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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ * This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+ * under the terms of the "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:
+ * Lasse Laasonen, Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd - Initial contribution
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * This header contains utility routines used by server and client
+ */
+
+#ifndef SMFUTILS_H_
+#define SMFUTILS_H_
+
+#include <e32base.h>
+
+class RWriteStream;
+class RReadStream;
+
+/**
+ * Utility to serialize data
+ */
+namespace SmfUtils
+	{
+	/**
+	 * Method to externalize
+	 * @param aDes descriptor to be externalized
+	 * @param aStream The Write Stream to be filled.
+	 */
+	void ExternalizeDesL(const TDesC8& aDes, RWriteStream& aStream);
+
+	/**
+	 * Method to internalize 
+	 * @param aDes descriptor to be internalized
+	 * @param aStream the stream to read from.
+	 */
+	TInt InternalizeDesL(RBuf8& aDes, RReadStream& aStream);
+
+	/**
+	 * Method to externalize
+	 * @param aDes descriptor to be externalized
+	 * @param aStream The Write Stream to be filled.
+	 */
+	void ExternalizeDesL(const TDesC16& aDes, RWriteStream& aStream);
+
+	/**
+	 * Method to internalize 
+	 * @param aStream the stream to read from.
+	 */
+	HBufC16* InternalizeDesL(RReadStream& aStream);
+
+	TInt InternalizeDesL( RBuf16& aDes, RReadStream& aStream );
+	/**
+	 * Method to externalize 
+	 * @param aInt integer to be externalized
+	 * @param aStream The Write Stream to be filled.
+	 */
+	void ExternalizeInt64L(const TInt64& aInt, RWriteStream& aStream);
+
+	/**
+	 * Method to internalize 
+	 * @param aInt integer to be internalized
+	 * @param aStream the stream to read from.
+	 */
+	void InternalizeInt64L(TInt64& aInt, RReadStream& aStream);
+	}
+
+#endif /* SMFUTILS_H_ */