diff -r 000000000000 -r ba25891c3a9e ncdengine/provider/protocol/inc/ncdprotocolutils.h
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+++ b/ncdengine/provider/protocol/inc/ncdprotocolutils.h	Thu Dec 17 08:51:10 2009 +0200
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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2006 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:  
+*
+*/
+
+
+#ifndef NcdPROTOCOLUTILS_H
+#define NcdPROTOCOLUTILS_H
+
+#include <e32base.h>
+#include "ncdprotocoltypes.h"
+
+class NcdProtocolUtils
+    {
+public:
+    static void AssignEmptyDesL( HBufC16*& aDes );
+    static void AssignEmptyDesL( HBufC8*& aDes );
+    static void AssignDesL( HBufC16*& aDes, const TDesC16& aSource );
+    // Does UTF8->unicode conversion:
+    static void AssignDesL( HBufC16*& aDes, const TDesC8& aSource );
+    static void AssignDesL( HBufC8*& aDes, const TDesC8& aSource );
+    static HBufC16* ConvertUtf8ToUnicodeL( const TDesC8& aUtfText );
+    static HBufC16* ConvertUtf8ToUnicodeLC( const TDesC8& aUtfText );
+    static HBufC8* ConvertUnicodeToUtf8L( const TDesC16& aUnicodeText );
+    static TBool IsWhitespace( const TDesC8& aUtfText );
+    static TInt DesDecToIntL( const TDesC8& aDes );
+    static TInt DesDecToIntL( const TDesC16& aDes );
+    static TInt DesDecToInt( const TDesC8& aDes, TInt& aValue );
+    static TInt DesDecToInt( const TDesC16& aDes, TInt& aValue );
+
+    static TReal32 DesDecToRealL( const TDesC8& aDes );
+    
+    static void DesToBool( TBool& aBool, const TDesC8& aDes );
+    static void DesToBool( TBool& aBool, const TDesC16& aDes );
+    static void DesToNcdBool( TNcdBool& aBool, const TDesC8& aDes );
+    static void DesToNcdBool( TNcdBool& aBool, const TDesC16& aDes );
+    /**
+     * Parses xs:dateTime. If KNullDesC8 parameter is given,
+     * the returned TTime value will be zero. Malformed input
+     * will cause a leave.
+     * @param aDes xs:dateTime format string
+     */
+//     static TTime TimeStampL( const TDesC8& aDes );
+
+    static void BoolToStringL(TXmlEngString& aString, const TBool aValue);
+    static void NcdBoolToStringL(TXmlEngString& aString, const TNcdBool aValue);
+    static const TDesC8& BoolToDes( TBool aValue );
+    static const TDesC8& NcdBoolToDes( TNcdBool aValue );
+    static void DesToStringL(TXmlEngString& aString, const TDesC& aValue);
+    static void DesToStringL(TXmlEngString& aString, const TDesC8& aValue);
+    static void IntToStringL(TXmlEngString& aString, TInt aValue);
+
+    static void NewAttributeL(
+        TXmlEngElement& aParent, const TDesC8& aKey, const TDesC8& aValue);
+    static void NewAttributeL(
+        TXmlEngElement& aParent, const TDesC8& aKey, const TDesC& aValue);
+    static void NewBoolAttributeL(
+        TXmlEngElement& aParent, const TDesC8& aKey, const TBool aValue);
+    static void NewNcdBoolAttributeL(
+        TXmlEngElement& aParent, const TDesC8& aKey, const TNcdBool aValue);
+    static void NewAttributeL(
+        TXmlEngElement& aParent, const TDesC8& aKey, const TInt aValue);
+    static void NewAttributeL(
+        TXmlEngElement& aParent, const TDesC8& aKey, const TXmlEngString& aValue);
+    
+    static TXmlEngElement NewElementL( RXmlEngDocument& aDocument, 
+        TXmlEngElement& aParent, const TDesC8& aName, const TXmlEngString& aPrefix);
+    static TXmlEngElement NewElementL( RXmlEngDocument& aDocument, 
+        TXmlEngElement& aParent, const TDesC8& aName, 
+        const TDesC8& aPrefix = KNullDesC8);
+
+    static TXmlEngElement NewElementL(
+        RXmlEngDocument& aDocument, const TDesC8& aName, const TXmlEngString& aPrefix);
+    static TXmlEngElement NewElementL(
+        RXmlEngDocument& aDocument, const TDesC8& aName, 
+        const TDesC8& aPrefix = KNullDesC8);
+    /**
+     * Decodes base64 encoded data into a descriptor.
+     * @param Base64 data
+     * @return HBufC8* Decoded data
+     */
+    static HBufC8* DecodeBase64L( const TDesC8& aData );
+    /**
+     * Decodes base64 encoded data into a descriptor.
+     * @param Base64 data
+     * @return HBufC8* Decoded data
+     */
+    static HBufC8* DecodeBase64LC( const TDesC8& aData );
+
+    static TTime DesToTimeL(const TDesC8& aDes);
+    static TTime DesToTimeL(const TDesC16& aDes);
+    static void TimeToDesL(const TTime aTime, HBufC16*& aDes);
+    
+private:
+    NcdProtocolUtils();
+    ~NcdProtocolUtils();
+
+        /**
+     * Decodes data.
+     * @param aData Input buffer
+     * @param aOutput Output buffer
+     * @param aCalculateLength ETrue to only calculate decoded length
+     * @return TInt Decoded length 
+     */
+    static TInt DecodeBase64L( const TDesC8& aData, 
+                         TDes8& aOutput,
+                         TBool aCalculateLength );
+    /**
+     * Decodes a character
+     * @param c
+     * @return TInt
+     */
+    static TInt DecodeBase64L( TInt c );
+
+    };
+
+#endif