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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 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:
+*
+*/
+
+package com.nokia.s60tools.hticonnection.services.keyeventservice;
+
+import com.nokia.HTI.common.Util;
+import com.nokia.s60tools.hticonnection.core.AbstractRequest;
+
+/**
+ * Common abstract class for key event requests. 
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractKeyRequest extends AbstractRequest {
+
+	/**
+	 * Timeout for the requested operation
+	 */
+	protected final long timeout;
+
+	/**
+	 * Helper method for converting the key to scan code
+	 * @param scanCode Scan code in integer format.
+	 * @return Scan code as byte array.
+	 */
+	protected static byte[] convertScanCodeToByteArr(int scanCode) {
+	    byte[] scanCodeByteArr = new byte[2]; //Wide character set used
+	    Util.intToLittleEndianBytes(scanCode, scanCodeByteArr, 0, 2);
+	    return scanCodeByteArr;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor.
+	 * @param name Name of the request.
+	 * @param timeout Time in milliseconds that is waited for the operation to complete. Use 0 for infinite.
+	 */
+	protected AbstractKeyRequest(String name, long timeout){
+		super(name);
+		this.timeout = timeout;
+	}
+
+}