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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-E189B0C0-AAB5-5472-996B-91043DE0B6D4" xml:lang="en"><title>Package Buffers Overview</title><shortdesc>Allows any value type (a T class) to be encapsulated as |
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a descriptor, for the purpose of inter-thread data transfer.</shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody> |
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<section id="GUID-D6ADB133-EB0D-41C5-B513-152ED052BA9F"><title>Architectural |
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relationships</title> <p>The Client/Server API expects data that is |
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to be passed between threads to be encapsulated in a descriptor. Package |
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buffers provide a generic way for the thread providing the data to |
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do this. The thread receiving the data extracts the original data |
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from the package.</p> <p>APIs with client/server architectures, such |
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as telephony and Messaging, define specialised package buffer types |
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that encapsulate the particular data types that they require to pass |
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between threads.</p> </section> |
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<section id="GUID-545604B3-1A3A-4236-AB40-F15E19D40487"><title>Description</title> <p>The API has two key concepts: package buffer descriptor, and |
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package pointer descriptor. </p> </section> |
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<section id="GUID-5B34C59B-3D61-48E9-9939-0259E1EC9A64"><title>Package |
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buffer descriptor</title> <p>The package buffer descriptor creates |
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a new instance of the type to encapsulate and stores it within the |
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descriptor. The interface allows a reference to the encapsulated object |
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to be obtained, so that it can be accessed and modified.</p> <p>The |
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package buffer descriptor interface is provided by <xref href="GUID-C7A094BD-846F-3ED2-8CCE-C0743DB3712A.dita"><apiname>TPckgBuf</apiname></xref>.</p></section> |
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<section id="GUID-B12499C9-B385-43CF-8342-06B34150BE67"><title>Package |
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pointer descriptor</title> <p>The package pointer descriptor refers |
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to an already existing object. It is otherwise used in a similar way |
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to the package buffer descriptor.</p> <p>The package pointer descriptor |
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interface is provided by <xref href="GUID-36B29964-420D-38D0-AF08-4DA70BED8B6E.dita"><apiname>TPckgC</apiname></xref> for const objects, |
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and <xref href="GUID-4DFB8E64-81FF-3D3B-9694-CE51B11DA69A.dita"><apiname>TPckg</apiname></xref> for non-const objects. </p> </section> |
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</conbody><related-links> |
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<link href="GUID-11EEFB3D-0414-5BEB-9D78-56A4B9154008.dita"><linktext>Using |
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Descriptors</linktext></link> |
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<link href="GUID-D0D27AEA-FDDB-5F6F-94F6-ADDF5910DC47.dita"><linktext>Client/Server |
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Overview</linktext></link> |
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</related-links></concept> |