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+
+/* -*- C++ -*- */
+
+//=============================================================================
+/**
+ *  @file    RM_Helper.h
+ *
+ *  $Id$
+ *
+ *  This class aggregates a number of helper functions used by the
+ *  CIAO RepositoryManager
+ *
+ *
+ *  @author Stoyan Paunov
+ */
+//=============================================================================
+
+#ifndef RM_HELPER_H_
+#define RM_HELPER_H_
+
+
+#include "ciao/Deployment_Packaging_DataC.h"
+#include "tao/CDR.h"
+#include "ace/Message_Block.h"
+
+
+class RM_Helper
+{
+public:
+
+  static void pc_to_cdr (const Deployment::PackageConfiguration& pc, TAO_OutputCDR& cdr);
+
+  static void cdr_to_pc (Deployment::PackageConfiguration& pc, TAO_InputCDR& cdr);
+
+  static bool externalize (const Deployment::PackageConfiguration& pc, const char* path);
+
+  static bool reincarnate (Deployment::PackageConfiguration& pc, const char* path);
+
+  /**
+   * Function that copies the file from a specified location to another
+   * specified location on the hard disk.
+   * @retval true on success
+   * @retval false on error
+   */
+  static bool copy_from_disk_to_disk (const char* from_path, const char* to_path);
+
+  /**
+   * Function that writes out a file to a specified location on the hard disk
+   * @retval true on success
+   * @retval false on already exists and replace == false
+   * @retval false on error
+   */
+  static bool write_to_disk (const char* full_path,
+                 ACE_Message_Block& mb,
+                 bool replace = true
+                 );
+
+  /**
+   * Function that writes out a file to a specified location on the hard disk
+   * @retval true on success
+   * @retval false on already exists and replace == false
+   * @retval 0 on error
+   * @note This function is relevant for PackageConfigurations ONLY
+   */
+  static bool write_pc_to_disk (const char* full_path,
+                                ACE_Message_Block& mb,
+                                bool replace = true);
+
+  /**
+   * Function to read the contents of a file from disk into an
+   * ACE_Message_Block returns a pointer to an ACE_Message_Block and updates
+   * the lenght on success
+   * @retval 0 on failure
+   */
+
+  static ACE_Message_Block* read_pc_from_disk (const char* full_path,
+                                               size_t &length);
+
+};
+
+#endif