diff -r 000000000000 -r 83f4b4db085c toolsandutils/e32tools/checklib/object/coff/coff_file_header.cpp
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+++ b/toolsandutils/e32tools/checklib/object/coff/coff_file_header.cpp	Tue Feb 02 01:39:43 2010 +0200
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+// Copyright (c) 2008-2009 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:
+//
+
+#include "coff_file_header.h"
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <string>
+
+
+namespace coff
+{
+    File_header::File_header(const char* p1, const char* p2, bool a_pedantic)
+        : m_data( reinterpret_cast<const coff_file_header_t*>(p1) )
+    {
+        if ( unsigned(p2 - p1 + 1) < sizeof(coff_file_header_t) )
+        {
+            throw std::runtime_error("not a COFF object: the file is too small");
+        }
+
+        if (m_data->magic != 0x014c)
+        {
+            throw std::runtime_error("not a COFF object: bad magic");
+        }
+
+        if (a_pedantic) // Do some extra checks for correctness.
+        {
+            // ...
+        }
+    }
+
+    unsigned File_header::get_symtab_offset() const
+    {
+        return m_data->symtab;
+    }
+
+    unsigned File_header::get_symcount() const
+    {
+        return m_data->nsyms;
+    }
+}
+