diff -r 000000000000 -r e6b17d312c8b ximpfw/core/srcutils/ximprbufhelpers.cpp
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+++ b/ximpfw/core/srcutils/ximprbufhelpers.cpp	Thu Dec 17 08:54:49 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:  Helpers for handling RBuf.
+*
+*/
+
+#include "ximprbufhelpers.h"
+
+// ==================== XIMPRBuf16Helper MEMBER FUNCTIONS ====================
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// XIMPRBuf16Helper::GrowIfNeededL()
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+EXPORT_C void XIMPRBuf16Helper::GrowIfNeededL( RBuf16& aBuf, const TInt aMaxLength )
+    {
+    if ( aBuf.MaxLength() < aMaxLength )
+        {
+        aBuf.ReAllocL( aMaxLength );
+        }
+    }
+
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// XIMPRBuf16Helper::SetNewValueL()
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+EXPORT_C void XIMPRBuf16Helper::SetNewValueL( RBuf16& aBuf,
+                                              const TDesC16& aValue )
+    {
+    GrowIfNeededL( aBuf, aValue.Length() );
+    aBuf.Copy( aValue );
+    }
+
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// XIMPRBuf16Helper::ExternalizeL()
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+EXPORT_C void XIMPRBuf16Helper::ExternalizeL( const RBuf16& aBuf,
+                                              RWriteStream& aStream )
+    {
+    aStream.WriteInt32L( aBuf.Length() );
+    aStream.WriteL( aBuf );
+    }
+
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// XIMPRBuf16Helper::InternalizeL()
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+EXPORT_C void XIMPRBuf16Helper::InternalizeL( RBuf16& aBuf,
+                                              RReadStream& aStream )
+    {
+    TInt length = aStream.ReadInt32L();
+    GrowIfNeededL( aBuf, length );
+    aStream.ReadL( aBuf, length );
+    }
+
+
+// ==================== XIMPRBuf8Helper MEMBER FUNCTIONS ====================
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// XIMPRBuf8Helper::GrowIfNeededL()
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+EXPORT_C void XIMPRBuf8Helper::GrowIfNeededL( RBuf8& aBuf, const TInt aMaxLength )
+    {
+    if ( aBuf.MaxLength() < aMaxLength )
+        {
+        aBuf.ReAllocL( aMaxLength );
+        }
+    }
+
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// XIMPRBuf8Helper::SetNewValueL()
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+EXPORT_C void XIMPRBuf8Helper::SetNewValueL( RBuf8& aBuf,
+                                             const TDesC8& aValue )
+    {
+    GrowIfNeededL( aBuf, aValue.Length() );
+    aBuf.Copy( aValue );
+    }
+
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// XIMPRBuf8Helper::ExternalizeL()
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+EXPORT_C void XIMPRBuf8Helper::ExternalizeL( const RBuf8& aBuf,
+                                             RWriteStream& aStream )
+    {
+    aStream.WriteInt32L( aBuf.Length() );
+    aStream.WriteL( aBuf );
+    }
+
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// XIMPRBuf8Helper::InternalizeL()
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+EXPORT_C void XIMPRBuf8Helper::InternalizeL( RBuf8& aBuf,
+                                             RReadStream& aStream )
+    {
+    TInt length = aStream.ReadInt32L();
+    GrowIfNeededL( aBuf, length );
+    aStream.ReadL( aBuf, length );
+    }
+
+