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+/*************************************************************************
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+
+#ifndef __FRAMEWORK_MACROS_GENERIC_HXX_
+#define __FRAMEWORK_MACROS_GENERIC_HXX_
+
+//_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
+//  includes
+//_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
+
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <rtl/textenc.h>
+
+//*****************************************************************************************************************
+//  generic macros
+//*****************************************************************************************************************
+
+/*_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
+    DECLARE_ASCII( SASCIIVALUE )
+
+    Use it to declare a constant ascii value at compile time in code.
+    zB. OUSting sTest = DECLARE_ASCII( "Test" )
+_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________*/
+
+#define DECLARE_ASCII( SASCIIVALUE )                                                                            \
+    ::rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( SASCIIVALUE ) )
+
+/*_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
+    U2B( SUNICODEVALUE )
+    B2U( SASCIIVALUE )
+    U2B_ENC( SUNICODEVALUE, AENCODING )
+    B2U_ENC( SASCIIVALUE, AENCODING )
+
+    Use it to convert unicode strings to ascii values and reverse ...
+    We use UTF8 as default textencoding. If you will change this use U2B_ENC and B2U_ENC!
+_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________*/
+
+#define U2B( SUNICODEVALUE )                                                                                    \
+    ::rtl::OUStringToOString( SUNICODEVALUE, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 )
+
+#define B2U( SASCIIVALUE )                                                                                      \
+    ::rtl::OStringToOUString( SASCIIVALUE, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 )
+
+#define U2B_ENC( SUNICODEVALUE, AENCODING )                                                                     \
+    ::rtl::OUStringToOString( SUNICODEVALUE, AENCODING )
+
+#define B2U_ENC( SASCIIVALUE, AENCODING )                                                                       \
+    ::rtl::OStringToOUString( SASCIIVALUE, AENCODING )
+
+//*****************************************************************************************************************
+//  end of file
+//*****************************************************************************************************************
+
+#endif  //  #ifndef __FRAMEWORK_MACROS_GENERIC_HXX_