diff -r 000000000000 -r b8ed18f6c07b devsound/hwdevapi/inc/MmfHwDevice.inl
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+// Copyright (c) 2002-2009 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:
+//
+
+#ifndef __MMF_HW_DEVICE_INL__
+#define __MMF_HW_DEVICE_INL__
+
+#include <ecom/ecom.h>
+
+
+/**
+Create a CMMFHwDevice object from .dll.
+Will leave if dll cannot be loaded (KErrNotFound).
+
+@param dll Implementation .dll
+
+@return an instantiated CMMFHwDevice derived object from a DLL.
+*/
+// modification to pass by reference would cause a BC break
+// coverity[pass_by_value]
+inline CMMFHwDevice* CMMFHwDevice::NewL(TFileName dll)
+	{
+	RLibrary library;
+	User::LeaveIfError(library.Load(dll));
+	TLibraryFunction entry=library.Lookup(2); // 1 ponits to implementation table
+	CMMFHwDevice* mmfHwDevice = (CMMFHwDevice*)entry();
+	return mmfHwDevice;
+	}
+
+/**
+ *
+ * Destructor
+ *
+ */
+
+CMMFHwDevice::~CMMFHwDevice()
+	{
+	// Destroy any instance variables and then
+	// inform ecom that this specific
+	// instance of the interface has been destroyed.
+	REComSession::DestroyedImplementation(iDtor_ID_Key);
+	}
+
+/**
+ *
+ *	Create a CMMFHwDevice object with a known implementation Uid.
+ *  Will leave if it is not found (KErrNotFound).
+ *
+ *	@param aUid   -  The Uid of a plugin implementation
+ *
+ *	@return An instantiated CMMFHwDevice derived object from ECom.
+ *
+ */
+inline CMMFHwDevice* CMMFHwDevice::NewL(TUid aUid)
+	{
+	CMMFHwDevice* device = REINTERPRET_CAST(CMMFHwDevice*,
+											REComSession::CreateImplementationL(aUid, _FOFF(CMMFHwDevice,iDtor_ID_Key)));
+	return device;
+	}
+
+#endif