diff -r 000000000000 -r e4d67989cc36 utilitylibraries/libutils/src/descriptor8tostring.cpp
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+++ b/utilitylibraries/libutils/src/descriptor8tostring.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 Descriptor8 to string conversions
+ *
+*/
+
+
+
+#include "libutils.h"
+  
+
+
+ /**
+   * Converts a descriptor of type TBuf8 to string datatype
+   *
+   * @param aSrc is the descriptor to be converted , aDes is the 
+   * reference to the string to which the result of conversion 
+   * is stored ,
+   * @return Status code (0 is ESuccess, -1 is EInsufficientMemory
+   * -4 is EDescriptorNoData)
+   */
+
+EXPORT_C int Tbuf8ToString(TDes8& aSrc, string& aDes)
+{
+    unsigned int ilen = aSrc.Length();
+    if (ilen == 0)
+    {
+    	return EDescriptorNoData;
+    }
+    
+    char* charString = new char[ilen +1];
+    if (!charString)
+    {
+    	return EInsufficientSystemMemory;
+    }
+    	
+    memcpy(charString, (char*)aSrc.Ptr(), ilen);
+    charString[ilen] = '\0';
+    
+	aDes.assign(charString);
+	
+	delete []charString;
+	return ESuccess;
+}
+
+  /**
+    * Converts a descriptor of type TBufC8 to string datatype
+    *
+    * @param aSrc is the descriptor to be converted , aDes is the 
+    * reference to the string to which the result of conversion 
+    * is stored ,
+    * @return Status code (0 is ESuccess, -1 is EInsufficientMemory
+    * -4 is EDescriptorNoData)
+    */
+
+EXPORT_C int Tbufc8ToString(TDesC8& aSrc, string& aDes)
+{
+    unsigned int ilen = aSrc.Length();
+    if(0 == ilen)
+    {
+    	return EDescriptorNoData;
+    }
+    
+    char* charString = new char[ilen +1];
+    if (!charString)
+    {
+    	return EInsufficientSystemMemory;
+    }
+    	
+    memcpy(charString, (char*)aSrc.Ptr(), ilen);
+    charString[ilen] = '\0';
+    
+	aDes.assign(charString);
+	
+	delete []charString;
+	return ESuccess;
+}
+
+ /**
+   * Converts a descriptor of type TPtr8 to string datatype
+   *
+   * @param aSrc is the descriptor to be converted , aDes is the 
+   * reference to the string to which the result of conversion 
+   * is stored ,
+   * @return Status code (0 is ESuccess, -1 is EInsufficientMemory
+   * -4 is EDescriptorNoData)
+   */
+
+EXPORT_C int Tptr8ToString (TDes8& aSrc, string& aDes)
+{
+    unsigned int ilen = aSrc.Length();
+    if(0 == ilen )
+    {
+    	return EDescriptorNoData;
+    }
+	
+	char* charString = new char[ilen +1];
+	
+	if (!charString)
+    {
+    	return EInsufficientSystemMemory;
+    }
+    
+    memcpy(charString, (char*)aSrc.Ptr(), ilen);
+    charString[ilen] = '\0';
+    
+	aDes.assign (charString);
+	
+	delete []charString;
+	
+	return ESuccess;
+}
+
+ /**
+   * Converts a descriptor of type TPtrC8 to string datatype
+   *
+   * @param aSrc is the descriptor to be converted , aDes is the 
+   * reference to the string to which the result of conversion 
+   * is stored ,
+   * @return Status code (0 is ESuccess, -1 is EInsufficientMemory
+   * -4 is EDescriptorNoData)
+   */
+
+EXPORT_C int Tptrc8ToString (const TDesC8& aSrc, string& aDes)
+{
+    unsigned int ilen = aSrc.Length();
+    if (0 == ilen)
+    {
+    	return EDescriptorNoData;
+    }
+    
+	char* charString = new char[ilen +1];
+	if(!charString)
+	{
+		return EInsufficientSystemMemory;
+	}
+	
+    memcpy(charString, (char*)aSrc.Ptr(), ilen);
+    charString[ilen] = '\0';
+    
+    aDes.assign(charString);
+	
+	delete []charString;
+	return ESuccess;
+}
+
+ /**
+   * Converts a descriptor of type HBufC8 to string datatype
+   *
+   * @param aSrc is the descriptor to be converted , aDes is the 
+   * reference to the string to which the result of conversion 
+   * is stored , n_size specifies the conversion size of the string
+   * @return Status code (0 is ESuccess, -2 is EInvalidSize
+   * -4 is EInvalidPointer)
+   */
+
+EXPORT_C int Hbufc8ToString(HBufC8* aSrc, string& aDes)
+{
+    unsigned int ilen = 0;
+	if(!aSrc)
+    {
+        return EInvalidPointer;
+    }
+    else 
+    {
+        ilen = aSrc->Length();
+        if ( 0 == ilen)
+        {
+        	return EDescriptorNoData;	
+        }
+    	
+    }
+	
+	char* charString = new char[ilen +1];
+	if(!charString)
+	{
+		return EInsufficientSystemMemory;
+	}
+	
+	memcpy(charString, (char*)aSrc->Ptr(), ilen);
+    charString[ilen] = '\0';
+    
+	aDes.assign(charString);
+	delete[] charString;
+	return ESuccess;
+}
+
+ /**
+   * Converts a descriptor of type RBuf8 to string datatype
+   *
+   * @param aSrc is the descriptor to be converted , aDes is the 
+   * reference to the string to which the result of conversion 
+   * is stored , n_size specifies the conversion size of the string
+   * @return Status code (0 is ESuccess, -1 is EInsufficientMemory, 
+   * -5 is EDescriptorNoData)
+   */
+
+EXPORT_C int Rbuf8ToString(TDes8& aSrc, string& aDes)
+{
+    unsigned int ilen = aSrc.Length();
+    if (0 == ilen)
+    {
+    	return EDescriptorNoData;
+    }
+    
+    char* buf = new char [ilen+1];
+    if (!buf)
+    {
+    	return EInsufficientSystemMemory;
+    }
+
+    memcpy (buf,(char *)aSrc.Ptr(), ilen);
+    buf[ilen]='\0';
+   
+    aDes.assign(buf);
+    
+    delete []buf;
+	return ESuccess;
+}
+
+ /**
+   * Converts a descriptor of type TLit8 to string datatype
+   *
+   * @param aSrc is the descriptor to be converted , aDes is the 
+   * reference to the string to which the result of conversion 
+   * is stored , n_size specifies the conversion size of the string
+   * @return Status code (0 is ESuccess,  -5 is EDescriptorNoData)
+   */
+
+EXPORT_C int Tlit8ToString(const TDesC8& aSrc, string& aDes)
+{   
+    unsigned int ilen = aSrc.Length();
+    
+    if (0 == ilen)
+    {
+    	return EDescriptorNoData;
+    }
+    
+    char* buf = new char [ilen+1];
+    if (!buf)
+    {
+    	return EInsufficientSystemMemory;
+    }
+
+    memcpy (buf,(char *)aSrc.Ptr(), ilen);
+    buf[ilen]='\0';
+   
+    aDes.assign(buf);
+    delete [] buf;
+    
+	return ESuccess;
+}