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+// Copyright (c) 2001-2009 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:
+// This file contains the API definition for escape enoding functionality
+// and UNICODE/UTF8 conversion. Escape encoding is performed as specified
+// by RFC2396.
+// 
+//
+
+/**
+ @file EscapeUtils.h
+ @publishedAll
+ @released
+*/
+
+#ifndef __ESCAPEUTILS_H__
+#define __ESCAPEUTILS_H__
+
+// System includes
+//
+#include <e32base.h>
+#include <uriutilscommon.h>
+
+
+/**
+Comments : Provides an API to allow data to be escape encoded and decoded. 
+Also provide an API for converting a UNICODE data (16-bit descriptor) into 
+UTF8 data (8-bit descriptor) and vice-verse.
+@publishedAll
+@released
+@since 6.0
+*/
+class EscapeUtils
+	{
+public:	// Enums
+
+/**
+	enum	TEscapeMode
+	Enum defining escaping modes. Each mode has a different set of reserved characters.
+	These are based on various uri components, as decribed in RFC2396.
+ */
+	enum TEscapeMode
+		{
+		/** Default mode, which has no reserved characters 	*/
+		EEscapeNormal	= 0,
+		/** Mode specifying reserved characters in a uri query - ;/?:@&=+$,[] 	*/ 
+		EEscapeQuery,
+		/** Mode specifying reserved characters in a uri path - /;=?[]  */
+		EEscapePath,
+		/** Mode specifying reserved characters in a uri authority - /;:@?[]  */
+		EEscapeAuth,
+		/** Mode specifying reserved characters in a URL ;/?:@&=+$[]!\'()~  */
+		EEscapeUrlEncoded
+		};
+
+public:	// Methods
+
+	IMPORT_C static HBufC8* EscapeEncodeL(const TDesC8& aData, TEscapeMode aMode);
+
+	IMPORT_C static HBufC16* EscapeEncodeL(const TDesC16& aData, TEscapeMode aMode);
+
+	IMPORT_C static HBufC8* EscapeEncodeL(const TDesC8& aData, const TDesC8& aReservedChars);
+
+	IMPORT_C static HBufC16* EscapeEncodeL(const TDesC16& aData, const TDesC16& aReservedChars);
+
+	IMPORT_C static HBufC8* EscapeDecodeL(const TDesC8& aData);
+
+	IMPORT_C static HBufC16* EscapeDecodeL(const TDesC16& aData);
+
+	IMPORT_C static HBufC8* ConvertFromUnicodeToUtf8L(const TDesC& aData);
+
+	IMPORT_C static HBufC* ConvertToUnicodeFromUtf8L(const TDesC8& aData);
+
+	IMPORT_C static TBool IsExcludedChar(TChar aChar);
+
+	IMPORT_C static TBool IsEscapeTriple(const TDesC8& aData, TInt& aHexValue);
+
+	IMPORT_C static TBool IsEscapeTriple(const TDesC16& aData, TInt& aHexValue);
+
+	IMPORT_C static HBufC8* SpecificEscapeEncodeL ( const TDesC8& aData, const TDesC8& aCharsToEscape );
+
+	static HBufC8*  ReEscapeEncodeL(const TDesC8& aData);
+
+private: // Dummy Method
+
+	IMPORT_C static HBufC8* DummyForwardingFunctionForCompatibility( const TDesC8& aData, const TDesC8& aCharsToEscape );
+
+	};
+
+#endif	// __ESCAPEUTILS_H__