diff -r 000000000000 -r e4d67989cc36 utilitylibraries/libutils/src/chartodescriptor8.cpp
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+++ b/utilitylibraries/libutils/src/chartodescriptor8.cpp	Tue Feb 02 02:01:42 2010 +0200
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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 char * to Descriptor8 conversions
+ *
+*/
+
+
+
+#include "libutils.h"
+  
+
+
+
+/**
+   * Converts a character stream to TBuf8
+   * @param aSrc is char* which is to be converted to TBuf8
+   * @param aDes is the pointer to the descriptor of type TBuf8 which will hold
+   * the result of conversion.aDes needs to be allocated with sufficient amount 
+   * of memory before being passed to function. This Descriptor should have 
+   * a allocation that is equal to or greater than char*
+   */
+   
+EXPORT_C  int CharToTbuf8 (const char* aSrc, TDes8& aDes)
+{
+	if (!aSrc)
+	{
+	    return EInvalidPointer;	
+	}
+	else 
+	{
+	    if (strlen (aSrc) > aDes.MaxLength())
+	    {
+	    	return EInsufficientMemory;	
+	    }	
+	}
+	
+	aDes.Copy ((const TUint8*)aSrc);
+		
+	return ESuccess;
+}
+
+ /**
+   * Converts a character stream to HBufC8\\
+   * @param aSrc is char* which is to be converted to HBufC8
+   * @param aDes is the pointer to the descriptor of type HBufC8 which will hold
+   * the result of conversion.aDes needs to be allocated with sufficient amount 
+   * of memory before being passed to function. This Descriptor should have 
+   * a allocation that is equal to or greater than char*
+   */
+   
+EXPORT_C int CharToHbufc8(const char* aSrc, HBufC8* aDes)
+{
+    unsigned int ilendes = 0;
+	if ( !aSrc || !aDes )
+	{
+		return EInvalidPointer;
+	}
+	else 
+	{
+	    ilendes = aDes->Length();
+	    if(0 == ilendes)
+	    {
+	    	return EUseNewMaxL;
+	    }
+	    else if (strlen (aSrc) > ilendes)
+	    {
+	    	return EInsufficientMemory;	
+	    }	
+	}
+		
+	*aDes = (const TUint8*)aSrc;
+	return ESuccess;
+	
+}
+
+ /**
+   * Converts a character stream to Tptr8
+   * @param aSrc is char* which is to be converted to TPtr8
+   * @param aDes is the pointer to the descriptor of type TPtr8 which will hold
+   * the result of conversion.aDes needs to be allocated with sufficient amount 
+   * of memory before being passed to function. This Descriptor should have 
+   * a allocation that is equal to or greater than char*
+   */
+   
+EXPORT_C int CharpToTptr8( const char* aSrc, TPtr8& aDes )
+{
+    unsigned int ilen = 0, ilendes = 0;
+	if (!aSrc)
+	{
+		return EInvalidPointer;
+	}
+	
+	ilen = strlen(aSrc);
+	ilendes = aDes.MaxLength();
+	
+	if (ilendes < ilen)
+	{
+		return EInsufficientMemory;
+	}
+	
+	aDes.Set((TUint8 *)(aSrc), ilen, ilendes);
+	
+	return ESuccess;
+}
+
+ /**
+   * Converts a character stream to TPtrc8
+   * @param aSrc is char* which is to be converted to TPtrc8
+   * @param aDes is the pointer to the descriptor of type TPtrc8 which will hold
+   * the result of conversion.aDes needs to be allocated with sufficient amount 
+   * of memory before being passed to function. This Descriptor should have 
+   * a allocation that is equal to or greater than char*
+   */
+   
+EXPORT_C int CharpToTptrc8(const char* aSrc, TPtrC8& aDes)
+{    
+	if ( !aSrc )
+	{
+		return EInvalidPointer;
+	}
+	
+	aDes.Set((TUint8 *)(aSrc), strlen(aSrc));
+	
+	return ESuccess;
+}
+
+ /**
+   * Converts a character stream to RBuf8
+   * @param aSrc is char* which is to be converted to RBuf8
+   * @param aDes is the pointer to the descriptor of type RBuf8 which will hold
+   * the result of conversion.aDes needs to be allocated with sufficient amount 
+   * of memory before being passed to function. This Descriptor should have 
+   * a allocation that is equal to or greater than char*
+   */
+
+EXPORT_C int CharToRbuf8(const char* aSrc, RBuf8& aDes)
+{   
+    int retval = ESuccess, ilen = 0;
+    
+    if ( !aSrc )
+    {
+    	return EInvalidPointer;
+    }
+    
+    ilen = strlen(aSrc);
+    
+    if (KErrNone == aDes.Create(ilen))
+    {
+    	aDes.Copy((const unsigned char *)aSrc, ilen);
+    }
+	else
+	{
+		retval = EInsufficientSystemMemory;
+	}
+	
+	return retval;	
+}