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+/* 
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2008 MaNGOS <http://www.mangosproject.org/>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef MANGOS_BYTECONVERTER_H
+#define MANGOS_BYTECONVERTER_H
+
+/** ByteConverter reverse your byte order.  This is use
+    for cross platform where they have different endians.
+ */
+
+#include<Platform/Define.h>
+#include<algorithm>
+
+namespace ByteConverter
+{
+    template<size_t T>
+        inline void convert(char *val)
+    {
+        std::swap(*val, *(val + T - 1));
+        convert<T - 2>(val + 1);
+    }
+
+    template<> inline void convert<0>(char *) {}
+    template<> inline void convert<1>(char *) {}            // ignore central byte
+
+    template<typename T> inline void apply(T *val)
+    {
+        convert<sizeof(T)>((char *)(val));
+    }
+}
+
+#if MANGOS_ENDIAN == MANGOS_BIGENDIAN
+template<typename T> inline void EndianConvert(T& val) { ByteConverter::apply<T>(&val); }
+#else
+template<typename T> inline void EndianConvert(T&) { }
+#endif
+
+template<typename T> inline void EndianConvert(T*) { }
+inline void EndianConvert(uint8&) { }
+inline void EndianConvert( int8&) { }
+
+#endif