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#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