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"Eclipse Public License v1.0" which accompanies this distribution, |
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and is available at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html". --> |
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Nokia Corporation - initial contribution. |
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<!DOCTYPE concept |
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PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Concept//EN" "concept.dtd"> |
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<concept id="GUID-772DFFA1-4BBC-516F-909D-47CB773760F5" xml:lang="en"><title>Packages as type-safe descriptors</title><shortdesc>Describes the package function to transfer data in correct |
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structure. </shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody> |
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<p>Descriptors are often used as the basis of data transfer within |
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Symbian platform. For example, inter-thread data transfer is specified |
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in terms of transferring data from a descriptor valid in the context |
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of one thread, to a descriptor valid in the context of another.</p> |
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<p>Data to be transferred almost always has a well defined structure |
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and it is important that the receiver of the data has some guarantee |
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that the correct structure has been passed. This is type safety.</p> |
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<p>A package <i>is</i> a descriptor and also acts as a wrapper around |
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it. It allows objects and data structures to be represented by descriptors |
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in a type safe way. Objects are either contained within a modifiable |
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buffer descriptor or are represented by pointer descriptors.</p> |
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<p>A package class is templated, the template parameter being the |
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type of the object represented. The use of a template provides the |
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required type safety.</p> |
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</conbody><related-links> |
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<link href="GUID-79BAF19D-F003-5468-9C01-6E918B06C36D.dita"> |
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<linktext>Descriptor concepts</linktext></link> |
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</related-links></concept> |