diff -r b5d63d5fc252 -r a469c0e6e7fb smf/smfcredentialmgr/smfcredmgrcommon/src/smfutils.cpp
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+++ b/smf/smfcredentialmgr/smfcredmgrcommon/src/smfutils.cpp	Wed Jun 23 19:51:49 2010 +0530
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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
+ */
+
+#include <s32strm.h>
+#include "smfutils.h"
+
+namespace SmfUtils
+	{
+	void ExternalizeDesL(const TDesC8& aDes, RWriteStream& aStream)
+		{
+		TInt length = aDes.Length();
+		aStream.WriteInt32L(length);
+
+		if (length > 0)
+			{
+			aStream << aDes;
+			}
+		}
+
+	TInt InternalizeDesL(RBuf8& aDes, RReadStream& aStream)
+		{
+		TInt length = aStream.ReadInt32L();
+		aDes.Close();
+
+		if (length > 0)
+			{
+			aDes.CreateL(aStream, length);
+			}
+		else
+			{
+			aDes.CreateL(KNullDesC8);
+			}
+
+		return length;
+		}
+
+	void ExternalizeDesL(const TDesC16& aDes, RWriteStream& aStream)
+		{
+		TInt length = aDes.Length();
+		aStream.WriteInt32L(length);
+
+		if (length > 0)
+			{
+			aStream << aDes;
+			}
+		}
+
+	HBufC16* InternalizeDesL(RReadStream& aStream)
+		{
+		TInt length = aStream.ReadInt32L();
+		if (length)
+			{
+			HBufC* buf = HBufC::NewL(aStream, length);
+			return buf;
+			}
+		else
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	TInt InternalizeDesL( RBuf16& aDes, RReadStream& aStream )
+	    {
+	    TInt length = aStream.ReadInt32L();
+	    
+	    aDes.Close();
+	    
+	    if( length > 0 )
+	        {
+	        aDes.CreateL( aStream, length );
+	        }
+	    else
+	        {
+	        aDes.CreateL( KNullDesC16 );
+	        }
+
+	    return length;
+	    }
+	void ExternalizeInt64L(const TInt64& aInt, RWriteStream& aStream)
+		{
+		TInt32 low = I64LOW( aInt );
+		TInt32 high = I64HIGH( aInt );
+		aStream.WriteInt32L(low);
+		aStream.WriteInt32L(high);
+		}
+
+	void InternalizeInt64L(TInt64& aInt, RReadStream& aStream)
+		{
+		TInt32 low = aStream.ReadInt32L();
+		TInt32 high = aStream.ReadInt32L();
+		aInt = MAKE_TINT64(high, low);
+		}
+
+	}