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#ifndef _StructHelper_
#define _StructHelper_

#include "qpid/Exception.h"
#include "qpid/CommonImportExport.h"
#include "qpid/framing/Buffer.h"

#include <stdlib.h> // For alloca

namespace qpid {
namespace framing {

class StructHelper
{
public:

    template <class T> void encode(const T t, std::string& data) {
        uint32_t size = t.bodySize() + 2/*type*/;
        data.resize(size);
        Buffer wbuffer(const_cast<char*>(data.data()), size);
        wbuffer.putShort(T::TYPE);
        t.encodeStructBody(wbuffer);
    }

    template <class T> void decode(T& t, const std::string& data) {
        Buffer rbuffer(const_cast<char*>(data.data()), data.length());
        uint16_t type = rbuffer.getShort();
        if (type == T::TYPE) {
            t.decodeStructBody(rbuffer);
        } else {
            throw Exception("Type code does not match");
        }
    }
};

}}
#endif