1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cpp/include/qpid/framing/FieldValue.h b/cpp/include/qpid/framing/FieldValue.h
index 7b4dee1529..e5746c8065 100644
--- a/cpp/include/qpid/framing/FieldValue.h
+++ b/cpp/include/qpid/framing/FieldValue.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ class FieldValue {
 
     template <class T, int W> T getIntegerValue() const;
     template <class T, int W> T getFloatingPointValue() const;
+    template <int W> void getFixedWidthValue(unsigned char*) const;
     template <class T> bool get(T&) const;
 
   protected:
@@ -209,6 +210,16 @@ inline T FieldValue::getFloatingPointValue() const {
     }
 }
 
+template <int W> void FieldValue::getFixedWidthValue(unsigned char* value) const
+{
+    FixedWidthValue<W>* const fwv = dynamic_cast< FixedWidthValue<W>* const>(data.get());
+    if (fwv) {
+        for (uint i = 0; i < W; ++i) value[i] = fwv->rawOctets()[i];
+    } else {
+        throw InvalidConversionException();
+    }
+}
+
 template <>
 inline float FieldValue::get<float>() const {
     return getFloatingPointValue<float, 4>();
@@ -417,6 +428,11 @@ class ListValue : public FieldValue {
     QPID_COMMON_EXTERN ListValue(const List&);
 };
 
+class UuidValue : public FieldValue {
+  public:
+    QPID_COMMON_EXTERN UuidValue(const unsigned char*);
+};
+
 template <class T>
 bool getEncodedValue(FieldTable::ValuePtr vptr, T& value)
 {