/**

* Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).

* All rights reserved.

* This component and the accompanying materials are made available

* under the terms of the License "Symbian Foundation License v1.0" to Symbian Foundation members and "Symbian Foundation End User License Agreement v1.0" to non-members

* which accompanies this distribution, and is available

* at the URL "http://www.symbianfoundation.org/legal/licencesv10.html".

*

* Initial Contributors:

* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.

*

* Contributors:

*

* Description:

*

*/

/**

 @file MetaContainer.h

 @internalTechnology

*/

#if (!defined METACONTAINER_H)

#define METACONTAINER_H

#include <e32base.h>

#include <e32std.h>

#include <comms-infras/metadata.h>

namespace Meta

{

class RMetaDataContainerBase : public RPointerArray<SMetaData>

/**

Container of meta objects.

Base class.

Derived containers need to implement static LoadL.

@internalComponent

@released since v9.0 */

    {

public:

	IMPORT_C explicit RMetaDataContainerBase();

    IMPORT_C void Copy(const RMetaDataContainerBase& aMetaContainer);

    IMPORT_C TInt Store(TDes8& aDes) const;

    IMPORT_C TInt Load(TPtrC8& aDes);

	IMPORT_C TInt Length() const;

	IMPORT_C STypeId GetTypeId() const;

protected:

	virtual SMetaData* LoadElementL(TPtrC8& aDes) = 0;

    };

template<class ELEMENT>

class RMetaDataContainer : public RMetaDataContainerBase

/**

Templated container of meta objects that implements static LoadL.

Meta object type (template parameter) needs to implement its own static LoadL.

@internalComponent

@released since v9.0 */

	{

public:

	static RMetaDataContainer<ELEMENT>* LoadL(TPtrC8& aDes);

	explicit inline RMetaDataContainer();

protected:

	virtual SMetaData* LoadElementL(TPtrC8& aDes);

	};

typedef RMetaDataContainer<SMetaDataECom> RMetaDataEComContainer;

} //namespace Meta

#include <comms-infras/metacontainer.inl>

#endif //METACONTAINER_H