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+/*
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ */
+#ifndef _StructHelper_
+#define _StructHelper_
+
+#include "qpid/Exception.h"
+
+namespace qpid {
+namespace framing {
+
+class StructHelper
+{
+public:
+
+    template <class T> void encode(const T t, std::string& data) {
+        uint32_t size = t.size() + 2/*type*/;
+        Buffer buffer(size);
+        buffer.putShort(T::TYPE);
+        t.encode(buffer);
+        buffer.flip();
+        buffer.getRawData(data, size);        
+    }
+
+    template <class T> void decode(T t, std::string& data) {
+        Buffer buffer(data.length());
+        buffer.putRawData(data);        
+        buffer.flip();
+        uint16_t type = buffer.getShort();
+        if (type == T::TYPE) {
+            t.decode(buffer);
+        } else {
+            throw Exception("Type code does not match");
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+}}
+#endif