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+// Copyright (c) 2007-2009 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:
+// ULogger plug-in base class
+// 
+//
+
+/**
+ @file
+ @internalTechnology
+ @prototype
+*/
+
+#ifndef __ULOGGERTOOLS_H__
+#define __ULOGGERTOOLS_H__
+
+#include <e32base.h>
+#include <s32mem.h>
+
+namespace Ulogger
+{
+
+//utility templates
+/*!Externilize T array to HBufC8 stream.
+This is for internal use only.
+*/
+template<class T> HBufC8* ExternalizeToBufL(const T& aArray, TInt aElementSize)
+	{
+	CBufFlat* buf = CBufFlat::NewL(1 + aArray.Count()*aElementSize);
+	CleanupStack::PushL(buf);
+	RBufWriteStream stream(*buf);
+	CleanupClosePushL(stream);
+
+	for (TInt i=0; i<aArray.Count(); ++i)
+		stream << aArray[i];
+
+	CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy(&stream); //close
+	
+	HBufC8* des = HBufC8::NewL(buf->Size());
+	TPtr8 ptr(des->Des());
+	buf->Read(0, ptr, buf->Size());
+
+	CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy(buf);
+	return des;
+	}	
+	
+	
+	
+/*!Internalize stream to array.
+This is for internal use only.
+*/
+
+template<class T, class T2> void InternalizeFromBufL(const TDesC8& aBuf, T& aArray, T2 aArrayMember)
+	{
+	TInt elements = (TInt)aBuf.Length()/sizeof(T2);
+	RDesReadStream stream(aBuf);
+	CleanupClosePushL(stream);
+	for(TInt i=0; i<elements; ++i)
+		{
+		stream >> aArrayMember;
+		aArray.AppendL(aArrayMember);
+		}
+	CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy(&stream); //close
+	}
+
+void ResetAndDestroyPtrArray(TAny* aPtr)
+	{
+	(STATIC_CAST(RPointerArray<HBufC>*,aPtr))->ResetAndDestroy();
+	(STATIC_CAST(RPointerArray<HBufC>*,aPtr))->Close();
+	}
+
+}
+
+#endif //__ULOGGERTOOLS_H__