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<concept id="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7" xml:lang="en"><title>Basic

APIs</title><shortdesc>Accessing APIs and basic functions in kernel-side programs.</shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<p>Device drivers, like user-side programs, need to use APIs for basic tasks

such as managing buffers and arrays. However, the EKA2 architecture does not

allow kernel-side programs such as drivers to link and use the User Library

(<filepath>euser.dll</filepath>) that provides these APIs to user-side programs.

This means kernel side code <i>cannot use the majority</i> of classes and

functions that are available to user side code. </p>

<p>However, some classes are available for use on both the user side and the

kernel side. The first section of this document, <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-2CE47F55-D160-50A3-B05E-318569FDEF1F">Available EUSER functionality</xref>, explains what these are. In other cases,

there are alternative Kernel-specific APIs or techniques that you can use.

The second section, <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-6AE21206-A29D-5CB6-83E9-69C2E7DA566A">Coding

techniques to replace EUSER functionality</xref>, describes these. </p>

<p>The detailed contents are given below: </p>

<p><b>Contents </b> </p>

<ul>

<li id="GUID-F2669D60-00E3-520C-BACA-E363BFEDD487"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-2CE47F55-D160-50A3-B05E-318569FDEF1F">Available EUSER functionality</xref>  </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-AB9D2617-556C-556B-81F2-A9E0E3CA2A60"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-1A26C8D7-E915-5280-BA1E-0B837E296EE4">8-bit descriptors</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-2D0B05B0-BEBB-5A71-A6CA-1FFC5848D80B"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-F8164DF1-8875-5C83-9165-9902EB51A97C">Arrays</xref> </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-962C0A1C-5A7B-5201-956D-F38BDF59C836"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-0BC2B8B1-F797-5B65-9EE7-36A2EC5C9BC5">Character representation</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-36D2B096-181D-51E5-B502-E385565E7693"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-682EF1C2-4756-5E5A-B4E9-00AABD5D4CE2">Basic utility functions and classes</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-F9264F5E-2D3D-551D-B9DD-DCECC027021D"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-331E0310-69A3-58A6-B932-F2B44201530D">The Package Buffers API</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-293A58CA-F57E-5323-9B1B-A8F51D351AA2"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-5707529F-6145-58C3-A0A9-8789FF8F1C93">The UID manipulation APIs</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-022766DC-6F40-55BE-B02A-6544A213141B"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-E9F32C01-5C4F-5706-B992-A4F8B01171FD">Version handling API</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-5CA1160C-8EEC-5795-853D-C568D519534F"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-E67B4238-3CFF-5448-B711-FCD14D8D3C10">TRequestStatus</xref> </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-AE09C566-0664-5341-9D8D-386D9CE3DFBA"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-0CA35DBF-C10D-5C35-90CD-24C53AEA41BF">TIpcArgs</xref> </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-EE77EAFA-50E6-58E4-B64E-4E7AB5FCAEF2"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-111081C5-5BDA-516B-9B3D-9D24FAD31E5D">Basic graphic classes</xref>  </p> </li>

</ul> </li>

<li id="GUID-7772333C-EB62-58E1-B1FD-64B500567C9D"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-6AE21206-A29D-5CB6-83E9-69C2E7DA566A">Coding techniques to replace EUSER functionality</xref> </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-EF0FA499-7F16-54D6-B1BA-A0AB3071CFB5"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-CA520DD3-3601-5774-87F2-D5BA4DA2BF8E">Buffers: replacing HBufC8 with HBuf</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-6CAA6B7F-7F07-5047-82CE-CCAF960880AF"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-310ADB7F-A03C-5994-A918-634B7BAB7DD8">Buffers: replacing HBufC8 with C style pointers</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-8858CFAA-EF27-54B0-8083-74A990C5E614"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-586DD3B4-69DB-564B-AB8D-B3A02607CE02">Handling 16-bit data items</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-AA63211F-E5AD-554A-AAFC-3FB1336553D5"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-77C88D19-50C3-5D69-8084-BE750F100BA0">Replacing CBase with DBase</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-E264271B-64F3-59A3-AD65-56C9ACEB5ABF"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-585EE1D8-6080-5B37-A3BD-278B8731B7F9">Replacing User::QueryVersionSupported() with Kern::QueryVersionSupported()</xref>  </p> </li>

</ul> </li>

</ul>

<section id="GUID-2CE47F55-D160-50A3-B05E-318569FDEF1F"><title>Available EUSER

functionality</title> <p>This is a list of USER side classes, types and APIs

that can still be used on the kernel side. However, a subset of the class

member functions may not be available. </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-81D6F170-FAB0-5DE6-93BC-0027CF8E382F"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-1A26C8D7-E915-5280-BA1E-0B837E296EE4">8-bit descriptors</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-BF477CD1-6079-5C60-A658-0DD64111081F"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-F8164DF1-8875-5C83-9165-9902EB51A97C">Arrays</xref> </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-63E56F9D-B261-58E7-B9F9-ED9726C7F16F"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-0BC2B8B1-F797-5B65-9EE7-36A2EC5C9BC5">Character representation (TChar)</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-6F9BC926-0367-57DC-8356-29A2D29D60B8"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-682EF1C2-4756-5E5A-B4E9-00AABD5D4CE2">Basic utility functions and classes</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-17051C1E-21DE-567C-ADB4-11D18314B0FC"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-331E0310-69A3-58A6-B932-F2B44201530D">The Package Buffers API</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-3BCFE3A4-9B93-5D2D-BA1E-71F2544028AC"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-5707529F-6145-58C3-A0A9-8789FF8F1C93">The UID manipulation APIs</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-4C2730C0-D22F-5855-9D11-8049B1BDEF5E"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-E9F32C01-5C4F-5706-B992-A4F8B01171FD">Version handling API</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-44CEA8AD-36B9-59DF-9469-9A905A600ED4"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-E67B4238-3CFF-5448-B711-FCD14D8D3C10">TRequestStatus</xref> </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-A867EDC0-DD2E-5E6D-ABC8-E57CECDA6158"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-0CA35DBF-C10D-5C35-90CD-24C53AEA41BF">TIpcArgs</xref> </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-D0E83441-2258-5660-99F1-5BCBB799DEA8"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-111081C5-5BDA-516B-9B3D-9D24FAD31E5D">Basic graphic classes</xref>  </p> </li>

</ul> <p id="GUID-1A26C8D7-E915-5280-BA1E-0B837E296EE4"><b>8-bit descriptors</b> </p> <p>The

following classes, defined in <filepath>e32des8.h</filepath>, <i>can</i> be

used on the kernel side. </p> <p>For some classes, the kernel side can use

the same member functions that are available to the user side. However, for

other classes, the kernel side is restricted to using a subset of functions;

where this is the case, the functions are listed </p> <table id="GUID-CCC5A82F-8A1B-52F2-8B0A-036801F68C68">

<tgroup cols="2"><colspec colname="col0"/><colspec colname="col1"/>

<tbody>

<row>

<entry><p> <b>Classes available </b>  </p> </entry>

<entry><p> <b>Public member functions that are available to kernel side code</b>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-FB97E0A3-352A-316F-97C6-69E4741A8120.dita"><apiname>TDesC8</apiname></xref>  </p> </entry>

<entry><p> <codeph>TInt operator&lt;(const TDesC8 &amp;aDes) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

operator&lt;=(const TDesC8 &amp;aDes) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

operator&gt;(const TDesC8 &amp;aDes) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt operator&gt;=(const

TDesC8 &amp;aDes) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt operator==(const

TDesC8 &amp;aDes) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt operator!=(const

TDesC8 &amp;aDes) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph> const TUint8 &amp;operator[](TInt

anIndex) const;</codeph> </p> <p> <codeph>TInt Length() const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

Size() const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>const TUint8 *Ptr() const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

Compare(const TDesC8 &amp;aDes) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt Match(const

TDesC8 &amp;aDes) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt MatchF(const TDesC8

&amp;aDes) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt MatchC(const TDesC8 &amp;aDes)

const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt Locate(TChar aChar) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

LocateReverse(TChar aChar) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt Find(const

TDesC8 &amp;aDes) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt Find(const TUint8

*pS,TInt aLenS) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TPtrC8 Left(TInt aLength)

const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TPtrC8 Right(TInt aLength) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TPtrC8

Mid(TInt aPos) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TPtrC8 Mid(TInt aPos,TInt

aLength) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt CompareF(const TDesC8 &amp;aDes)

const;</codeph>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-445B19E5-E2EE-32E2-8D6C-C7D6A9B3C507.dita"><apiname>TDes8</apiname></xref>  </p> </entry>

<entry><p> <codeph>TDes8&amp; operator=(const TUint8 *aString);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TDes8&amp;

operator=(const TDesC8 &amp;aDes);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TDes8&amp; operator=(const

TDes8 &amp;aDes);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt MaxLength() const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

MaxSize() const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>const TUint8 &amp;operator[](TInt

anIndex) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TUint8 &amp;operator[](TInt anIndex);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TDes8

&amp;operator+=(const TDesC8 &amp;aDes);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void Zero();</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void

SetLength(TInt aLength);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void SetMax();</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void

Copy(const TDesC8 &amp;aDes);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void Copy(const TUint8

*aBuf,TInt aLength);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void Copy(const TUint8 *aString);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void

Copy(const TDesC16 &amp;aDes);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void Append(TChar

aChar);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void Append(const TDesC8 &amp;aDes);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void

Append(const TDesC16 &amp;aDes);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void Append(const

TUint8 *aBuf,TInt aLength);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void Fill(TChar aChar);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void

Fill(TChar aChar,TInt aLength);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void FillZ();</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void

FillZ(TInt aLength);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void Num(TInt64 aVal);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph> void

Num(TUint64 aVal, TRadix aRadix);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void NumFixedWidth(TUint

aVal,TRadix aRadix,TInt                      aWidth);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void

AppendNum(TInt64 aVal);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void AppendNum(TUint64

aVal, TRadix aRadix);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void AppendNumFixedWidth(TUint

aVal,TRadix aRadix,TInt                      aWidth);</codeph>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-6DF731E4-5691-31C4-BEE0-03A3873F15EC.dita"><apiname>TPtrC8</apiname></xref>  </p> </entry>

<entry><p>Same as for user side code. </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-C0D29B11-1535-3D11-B318-B18D30A6120B.dita"><apiname>TPtr8</apiname></xref>  </p> </entry>

<entry><p>Same as for user side code. </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-5B1CA2E7-E3A7-3AF8-9EB0-662E130C45DA.dita"><apiname>TBufC8</apiname></xref>  </p> </entry>

<entry><p>Same as for user side code. </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-78E993D5-A845-32B4-B41A-947ABEF16AA0.dita"><apiname>TBuf8</apiname></xref>  </p> </entry>

<entry><p>Same as for user side code. </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-6A13E649-D15A-3BD7-B5C2-4DC23211F276.dita"><apiname>TDes8Overflow</apiname></xref>  </p> </entry>

<entry><p>Same as for user side code. </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-A188447C-9DAA-3963-B6F2-893910450FC7.dita"><apiname>TLitC8</apiname></xref>  </p> </entry>

<entry><p>Same as for user side code. </p> </entry>

</row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</table> <p id="GUID-F8164DF1-8875-5C83-9165-9902EB51A97C"><b>Arrays</b> </p> <p>The

following classes, defined in <filepath>e32cmn.h</filepath>, <i>can</i> be

used on the kernel side. </p> <p>For some classes, the kernel side can use

the same member functions that are available to the user side. However, for

other classes, the kernel side is restricted to using a subset of functions;

where this is the case, the functions are listed </p> <table id="GUID-858768C2-7159-5AF9-9704-C95F6FB14204">

<tgroup cols="2"><colspec colname="col0"/><colspec colname="col1"/>

<tbody>

<row>

<entry><p> <b>Classes available </b>  </p> </entry>

<entry><p> <b>Public member functions that are available to kernel side code</b>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-FAEBF321-6B08-3041-A01F-B1E7282D0707.dita"><apiname> RArray</apiname></xref> &lt;class T&gt; </p> </entry>

<entry><p> <codeph>RArray();</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>RArray(TInt aGranularity);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>RArray(TInt

aGranularity, TInt aKeyOffset);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>RArray(TInt aMinGrowBy,

TInt aKeyOffset, TInt                      aFactor);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void

Close(); inline TInt Count() const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>const T&amp;

operator[](TInt anIndex) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>T&amp; operator[](TInt

anIndex);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt Append(const T&amp; anEntry);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

Insert(const T&amp; anEntry, TInt aPos);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void Remove(TInt

anIndex);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void Compress();</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void

Reset();</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt Find(const T&amp; anEntry) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

Find(const T& anEntry,                      TIdentityRelation<T> anIdentity)

const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt FindInSignedKeyOrder(const T&amp; anEntry)

                     const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph> TInt FindInUnsignedKeyOrder(const

T&amp; anEntry)                      const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

FindInOrder(const T& anEntry,                      TLinearOrder<T>

anOrder) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt FindInSignedKeyOrder(const

T&amp; anEntry, TInt&amp;                      anIndex) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

FindInUnsignedKeyOrder(const T& anEntry,                      TInt&

anIndex) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt FindInOrder(const T&amp; anEntry,

TInt&amp; anIndex,                      TLinearOrder&lt;T&gt; anOrder) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

SpecificFindInSignedKeyOrder(const T& anEntry,                      TInt

aMode) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt SpecificFindInUnsignedKeyOrder(const

T&amp; anEntry,                      TInt aMode) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

SpecificFindInOrder(const T& anEntry,                      TLinearOrder<T>

anOrder, TInt aMode) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt SpecificFindInSignedKeyOrder(const

T&amp; anEntry,                      TInt&amp; anIndex, TInt aMode) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

SpecificFindInUnsignedKeyOrder(const T& anEntry,                     

TInt&amp; anIndex, TInt aMode) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt SpecificFindInOrder(const

T& anEntry, TInt&                      anIndex, TLinearOrder<T>

anOrder, TInt aMode) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt InsertInSignedKeyOrder(const

T&amp; anEntry);</codeph> </p> <p> <codeph>TInt InsertInUnsignedKeyOrder(const

T&amp;                      anEntry);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt InsertInOrder(const

T&amp; anEntry,                      TLinearOrder&lt;T&gt; anOrder);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

InsertInSignedKeyOrderAllowRepeats(const T&amp;                      anEntry);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

InsertInUnsignedKeyOrderAllowRepeats(const T&amp;                      anEntry);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

InsertInOrderAllowRepeats(const T& anEntry,                      TLinearOrder<T>

anOrder);</codeph>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-FAEBF321-6B08-3041-A01F-B1E7282D0707.dita"><apiname>RArray</apiname></xref> &lt;TInt&gt; </p> </entry>

<entry><p> <codeph>RArray();</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>RArray(TInt aGranularity);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>RArray(TInt

aMinGrowBy, TInt aFactor);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void Close();</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

Count() const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>const TInt&amp; operator[](TInt

anIndex) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt&amp; operator[](TInt anIndex);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

Append(TInt anEntry);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt Insert(TInt anEntry,

TInt aPos);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void Remove(TInt anIndex);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void

Compress();</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void Reset();</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

Find(TInt anEntry) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt FindInOrder(TInt

anEntry) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt FindInOrder(TInt anEntry,

TInt&amp; anIndex) const;                      </codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

SpecificFindInOrder(TInt anEntry, TInt aMode)                      const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

SpecificFindInOrder(TInt anEntry, TInt& anIndex,                     

TInt aMode) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt InsertInOrder(TInt anEntry);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

InsertInOrderAllowRepeats(TInt anEntry);</codeph>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-FAEBF321-6B08-3041-A01F-B1E7282D0707.dita"><apiname>RArray</apiname></xref> &lt;TUint&gt; </p> </entry>

<entry><p> <codeph>RArray();</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>RArray(TInt aGranularity);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>RArray(TInt

aMinGrowBy, TInt aFactor);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void Close();</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

Count() const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>const TUint&amp; operator[](TInt

anIndex) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TUint&amp; operator[](TInt anIndex);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

Append(TUint anEntry);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt Insert(TUint anEntry,

TInt aPos);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void Remove(TInt anIndex);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void

Compress();</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void Reset();</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

Find(TUint anEntry) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt FindInOrder(TUint

anEntry) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt FindInOrder(TUint anEntry,

TInt&amp; anIndex) const;                      </codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

SpecificFindInOrder(TUint anEntry, TInt aMode)                      const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

SpecificFindInOrder(TUint anEntry, TInt&                      anIndex,

TInt aMode) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt InsertInOrder(TUint anEntry);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

InsertInOrderAllowRepeats(TUint anEntry);</codeph>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-AAA13D1F-1BD7-3331-BB8C-11FA2795B53F.dita"><apiname>RPointerArray</apiname></xref> &lt;class T&gt; </p> </entry>

<entry><p> <codeph>RPointerArray();</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>RPointerArray(TInt

aGranularity);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>RPointerArray(TInt aMinGrowBy, TInt

aFactor);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void Close();</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

Count() const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>T* const&amp; operator[](TInt anIndex)

const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>T*&amp; operator[](TInt anIndex);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

Append(const T* anEntry);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt Insert(const T*

anEntry, TInt aPos);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void Remove(TInt anIndex);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void

Compress();</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void Reset();</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>void

ResetAndDestroy();</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt Find(const T* anEntry)

const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt Find(const T* anEntry, TIdentityRelation&lt;T&gt;

                     anIdentity) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt FindInAddressOrder(const

T* anEntry) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt FindInOrder(const T* anEntry,

TLinearOrder&lt;T&gt;                      anOrder) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

FindInAddressOrder(const T* anEntry, TInt&                      anIndex)

const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt FindInOrder(const T* anEntry, TInt&amp;

anIndex,                      TLinearOrder&lt;T&gt; anOrder) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

SpecificFindInAddressOrder(const T* anEntry, TInt                      aMode)

const;);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt SpecificFindInOrder(const T* anEntry,

                     TLinearOrder&lt;T&gt; anOrder, TInt aMode) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

SpecificFindInAddressOrder(const T* anEntry,                      TInt&

anIndex, TInt aMode) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt SpecificFindInOrder(const

T* anEntry, TInt&                      anIndex, TLinearOrder<T> anOrder,

TInt aMode) const;</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt InsertInAddressOrder(const

T* anEntry);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt InsertInOrder(const T* anEntry,

                     TLinearOrder&lt;T&gt; anOrder);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

InsertInAddressOrderAllowRepeats(const T*                      anEntry);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TInt

InsertInOrderAllowRepeats(const T* anEntry,                      TLinearOrder<T>

anOrder);</codeph>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-E75F040A-CEC6-3751-8F96-F16AEDC209A3.dita"><apiname>TIdentityRelation </apiname></xref> &lt;class T&gt; </p> </entry>

<entry><p>Same as for user side code. </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-C028C373-CE25-3832-855E-17FB738721CF.dita"><apiname>TLinearOrder</apiname></xref> &lt;class T&gt; </p> </entry>

<entry><p>Same as for user side code. </p> </entry>

</row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</table> <p id="GUID-0BC2B8B1-F797-5B65-9EE7-36A2EC5C9BC5"><b>Character representation</b> </p> <p>The

following class, defined in <filepath>e32cmn.h</filepath>, <i>can</i> be used

on the kernel side. </p> <p>For some classes, the kernel side can use the

same member functions that are available to the user side. However, for other

classes, the kernel side is restricted to using a subset of functions; where

this is the case, the functions are listed </p> <table id="GUID-F24ABED3-1122-5FE2-8E00-87B610F7E2A6">

<tgroup cols="2"><colspec colname="col0"/><colspec colname="col1"/>

<tbody>

<row>

<entry><p> <b>Classes available </b>  </p> </entry>

<entry><p> <b>Public member functions that are available to kernel side code</b>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-CDCFA2A5-EA8A-3B39-B90F-77AC41571E2D.dita"><apiname>TChar</apiname></xref>  </p> </entry>

<entry><p> <codeph>TChar();</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TChar(TUint aChar);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TChar&amp;

operator-=(TUint aChar);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TChar&amp; operator+=(TUint

aChar);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TChar operator-(TUint aChar);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>TChar

operator+(TUint aChar);</codeph>  </p> <p> <codeph>operator TUint() const;</codeph>  </p> </entry>

</row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</table> <p id="GUID-682EF1C2-4756-5E5A-B4E9-00AABD5D4CE2"><b>Basic utility

functions and classes</b> </p> <p>The following global utility functions and

classes, defined in <filepath>e32cmn.h</filepath>, <i>can</i> be used on the

kernel side. </p> <table id="GUID-1754BDC5-BFB7-5E32-A956-2289FDB1C172">

<tgroup cols="1"><colspec colname="col0"/>

<tbody>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-5391E485-A019-358F-85D2-3B55BA439BD1.dita"><apiname>TRefByValue</apiname></xref>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p> <codeph>TInt Lim(TInt aVal,TUint aLimit);</codeph>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p> <codeph>TInt LimX(TInt aVal,TUint aLimit);</codeph>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p>template &lt;class T&gt; <codeph>T Min(T aLeft,T aRight);</codeph>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p>template &lt;class T&gt; <codeph>T Min(T aLeft,TUint              

       aRight);</codeph>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p>template &lt;class T&gt; <codeph>T Max(T aLeft,T aRight);</codeph>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p>template &lt;class T&gt; <codeph>T Max(T aLeft,TUint              

       aRight);</codeph>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p>template &lt;class T&gt; <codeph>T Abs(T aVal);</codeph>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p>template &lt;class T&gt; <codeph>TBool Rng(T aMin,T aVal,T        

             aMax);</codeph>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p>template &lt;class T,class S&gt; <codeph>T* PtrAdd(T* aPtr,S      

               aVal);</codeph>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p>template &lt;class T,class S&gt; <codeph>T* PtrSub(T* aPtr,S      

               aVal);</codeph>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p>template &lt;class T&gt; <codeph>T Align2(T aValue);</codeph>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p>template &lt;class T&gt; <codeph>T Align4(T aValue);</codeph>  </p> </entry>

</row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</table> <p id="GUID-331E0310-69A3-58A6-B932-F2B44201530D"><b>The Package

Buffers API</b> </p> <p>The package buffers API, represented by classes defined

in <filepath>e32cmn.h</filepath>, <i>can</i> be used on the kernel side. </p> <table id="GUID-CE1782C9-E59A-567C-8F6F-DA5AE7C50476">

<tgroup cols="1"><colspec colname="col0"/>

<tbody>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-C7A094BD-846F-3ED2-8CCE-C0743DB3712A.dita"><apiname>TPckgBuf</apiname></xref>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-36B29964-420D-38D0-AF08-4DA70BED8B6E.dita"><apiname>TPckgC</apiname></xref>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-4DFB8E64-81FF-3D3B-9694-CE51B11DA69A.dita"><apiname>TPckg</apiname></xref>  </p> </entry>

</row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</table> <p id="GUID-5707529F-6145-58C3-A0A9-8789FF8F1C93"><b>The UID manipulation

APIs</b> </p> <p>The UID manipulation APIs, represented by classes defined

in <filepath>e32cmn.h</filepath> can be used on the kernel side. However,

only a <i>subset</i> of functions are available. See the detailed notes in

the following table. </p> <table id="GUID-4E17CB02-80F9-5D3A-A3F0-0C6208D759F5">

<tgroup cols="2"><colspec colname="col0"/><colspec colname="col1"/>

<tbody>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-530281E6-29FC-33F2-BC9B-610FBA389444.dita"><apiname>TUid</apiname></xref>  </p> </entry>

<entry><p>Only the two inline functions can be used: </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-1FA84853-4983-500F-B38E-AA82BB5456D6"><p> <xref href="GUID-530281E6-29FC-33F2-BC9B-610FBA389444.dita#GUID-530281E6-29FC-33F2-BC9B-610FBA389444/GUID-65B526E7-8629-3DEC-970B-1D48263D7AFD"><apiname>TUid::Uid</apiname></xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-B588EEC3-4DB9-51D3-9DCA-DAF822006C4B"><p> <xref href="GUID-530281E6-29FC-33F2-BC9B-610FBA389444.dita#GUID-530281E6-29FC-33F2-BC9B-610FBA389444/GUID-B7F5CA42-157B-3D74-BA2E-00B290F71345"><apiname>TUid::Null()</apiname></xref>  </p> </li>

</ul> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-B6D6B0AD-B15C-339A-8540-40540885089A.dita"><apiname>TUidType</apiname></xref>  </p> </entry>

<entry><p>None of the member functions can be used; however, the <codeph>iUid</codeph> data

member is declared as public on the kernel side. </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p> <xref href="GUID-1FB6F0D5-96F9-3D31-8508-9CE731A2E8E4.dita"><apiname>TUidName</apiname></xref>  </p> </entry>

<entry><p>This will only ever be an 8-bit type descriptor. </p> </entry>

</row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</table> <p id="GUID-E9F32C01-5C4F-5706-B992-A4F8B01171FD"><b>Version handling

API</b> </p> <p>The version handling API, represented by the <xref href="GUID-D82DEC7A-71C2-3004-BFC2-C82C009A2715.dita"><apiname>TVersion</apiname></xref> class

defined in <filepath>e32cmn.h</filepath> can be used on the kernel side. </p> <p id="GUID-E67B4238-3CFF-5448-B711-FCD14D8D3C10"><b>TRequestStatus</b> </p> <p>The <xref href="GUID-E0B34F3E-D4C4-3232-B8B1-7DB35B454646.dita"><apiname>TRequestStatus</apiname></xref> class

representing the completion status of an asynchronous request, and defined

in <filepath>e32cmn.h</filepath> can be used on the kernel side. </p> <p id="GUID-0CA35DBF-C10D-5C35-90CD-24C53AEA41BF"><b>TIpcArgs</b> </p> <p>The <xref href="GUID-4AD02F14-1142-372F-9D11-224595932034.dita"><apiname>TIpcArgs</apiname></xref> class, which is part of the Version2 client/server APIs,

and defined in <filepath>e32cmn.h</filepath>, can be used on the kernel side.

However, the <codeph>Set()</codeph> and <codeph>Type()</codeph> member functions

that take 16-bit descriptors are not available. </p> <p id="GUID-111081C5-5BDA-516B-9B3D-9D24FAD31E5D"><b>Basic

graphic classes</b> </p> <p>The basic graphic classes <xref href="GUID-339EC4C5-89DC-3972-9579-6DD38D418317.dita"><apiname>TPoint</apiname></xref> and <xref href="GUID-938244B2-5E1A-39F7-8ACA-E6DE4C44A313.dita"><apiname>TSize</apiname></xref> are

defined on the kernel side. However, only the public data members are defined

- the member functions are not defined, and are not available for use. </p> </section>

<section id="GUID-6AE21206-A29D-5CB6-83E9-69C2E7DA566A"><title>Coding techniques

to replace EUSER functionality</title> <ul>

<li id="GUID-19997154-7682-5FA8-85EA-2E24683398D5"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-CA520DD3-3601-5774-87F2-D5BA4DA2BF8E">Buffers: replacing HBufC8 with HBuf</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-DBAA1CE6-9A00-5A97-8954-C2B3E4DC8B3C"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-310ADB7F-A03C-5994-A918-634B7BAB7DD8">Buffers: replacing HBufC8 with C style pointers</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-44A25AD2-1970-5D1E-8B51-B92232F14E6F"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-586DD3B4-69DB-564B-AB8D-B3A02607CE02">Handling 16-bit data items</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-E9549A58-6921-5521-ACCA-E74DD962FFBC"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-77C88D19-50C3-5D69-8084-BE750F100BA0">Replacing CBase with DBase</xref>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-BC1219A8-4F8F-5E91-ABE9-E8D89F904D58"><p> <xref href="GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7.dita#GUID-8EB25927-D49E-578F-BD93-294C4EECB7E7/GUID-585EE1D8-6080-5B37-A3BD-278B8731B7F9">Replacing User::QueryVersionSupported() with Kern::QueryVersionSupported()</xref>  </p> </li>

</ul> <p id="GUID-CA520DD3-3601-5774-87F2-D5BA4DA2BF8E"><b>Buffers: replacing

HBufC8 with HBuf</b> </p> <p>In EKA2, the heap descriptor buffer, <xref href="GUID-2A528453-0279-3E47-838C-F8A8D29B88F1.dita"><apiname>HBufC8</apiname></xref> is

not available. However, the kernel side defines and implements an equivalent

(kernel) heap descriptor buffer: <xref href="GUID-1E0F353F-2532-3FF2-9992-06EC687C3998.dita"><apiname>HBuf8</apiname></xref>. <xref href="GUID-1E0F353F-2532-3FF2-9992-06EC687C3998.dita"><apiname>HBuf8</apiname></xref> is

behaves in a similar way to <xref href="GUID-2A528453-0279-3E47-838C-F8A8D29B88F1.dita"><apiname>HBufC8</apiname></xref>, so nearly all of your

code can be reused, but note the following points: </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-409FC5CB-F502-54ED-972E-D00AF311180C"><p>If your code uses the

typedef <xref href="GUID-A103FB19-60B3-3E45-97A5-1F295934ACA1.dita"><apiname>HBufC</apiname></xref>, then you need to change it to <xref href="GUID-5BEA9976-B969-3949-B855-E657FFF38EE2.dita"><apiname>HBuf</apiname></xref>. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-889793AE-1F58-5FAE-9C58-04E3549526F9"><p>On the kernel side,

there is no explicit support for 16-bit buffers, which means that there is

no class called HBuf16. In practice, this means that, <xref href="GUID-5BEA9976-B969-3949-B855-E657FFF38EE2.dita"><apiname>HBuf</apiname></xref> is

always the same as <xref href="GUID-1E0F353F-2532-3FF2-9992-06EC687C3998.dita"><apiname>HBuf8</apiname></xref>. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-58F6F261-69EA-5D2E-BAF1-9EF844F13B5A"><p>Unlike <xref href="GUID-2A528453-0279-3E47-838C-F8A8D29B88F1.dita"><apiname>HBufC8</apiname></xref>, <xref href="GUID-1E0F353F-2532-3FF2-9992-06EC687C3998.dita"><apiname>HBuf8</apiname></xref> is

a modifiable type descriptor. It has <xref href="GUID-445B19E5-E2EE-32E2-8D6C-C7D6A9B3C507.dita"><apiname>TDes8</apiname></xref> in its derivation

hierarchy, and this means that you can manipulate the descriptor's data (using

the <xref href="GUID-445B19E5-E2EE-32E2-8D6C-C7D6A9B3C507.dita"><apiname>TDes8</apiname></xref> member functions). </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-3D649264-94C6-598A-9F90-5ED6988A3B66"><p>The number of functions

available to create an <xref href="GUID-1E0F353F-2532-3FF2-9992-06EC687C3998.dita"><apiname>HBuf8</apiname></xref> object is more limited than

for <xref href="GUID-2A528453-0279-3E47-838C-F8A8D29B88F1.dita"><apiname>HBufC8</apiname></xref> - there are only three variants - although in

practice this is not a problem: </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-3B3B2A9D-13E0-57D4-A9F9-F308580B8F28"><p> <codeph>HBuf8::New(TInt

aMaxLength)</codeph> to allocate a heap descriptor buffer (on the kernel heap)

and set its length to zero; this behaves the same as the user side <codeph>HBufC8::New(TInt

aMaxLength)</codeph>  </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-213F8721-16E5-5E64-9D0A-E84E75831FB5"><p> <codeph>HBuf8::New(const

TDesC8&amp; aDes)</codeph> to allocate a heap descriptor buffer (on the kernel

heap) and initialise it by copying an existing descriptor's data into it. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-EBC5B863-9671-52C8-B22A-D303AA963697"><p> <codeph>HBuf8::ReAlloc(TInt

aNewMax)</codeph> to re-allocate (i.e. to resize) a heap descriptor buffer

(on the kernel heap); this behaves the same as the user side <codeph>HBufC8::New(TInt

aMaxLength)</codeph>  </p> </li>

</ul> </li>

<li id="GUID-67068834-2B86-5901-9BB7-C8E0158BBDA5"><p>There are no "leaving"

variants of these functions - if you have NewL(), NewLC(), and other "leaving"

variants, then you will need to change your code to explicitly check the return

code to make sure that the creation, or the reallocation of the heap descriptor

buffer has worked. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-D6FE65EF-A142-5B19-9F6E-718C9844B04B"><p>As the descriptor is

modifiable, there is no need for, and there is no equivalent of the function <xref href="GUID-2A528453-0279-3E47-838C-F8A8D29B88F1.dita#GUID-2A528453-0279-3E47-838C-F8A8D29B88F1/GUID-155C7682-B1C4-38D0-9542-3829DF383050"><apiname>HBufC8::Des()</apiname></xref>;

you just use the base class <xref href="GUID-445B19E5-E2EE-32E2-8D6C-C7D6A9B3C507.dita"><apiname>TDes8</apiname></xref> functions. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-28F7E8E5-4E78-5175-93B2-CA8365978A10"><p>If your code uses the

assignment operators (i.e. the <codeph>=</codeph> operator), you don't need

to change your code; the compiler will use the operators implemented in the <xref href="GUID-445B19E5-E2EE-32E2-8D6C-C7D6A9B3C507.dita"><apiname>TDes8</apiname></xref> base

class, which will do the right thing. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-2909D8CE-D267-5EB7-9870-5253438F7E98"><p>The descriptor function <xref href="GUID-FB97E0A3-352A-316F-97C6-69E4741A8120.dita#GUID-FB97E0A3-352A-316F-97C6-69E4741A8120/GUID-FF9F5F8C-A240-354E-BBD3-44772AE5C4A4"><apiname>TDesC8::Alloc()</apiname></xref> is

no longer available on the kernel side, so you cannot create a heap descriptor

buffer from a general descriptor. </p> </li>

</ul> <p>The following code fragments show code that is approximately equivalent

between EKA1 and EKA2. The fragments are a little artificial, and make assumptions

that would not necessarily be made in real code, but nevertheless still show

the essential differences. </p> <table id="GUID-C5338045-8A9C-5605-AB94-04D2770183E0">

<tgroup cols="2"><colspec colname="col0"/><colspec colname="col1"/>

<tbody>

<row>

<entry><p> <b>EKA1</b>  </p> </entry>

<entry><p> <b>EKA2</b>  </p> </entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p>This is a function that allocates a heap descriptor buffer (<xref href="GUID-2A528453-0279-3E47-838C-F8A8D29B88F1.dita"><apiname>HBufC8</apiname></xref>),

puts data into it, changes its size, replaces the data, deletes a part of

the data, and then deletes it. </p> <codeblock id="GUID-DEA8F91F-DE46-5DCF-BF06-9F4E89C5F366" xml:space="preserve">_LIT8(KTxSmall,"abcdef");

_LIT8(KTxBig,"ghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz");

void X::FunctionL()

    {

    // Create a buffer big enough to contain

    // the text "abcdef".

    // This uses the "leaving" variant, and leaves

    // if there is insufficient memory.

    HBufC8* pBuf = HBufC8::NewL(KTxSmall().Length());

    // Copy the text "abcdedf" into it

    *pBUf = KTxSmall;

    // Make the buffer bigger...

    // ... and check that it worked OK

    // Note that we are using the non-leaving version.

    // We could use the leaving version, but we would

    // need to handle the cleanup of pBuf 

    HBuf8* pNewBuf = pBuf->ReAlloc(KTxBig().Length());;

    if (pNewBuf)

        {

        pBuf = pNewBuf;

        }

     else

        {

        delete pBuf;

        User::Leave(KErrNoMemory);

        }

    // Replace content of the descriptor with 

    // the text "ghijkl......"