diff -r 000000000000 -r bde4ae8d615e os/ossrv/utilitylibraries/libutils/src/wstringtodescriptor8.cpp
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+++ b/os/ossrv/utilitylibraries/libutils/src/wstringtodescriptor8.cpp	Fri Jun 15 03:10:57 2012 +0200
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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2008 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:   Contains the source for wstring to Descriptor8 conversions
+ *
+*/
+
+
+
+#include "libutils.h"
+  
+
+
+ /**
+   * Converts a wstring to a descriptor of type TBufc8
+   *
+   * @param aSrc is the wstring to be converted , aDes is the 
+   * reference to the descriptor where the result of conversion 
+   * is stored 
+   * @return Status code (0 is ESuccess,-1 is EInsufficientMemory,
+   * -3 is EStringNoData, -4 is EInvalidPointer, -8 is EInvalidWCSSequence
+   * -9 is EInsufficientSystemMemory)
+   */
+
+EXPORT_C int WstringToTbuf8(wstring& aSrc, TDes8& aDes)
+{	
+    int retval = ESuccess;
+    unsigned int ilen = 0;
+    const wchar_t* wcharString = aSrc.c_str();
+    int minusone = -1;
+    
+    if (L'\0' == wcharString[0])
+    {
+    	return EStringNoData;
+    }
+    
+    ilen = wcslen(wcharString);
+    
+    if (ilen*2 > aDes.MaxLength())
+    {
+    	return EInsufficientMemory;
+    }
+    
+    char *CharString = new char[ilen*2];
+    
+    if(!CharString)
+    {
+    	return EInsufficientSystemMemory;
+    }
+    
+	if(minusone == wcstombs(CharString, (const wchar_t*)wcharString, ilen*2))
+	{
+		retval = EInvalidWCSSequence;
+	}
+	else 
+	{
+		aDes.Copy((unsigned char *)CharString, ilen*2);
+	}
+	
+	delete []CharString;
+	return retval;	
+}
+
+ /**
+   * Converts a wstring to a descriptor of type TPtr8
+   *
+   * @param aSrc is the wstring to be converted , aDes is the 
+   * reference to the descriptor where the result of conversion 
+   * is stored 
+   * @return Status code (0 is ESuccess,-1 is EInsufficientMemory,
+   * -3 is EStringNoData, -4 is EInvalidPointer )
+   */
+
+EXPORT_C int WstringToTptr8(wstring& aSrc, char* cPtr, TPtr8& aDes)
+{
+    int retval = ESuccess;
+    unsigned int wlen = 0, ilendes = 0;
+    const wchar_t* wcharString = aSrc.c_str();
+    int minusone = -1;
+    
+    if (L'\0' == wcharString[0])
+    {
+    	return EStringNoData;
+    }
+    
+	wlen = wcslen(wcharString);
+	ilendes = aDes.MaxLength();
+	
+	if (ilendes < 2*wlen)
+	{
+		return EInsufficientMemory;
+	}
+	
+	if(minusone != wcstombs(cPtr, wcharString, wlen*2))
+	{
+		aDes.Set((unsigned char *)cPtr, wlen*2, ilendes);	
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		retval = EInvalidWCSSequence;
+	}
+		
+	return retval;
+}
+
+ /**
+   * Converts a wstring to a descriptor of type TPtrC8
+   *
+   * @param aSrc is the wstring to be converted , aDes is the 
+   * reference to the descriptor where the result of conversion 
+   * is stored 
+   * @return Status code (0 is ESuccess,-1 is EInsufficientMemory,
+   * -3 is EStringNoData, -4 is EInvalidPointer )
+   */
+
+EXPORT_C int WstringToTptrc8(wstring& aSrc, char* cPtr, TPtrC8& aDes)
+{
+    int retval = ESuccess;
+    unsigned int wlen = 0;
+    const wchar_t* wcharString = aSrc.c_str();
+    int minusone = -1;
+    
+    if (L'\0' == wcharString[0])
+    {
+    	return EStringNoData;
+    }
+    else if ( !cPtr )
+    {
+    	return EInvalidPointer;
+    }
+    
+	wlen = wcslen(wcharString);
+		
+    if(minusone != wcstombs(cPtr, (const wchar_t*)wcharString, wlen*2 ))
+    {
+    	aDes.Set((TUint8 *)(cPtr), wlen*2);	
+    }
+	else
+	{
+		retval = EInvalidWCSSequence;
+	}
+	
+    return retval;	
+}
+
+ /**
+   * Converts a wstring to a descriptor of type HBufc8
+   *
+   * @param aSrc is the Wstring to be converted , aDes is the 
+   * reference to the descriptor where the result of conversion 
+   * is stored 
+   * @return Status code (0 is ESuccess, -1 is EInsufficientMemory, 
+   * -3 is EStringNoData )
+   */
+
+EXPORT_C int WstringToHbufc8(wstring& aSrc, HBufC8* aDes)
+{
+    unsigned int wlen = 0 , ilendes = 0; 
+    int retval = ESuccess; 
+    const wchar_t* wcharString = aSrc.c_str();
+    int minusone = -1;
+    
+    if (L'\0' == wcharString[0])
+    {
+    	return EStringNoData;
+    }	
+    else if (!aDes)
+	{
+		return EInvalidPointer;
+	}
+	
+	wlen = wcslen(wcharString);
+    ilendes = aDes->Length();
+    
+    if (0 == ilendes)
+    {
+    	return EUseNewMaxL;
+    }
+    else if (ilendes < wlen)
+    {
+    	return EInsufficientMemory;
+    }
+    
+    char *CharString = new char[wlen*2];
+    
+    if(!CharString)
+    {
+    	return EInsufficientSystemMemory;
+    }
+    
+	
+	if(minusone == wcstombs(CharString, (const wchar_t *)wcharString, wlen*2))
+	{
+		retval = EInvalidWCSSequence;
+	}
+	else 
+	{
+		*aDes = (TUint8 *)CharString;
+	}
+	
+	delete []CharString;
+	return retval;
+}
+ 
+ /**
+   * Converts a wstring to a descriptor of type RBuf8
+   *
+   * @param aSrc is the wstring to be converted , aDes is the 
+   * reference to the descriptor where the result of conversion 
+   * is stored 
+   * @return Status code (0 is ESuccess ,-1 is EInsufficientMemory -3 is EStringNoData )
+   */
+
+EXPORT_C int WstringToRbuf8(const wstring& aSrc, RBuf8& aDes)
+{
+    int retval = ESuccess;
+    unsigned int wlen = 0;
+    const wchar_t* wcharString = aSrc.c_str();
+    int minusone = -1;
+    
+    if (L'\0' == wcharString[0])
+    {
+    	return EStringNoData;
+    }	
+    
+    wlen = wcslen(aSrc.c_str());
+   
+    char* buf = new char[wlen*2];
+    
+    if (!buf)
+    {
+    	return EInsufficientSystemMemory;
+    }
+         
+	if(minusone != wcstombs(buf, (const wchar_t*)wcharString, wlen*2))
+	{
+    aDes.Copy((const unsigned char *)buf, wlen*2);	
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		retval = EInvalidWCSSequence;
+	}
+	
+	delete []buf;
+	return retval;
+}