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+	    TPtrC16 temp((unsigned short*)WcharString, ilen);
+		*aDes = temp;
+	} 
+	
+	delete[] WcharString;
+	return retval;
+}
+ 
+ /**
+   * Converts a string to a descriptor of type RBufc16
+   *
+   * @param aSrc is the string to be converted , aDes is the 
+   * reference to the descriptor where the result of conversion 
+   * is stored 
+   * @return Status code (0 is ESuccess, -1 is EInsufficientMemory, 
+   * -3 is EStringNoData )
+   */
+
+EXPORT_C int StringToRbuf16(const string& aSrc, RBuf16& aDes)
+{
+    int retval = ESuccess;
+    unsigned int ilen = 0;
+    int minusone = -1;
+    
+    const char* charString = aSrc.c_str();
+    
+    if('\0' == charString[0])
+    {
+    	return EStringNoData;
+    }
+    
+    ilen = strlen(charString);
+    
+	wchar_t* buf = new wchar_t[ilen];
+    
+    if (!buf)
+    {
+    	return EInsufficientMemory;
+    }
+
+	if(minusone != mbstowcs(buf, charString, ilen))
+	{
+	    int ret = aDes.Create(ilen);
+	    if (KErrNone == ret)
+	    {
+	    	aDes.Copy((const unsigned short *)buf, ilen);	
+	    }
+	    else 
+	    {
+	        retval = EInsufficientSystemMemory;	
+	    }
+		
+	}
+	else
+	{
+	    retval = EInvalidMBSSequence;
+		
+	}
+	
+	delete []buf;
+    return retval;	
+}