diff -r 000000000000 -r 2e3d3ce01487 contextframework/cfw/inc/cfservices/cfserviceutils.h
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+++ b/contextframework/cfw/inc/cfservices/cfserviceutils.h	Tue Feb 02 10:12:00 2010 +0200
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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2006-2007 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:  CFServer utils
+*
+*/
+
+
+#ifndef CFSERVICEUTILS_H
+#define CFSERVICEUTILS_H
+
+
+#include <e32base.h>
+
+class RWriteStream;
+class RReadStream;
+
+/**
+* Context Framework Services utils class.
+*/
+NONSHARABLE_CLASS( CFServiceUtils )
+    {
+    public:
+    
+        /**
+        * Updates buffer with new data.
+        * Creates a new buffer if needed.
+        * 
+        * @since S60 5.0
+        * @param aBuffer Buffer where to copy.
+        * @param aNewData New data what to copy.
+        * @return None.
+        */
+        static void UpdateBufferL( HBufC*& aBuffer, const TDesC& aNewData );
+
+        /**
+        * Writes descriptor into stream.
+        * First is written descriptor length and then the descriptor itself.
+        * 
+        * @since S60 5.0
+        * @param aDesc Descriptor to write into stream.
+        * @param aStream Write stream to do the writing.
+        * @return None.
+        */
+        static void WriteIntoStreamL( const HBufC* const aBuf, RWriteStream& aStream );
+
+        /**
+        * Read from stream into descriptor.
+        * First is read descriptor length and then the descriptor itself.
+        * 
+        * @since S60 5.0
+        * @param aDesc Descriptor to write into stream.
+        * @param aStream Write stream to do the writing.
+        * @return None.
+        */
+        static void ReadFromStreamL( HBufC*& aBuffer, RReadStream& aStream );
+    };
+
+#endif