NAME

PerlUtil - a C++ utility class for Perl/Symbian

SYNOPSIS

// in your App.mmp
USERINCLUDE	\symbian\perl\x.y.z\include
LIBRARY	perlXYZ.lib

// in your App
#include "PerlUtil.h" // includes also EXTERN.h and perl.h

// Static methods for moving between Perl strings (SvPV)
// and Symbian strings (HBufC and TDes).

static SV*      newSvPVfromTDesC8(const TDesC8& aDes);
static void     setSvPVfromTDesC8(SV* sv, const TDesC8& aDes);
static HBufC8*  newHBufC8fromSvPV(SV* sv);
static void     setTDes8fromSvPV(TDes8* aDes8, SV* sv);

static SV*      newSvPVfromTDesC16(const TDesC16& aDes);
static void     setSvPVfromTDesC16(SV* sv, const TDesC16& aDes);
static HBufC16* newHBufC16fromSvPV(SV* sv);
static void     setTDes16fromSvPV(TDes16* aDes16, SV* sv);

static HBufC8*  newHBufC8fromPVn(const U8* s, STRLEN n);
static void     setTDes8fromPVn(TDes8* aDes8, const U8* s, STRLEN n);
static HBufC16* newHBufC16fromPVn(const U8* s, STRLEN n, bool utf8);
static void  setTDes16fromPVn(TDes16* aDes16, const U8* s, STRLEN n);

// An example

const U8* s = (const U8 *)"foo";
HBufC16* b = PerlUtil::newHBufC16fromPVn(s, 3, 0);
someCallWithConstTDesCRefArgument(*b);
delete b;