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+/** @file
+ * MS COM / XPCOM Abstraction Layer - Safe array helper class declaration.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Oracle Corporation
+ *
+ * This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
+ * available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
+ * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
+ * General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation, in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the
+ * VirtualBox OSE distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the
+ * hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
+ *
+ * The contents of this file may alternatively be used under the terms
+ * of the Common Development and Distribution License Version 1.0
+ * (CDDL) only, as it comes in the "COPYING.CDDL" file of the
+ * VirtualBox OSE distribution, in which case the provisions of the
+ * CDDL are applicable instead of those of the GPL.
+ *
+ * You may elect to license modified versions of this file under the
+ * terms and conditions of either the GPL or the CDDL or both.
+ */
+
+#ifndef VBOX_INCLUDED_com_array_h
+#define VBOX_INCLUDED_com_array_h
+#ifndef RT_WITHOUT_PRAGMA_ONCE
+# pragma once
+#endif
+
+
+/** @defgroup   grp_com_arrays    COM/XPCOM Arrays
+ * @ingroup grp_com
+ * @{
+ *
+ * The COM/XPCOM array support layer provides a cross-platform way to pass
+ * arrays to and from COM interface methods and consists of the com::SafeArray
+ * template and a set of ComSafeArray* macros part of which is defined in
+ * VBox/com/defs.h.
+ *
+ * This layer works with interface attributes and method parameters that have
+ * the 'safearray="yes"' attribute in the XIDL definition:
+ * @code
+
+    <interface name="ISomething" ...>
+
+      <method name="testArrays">
+        <param name="inArr" type="long" dir="in" safearray="yes"/>
+        <param name="outArr" type="long" dir="out" safearray="yes"/>
+        <param name="retArr" type="long" dir="return" safearray="yes"/>
+      </method>
+
+    </interface>
+
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * Methods generated from this and similar definitions are implemented in
+ * component classes using the following declarations:
+ * @code
+
+    STDMETHOD(TestArrays)(ComSafeArrayIn(LONG, aIn),
+                          ComSafeArrayOut(LONG, aOut),
+                          ComSafeArrayOut(LONG, aRet));
+
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * And the following function bodies:
+ * @code
+
+    STDMETHODIMP Component::TestArrays(ComSafeArrayIn(LONG, aIn),
+                                       ComSafeArrayOut(LONG, aOut),
+                                       ComSafeArrayOut(LONG, aRet))
+    {
+        if (ComSafeArrayInIsNull(aIn))
+            return E_INVALIDARG;
+        if (ComSafeArrayOutIsNull(aOut))
+            return E_POINTER;
+        if (ComSafeArrayOutIsNull(aRet))
+            return E_POINTER;
+
+        // Use SafeArray to access the input array parameter
+
+        com::SafeArray<LONG> in(ComSafeArrayInArg(aIn));
+
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < in.size(); ++ i)
+            LogFlow(("*** in[%u]=%d\n", i, in[i]));
+
+        // Use SafeArray to create the return array (the same technique is used
+        // for output array parameters)
+
+        SafeArray<LONG> ret(in.size() * 2);
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < in.size(); ++ i)
+        {
+            ret[i] = in[i];
+            ret[i + in.size()] = in[i] * 10;
+        }
+
+        ret.detachTo(ComSafeArrayOutArg(aRet));
+
+        return S_OK;
+    }
+
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * Such methods can be called from the client code using the following pattern:
+ * @code
+
+    ComPtr<ISomething> component;
+
+    // ...
+
+    com::SafeArray<LONG> in(3);
+    in[0] = -1;
+    in[1] = -2;
+    in[2] = -3;
+
+    com::SafeArray<LONG> out;
+    com::SafeArray<LONG> ret;
+
+    HRESULT rc = component->TestArrays(ComSafeArrayAsInParam(in),
+                                       ComSafeArrayAsOutParam(out),
+                                       ComSafeArrayAsOutParam(ret));
+
+    if (SUCCEEDED(rc))
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < ret.size(); ++ i)
+            printf("*** ret[%u]=%d\n", i, ret[i]);
+
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * For interoperability with standard C++ containers, there is a template
+ * constructor that takes such a container as argument and performs a deep copy
+ * of its contents. This can be used in method implementations like this:
+ * @code
+
+    STDMETHODIMP Component::COMGETTER(Values)(ComSafeArrayOut(int, aValues))
+    {
+        // ... assume there is a |std::list<int> mValues| data member
+
+        com::SafeArray<int> values(mValues);
+        values.detachTo(ComSafeArrayOutArg(aValues));
+
+        return S_OK;
+    }
+
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * The current implementation of the SafeArray layer supports all types normally
+ * allowed in XIDL as array element types (including 'wstring' and 'uuid').
+ * However, 'pointer-to-...' types (e.g. 'long *', 'wstring *') are not
+ * supported and therefore cannot be used as element types.
+ *
+ * Note that for GUID arrays you should use SafeGUIDArray and
+ * SafeConstGUIDArray, customized SafeArray<> specializations.
+ *
+ * Also note that in order to pass input BSTR array parameters declared
+ * using the ComSafeArrayIn(IN_BSTR, aParam) macro to the SafeArray<>
+ * constructor using the ComSafeArrayInArg() macro, you should use IN_BSTR
+ * as the SafeArray<> template argument, not just BSTR.
+ *
+ * Arrays of interface pointers are also supported but they require to use a
+ * special SafeArray implementation, com::SafeIfacePointer, which takes the
+ * interface class name as a template argument (e.g.
+ * com::SafeIfacePointer\<IUnknown\>). This implementation functions
+ * identically to com::SafeArray.
+ */
+
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+# include <nsMemory.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "VBox/com/defs.h"
+
+#if RT_GNUC_PREREQ(4, 6) || (defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1600))
+/** @def VBOX_WITH_TYPE_TRAITS
+ * Type traits are a C++ 11 feature, so not available everywhere (yet).
+ * Only GCC 4.6 or newer and MSVC++ 16.0 (Visual Studio 2010) or newer.
+ */
+# define VBOX_WITH_TYPE_TRAITS
+#endif
+
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_TYPE_TRAITS
+# include <type_traits>
+#endif
+
+#include "VBox/com/ptr.h"
+#include "VBox/com/assert.h"
+#include "iprt/cpp/list.h"
+
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+
+/**
+ * Wraps the given com::SafeArray instance to generate an expression that is
+ * suitable for passing it to functions that take input safearray parameters
+ * declared using the ComSafeArrayIn macro.
+ *
+ * @param aArray    com::SafeArray instance to pass as an input parameter.
+ */
+#define ComSafeArrayAsInParam(aArray)   \
+    (PRUint32)(aArray).size(), (aArray).__asInParam_Arr((aArray).raw())
+
+/**
+ * Wraps the given com::SafeArray instance to generate an expression that is
+ * suitable for passing it to functions that take output safearray parameters
+ * declared using the ComSafeArrayOut macro.
+ *
+ * @param aArray    com::SafeArray instance to pass as an output parameter.
+ */
+#define ComSafeArrayAsOutParam(aArray)  \
+    (aArray).__asOutParam_Size(), (aArray).__asOutParam_Arr()
+
+#else /* !VBOX_WITH_XPCOM */
+
+#define ComSafeArrayAsInParam(aArray)   (aArray).__asInParam()
+
+#define ComSafeArrayAsOutParam(aArray)  (aArray).__asOutParam()
+
+#endif /* !VBOX_WITH_XPCOM */
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+namespace com
+{
+
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+/**
+ * Provides various helpers for SafeArray.
+ *
+ * @param T Type of array elements.
+ */
+template<typename T>
+struct SafeArrayTraits
+{
+protected:
+
+    /** Initializes memory for aElem. */
+    static void Init(T &aElem) { aElem = (T)0; }
+
+    /** Initializes memory occupied by aElem. */
+    static void Uninit(T &aElem) { RT_NOREF(aElem); }
+
+    /** Creates a deep copy of aFrom and stores it in aTo. */
+    static void Copy(const T &aFrom, T &aTo) { aTo = aFrom; }
+
+public:
+
+    /* Magic to workaround strict rules of par. 4.4.4 of the C++ standard (that
+     * in particular forbid casts of 'char **' to 'const char **'). Then initial
+     * reason for this magic is that XPIDL declares input strings
+     * (char/PRUnichar pointers) as const but doesn't do so for pointers to
+     * arrays. */
+    static T *__asInParam_Arr(T *aArr) { return aArr; }
+    static T *__asInParam_Arr(const T *aArr) { return const_cast<T *>(aArr); }
+};
+
+template<typename T>
+struct SafeArrayTraits<T *>
+{
+    // Arbitrary pointers are not supported
+};
+
+template<>
+struct SafeArrayTraits<PRUnichar *>
+{
+protected:
+
+    static void Init(PRUnichar * &aElem) { aElem = NULL; }
+
+    static void Uninit(PRUnichar * &aElem)
+    {
+        if (aElem)
+        {
+            ::SysFreeString(aElem);
+            aElem = NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static void Copy(const PRUnichar * aFrom, PRUnichar * &aTo)
+    {
+        AssertCompile(sizeof(PRUnichar) == sizeof(OLECHAR));
+        aTo = aFrom ? ::SysAllocString((const OLECHAR *)aFrom) : NULL;
+    }
+
+public:
+
+    /* Magic to workaround strict rules of par. 4.4.4 of the C++ standard */
+    static const PRUnichar **__asInParam_Arr(PRUnichar **aArr)
+    {
+        return const_cast<const PRUnichar **>(aArr);
+    }
+    static const PRUnichar **__asInParam_Arr(const PRUnichar **aArr) { return aArr; }
+};
+
+template<>
+struct SafeArrayTraits<const PRUnichar *>
+{
+protected:
+
+    static void Init(const PRUnichar * &aElem) { aElem = NULL; }
+    static void Uninit(const PRUnichar * &aElem)
+    {
+        if (aElem)
+        {
+            ::SysFreeString(const_cast<PRUnichar *>(aElem));
+            aElem = NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static void Copy(const PRUnichar * aFrom, const PRUnichar * &aTo)
+    {
+        AssertCompile(sizeof(PRUnichar) == sizeof(OLECHAR));
+        aTo = aFrom ? ::SysAllocString((const OLECHAR *)aFrom) : NULL;
+    }
+
+public:
+
+    /* Magic to workaround strict rules of par. 4.4.4 of the C++ standard */
+    static const PRUnichar **__asInParam_Arr(const PRUnichar **aArr) { return aArr; }
+};
+
+template<>
+struct SafeArrayTraits<nsID *>
+{
+protected:
+
+    static void Init(nsID * &aElem) { aElem = NULL; }
+
+    static void Uninit(nsID * &aElem)
+    {
+        if (aElem)
+        {
+            ::nsMemory::Free(aElem);
+            aElem = NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static void Copy(const nsID * aFrom, nsID * &aTo)
+    {
+        if (aFrom)
+        {
+            aTo = (nsID *) ::nsMemory::Alloc(sizeof(nsID));
+            if (aTo)
+                *aTo = *aFrom;
+        }
+        else
+            aTo = NULL;
+    }
+
+    /* This specification is also reused for SafeConstGUIDArray, so provide a
+     * no-op Init() and Uninit() which are necessary for SafeArray<> but should
+     * be never called in context of SafeConstGUIDArray. */
+
+    static void Init(const nsID * &aElem) { NOREF(aElem); AssertFailed(); }
+    static void Uninit(const nsID * &aElem) { NOREF(aElem); AssertFailed(); }
+
+public:
+
+    /** Magic to workaround strict rules of par. 4.4.4 of the C++ standard. */
+    static const nsID **__asInParam_Arr(nsID **aArr)
+    {
+        return const_cast<const nsID **>(aArr);
+    }
+    static const nsID **__asInParam_Arr(const nsID **aArr) { return aArr; }
+};
+
+#else /* !VBOX_WITH_XPCOM */
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+struct SafeArrayTraitsBase
+{
+protected:
+
+    static SAFEARRAY *CreateSafeArray(VARTYPE aVarType, SAFEARRAYBOUND *aBound)
+    { return SafeArrayCreate(aVarType, 1, aBound); }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Provides various helpers for SafeArray.
+ *
+ * @param T Type of array elements.
+ *
+ * Specializations of this template must provide the following methods:
+ *
+    // Returns the VARTYPE of COM SafeArray elements to be used for T
+    static VARTYPE VarType();
+
+    // Returns the number of VarType() elements necessary for aSize
+    // elements of T
+    static ULONG VarCount(size_t aSize);
+
+    // Returns the number of elements of T that fit into the given number of
+    // VarType() elements (opposite to VarCount(size_t aSize)).
+    static size_t Size(ULONG aVarCount);
+
+    // Creates a deep copy of aFrom and stores it in aTo
+    static void Copy(ULONG aFrom, ULONG &aTo);
+ */
+template<typename T>
+struct SafeArrayTraits : public SafeArrayTraitsBase
+{
+protected:
+
+    // Arbitrary types are treated as passed by value and each value is
+    // represented by a number of VT_Ix type elements where VT_Ix has the
+    // biggest possible bitness necessary to represent T w/o a gap. COM enums
+    // fall into this category.
+
+    static VARTYPE VarType()
+    {
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_TYPE_TRAITS
+        if (    std::is_integral<T>::value
+            && !std::is_signed<T>::value)
+        {
+            if (sizeof(T) % 8 == 0) return VT_UI8;
+            if (sizeof(T) % 4 == 0) return VT_UI4;
+            if (sizeof(T) % 2 == 0) return VT_UI2;
+            return VT_UI1;
+        }
+#endif
+        if (sizeof(T) % 8 == 0) return VT_I8;
+        if (sizeof(T) % 4 == 0) return VT_I4;
+        if (sizeof(T) % 2 == 0) return VT_I2;
+        return VT_I1;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Fallback method in case type traits (VBOX_WITH_TYPE_TRAITS)
+     * are not available. Always returns unsigned types.
+     */
+    static VARTYPE VarTypeUnsigned()
+    {
+        if (sizeof(T) % 8 == 0) return VT_UI8;
+        if (sizeof(T) % 4 == 0) return VT_UI4;
+        if (sizeof(T) % 2 == 0) return VT_UI2;
+        return VT_UI1;
+    }
+
+    static ULONG VarCount(size_t aSize)
+    {
+        if (sizeof(T) % 8 == 0) return (ULONG)((sizeof(T) / 8) * aSize);
+        if (sizeof(T) % 4 == 0) return (ULONG)((sizeof(T) / 4) * aSize);
+        if (sizeof(T) % 2 == 0) return (ULONG)((sizeof(T) / 2) * aSize);
+        return (ULONG)(sizeof(T) * aSize);
+    }
+
+    static size_t Size(ULONG aVarCount)
+    {
+        if (sizeof(T) % 8 == 0) return (size_t)(aVarCount * 8) / sizeof(T);
+        if (sizeof(T) % 4 == 0) return (size_t)(aVarCount * 4) / sizeof(T);
+        if (sizeof(T) % 2 == 0) return (size_t)(aVarCount * 2) / sizeof(T);
+        return (size_t) aVarCount / sizeof(T);
+    }
+
+    static void Copy(T aFrom, T &aTo) { aTo = aFrom; }
+};
+
+template<typename T>
+struct SafeArrayTraits<T *>
+{
+    // Arbitrary pointer types are not supported
+};
+
+/* Although the generic SafeArrayTraits template would work for all integers,
+ * we specialize it for some of them in order to use the correct VT_ type */
+
+template<>
+struct SafeArrayTraits<LONG> : public SafeArrayTraitsBase
+{
+protected:
+
+    static VARTYPE VarType() { return VT_I4; }
+    static ULONG VarCount(size_t aSize) { return (ULONG)aSize; }
+    static size_t Size(ULONG aVarCount) { return (size_t)aVarCount; }
+
+    static void Copy(LONG aFrom, LONG &aTo) { aTo = aFrom; }
+};
+
+template<>
+struct SafeArrayTraits<ULONG> : public SafeArrayTraitsBase
+{
+protected:
+
+    static VARTYPE VarType() { return VT_UI4; }
+    static ULONG VarCount(size_t aSize) { return (ULONG)aSize; }
+    static size_t Size(ULONG aVarCount) { return (size_t)aVarCount; }
+
+    static void Copy(ULONG aFrom, ULONG &aTo) { aTo = aFrom; }
+};
+
+template<>
+struct SafeArrayTraits<LONG64> : public SafeArrayTraitsBase
+{
+protected:
+
+    static VARTYPE VarType() { return VT_I8; }
+    static ULONG VarCount(size_t aSize) { return (ULONG)aSize; }
+    static size_t Size(ULONG aVarCount) { return (size_t)aVarCount; }
+
+    static void Copy(LONG64 aFrom, LONG64 &aTo) { aTo = aFrom; }
+};
+
+template<>
+struct SafeArrayTraits<ULONG64> : public SafeArrayTraitsBase
+{
+protected:
+
+    static VARTYPE VarType() { return VT_UI8; }
+    static ULONG VarCount(size_t aSize) { return (ULONG)aSize; }
+    static size_t Size(ULONG aVarCount) { return (size_t)aVarCount; }
+
+    static void Copy(ULONG64 aFrom, ULONG64 &aTo) { aTo = aFrom; }
+};
+
+template<>
+struct SafeArrayTraits<BSTR> : public SafeArrayTraitsBase
+{
+protected:
+
+    static VARTYPE VarType() { return VT_BSTR; }
+    static ULONG VarCount(size_t aSize) { return (ULONG)aSize; }
+    static size_t Size(ULONG aVarCount) { return (size_t)aVarCount; }
+
+    static void Copy(BSTR aFrom, BSTR &aTo)
+    {
+        aTo = aFrom ? ::SysAllocString((const OLECHAR *)aFrom) : NULL;
+    }
+};
+
+template<>
+struct SafeArrayTraits<GUID> : public SafeArrayTraitsBase
+{
+protected:
+
+    /* Use the 64-bit unsigned integer type for GUID */
+    static VARTYPE VarType() { return VT_UI8; }
+
+    /* GUID is 128 bit, so we need two VT_UI8 */
+    static ULONG VarCount(size_t aSize)
+    {
+        AssertCompileSize(GUID, 16);
+        return (ULONG)(aSize * 2);
+    }
+
+    static size_t Size(ULONG aVarCount) { return (size_t)aVarCount / 2; }
+
+    static void Copy(GUID aFrom, GUID &aTo) { aTo = aFrom; }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Helper for SafeArray::__asOutParam() that automatically updates m.raw after a
+ * non-NULL m.arr assignment.
+ */
+class OutSafeArrayDipper
+{
+    OutSafeArrayDipper(SAFEARRAY **aArr, void **aRaw)
+        : arr(aArr), raw(aRaw) { Assert(*aArr == NULL && *aRaw == NULL); }
+
+    SAFEARRAY **arr;
+    void **raw;
+
+    template<class, class> friend class SafeArray;
+
+public:
+
+    ~OutSafeArrayDipper()
+    {
+        if (*arr != NULL)
+        {
+            HRESULT rc = SafeArrayAccessData(*arr, raw);
+            AssertComRC(rc);
+        }
+    }
+
+    operator SAFEARRAY **() { return arr; }
+};
+
+#endif /* !VBOX_WITH_XPCOM */
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+/**
+ * The SafeArray class represents the safe array type used in COM to pass arrays
+ * to/from interface methods.
+ *
+ * This helper class hides all MSCOM/XPCOM specific implementation details and,
+ * together with ComSafeArrayIn, ComSafeArrayOut and ComSafeArrayRet macros,
+ * provides a platform-neutral way to handle safe arrays in the method
+ * implementation.
+ *
+ * When an instance of this class is destroyed, it automatically frees all
+ * resources occupied by individual elements of the array as well as by the
+ * array itself. However, when the value of an element is manually changed
+ * using #operator[] or by accessing array data through the #raw() pointer, it is
+ * the caller's responsibility to free resources occupied by the previous
+ * element's value.
+ *
+ * Also, objects of this class do not support copy and assignment operations and
+ * therefore cannot be returned from functions by value. In other words, this
+ * class is just a temporary storage for handling interface method calls and not
+ * intended to be used to store arrays as data members and such -- you should
+ * use normal list/vector classes for that.
+ *
+ * @note The current implementation supports only one-dimensional arrays.
+ *
+ * @note This class is not thread-safe.
+ */
+template<typename T, class Traits = SafeArrayTraits<T> >
+class SafeArray : public Traits
+{
+public:
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a null array.
+     */
+    SafeArray() {}
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new array of the given size. All elements of the newly created
+     * array initialized with null values.
+     *
+     * @param aSize     Initial number of elements in the array.
+     *
+     * @note If this object remains null after construction it means that there
+     *       was not enough memory for creating an array of the requested size.
+     *       The constructor will also assert in this case.
+     */
+    SafeArray(size_t aSize) { resize(aSize); }
+
+    /**
+     * Weakly attaches this instance to the existing array passed in a method
+     * parameter declared using the ComSafeArrayIn macro. When using this call,
+     * always wrap the parameter name in the ComSafeArrayInArg macro call like
+     * this:
+     * <pre>
+     *  SafeArray safeArray(ComSafeArrayInArg(aArg));
+     * </pre>
+     *
+     * Note that this constructor doesn't take the ownership of the array. In
+     * particular, it means that operations that operate on the ownership (e.g.
+     * #detachTo()) are forbidden and will assert.
+     *
+     * @param aArg  Input method parameter to attach to.
+     */
+    SafeArray(ComSafeArrayIn(T, aArg))
+    {
+        if (aArg)
+        {
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+
+            m.size = aArgSize;
+            m.arr = aArg;
+            m.isWeak = true;
+
+#else /* !VBOX_WITH_XPCOM */
+
+            SAFEARRAY *arg = aArg;
+
+            AssertReturnVoid(arg->cDims == 1);
+
+            VARTYPE vt;
+            HRESULT rc = SafeArrayGetVartype(arg, &vt);
+            AssertComRCReturnVoid(rc);
+# ifndef VBOX_WITH_TYPE_TRAITS
+            AssertMsgReturnVoid(
+                                   vt == VarType()
+                                || vt == VarTypeUnsigned(),
+                                ("Expected vartype %d or %d, got %d.\n",
+                                 VarType(), VarTypeUnsigned(), vt));
+# else /* !VBOX_WITH_TYPE_TRAITS */
+            AssertMsgReturnVoid(
+                                   vt == VarType(),
+                                ("Expected vartype %d, got %d.\n",
+                                 VarType(), vt));
+# endif
+            rc = SafeArrayAccessData(arg, (void HUGEP **)&m.raw);
+            AssertComRCReturnVoid(rc);
+
+            m.arr = arg;
+            m.isWeak = true;
+
+#endif /* !VBOX_WITH_XPCOM */
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a deep copy of the given standard C++ container that stores
+     * T objects.
+     *
+     * @param aCntr Container object to copy.
+     *
+     * @tparam C    Standard C++ container template class (normally deduced from
+     *              @c aCntr).
+     */
+    template<template<typename, typename> class C, class A>
+    SafeArray(const C<T, A> & aCntr)
+    {
+        resize(aCntr.size());
+        AssertReturnVoid(!isNull());
+
+        size_t i = 0;
+        for (typename C<T, A>::const_iterator it = aCntr.begin();
+             it != aCntr.end(); ++ it, ++ i)
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+            SafeArray::Copy(*it, m.arr[i]);
+#else
+            Copy(*it, m.raw[i]);
+#endif
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a deep copy of the given standard C++ map that stores T objects
+     * as values.
+     *
+     * @param aMap  Map object to copy.
+     *
+     * @tparam C    Standard C++ map template class (normally deduced from
+     *              @a aMap).
+     * @tparam L    Standard C++ compare class (deduced from @a aMap).
+     * @tparam A    Standard C++ allocator class (deduced from @a aMap).
+     * @tparam K    Map key class (deduced from @a aMap).
+     */
+    template<template<typename, typename, typename, typename>
+              class C, class L, class A, class K>
+    SafeArray(const C<K, T, L, A> & aMap)
+    {
+        typedef C<K, T, L, A> Map;
+
+        resize(aMap.size());
+        AssertReturnVoid(!isNull());
+
+        int i = 0;
+        for (typename Map::const_iterator it = aMap.begin();
+             it != aMap.end(); ++ it, ++ i)
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+            Copy(it->second, m.arr[i]);
+#else
+            Copy(it->second, m.raw[i]);
+#endif
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Destroys this instance after calling #setNull() to release allocated
+     * resources. See #setNull() for more details.
+     */
+    virtual ~SafeArray() { setNull(); }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns @c true if this instance represents a null array.
+     */
+    bool isNull() const { return m.arr == NULL; }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns @c true if this instance does not represents a null array.
+     */
+    bool isNotNull() const { return m.arr != NULL; }
+
+    /**
+     * Resets this instance to null and, if this instance is not a weak one,
+     * releases any resources occupied by the array data.
+     *
+     * @note This method destroys (cleans up) all elements of the array using
+     *       the corresponding cleanup routine for the element type before the
+     *       array itself is destroyed.
+     */
+    virtual void setNull() { m.uninit(); }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns @c true if this instance is weak. A weak instance doesn't own the
+     * array data and therefore operations manipulating the ownership (e.g.
+     * #detachTo()) are forbidden and will assert.
+     */
+    bool isWeak() const { return m.isWeak; }
+
+    /** Number of elements in the array. */
+    size_t size() const
+    {
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+        if (m.arr)
+            return m.size;
+        return 0;
+#else
+        if (m.arr)
+            return Size(m.arr->rgsabound[0].cElements);
+        return 0;
+#endif
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Appends a copy of the given element at the end of the array.
+     *
+     * The array size is increased by one by this method and the additional
+     * space is allocated as needed.
+     *
+     * This method is handy in cases where you want to assign a copy of the
+     * existing value to the array element, for example:
+     * <tt>Bstr string; array.push_back(string);</tt>. If you create a string
+     * just to put it in the array, you may find #appendedRaw() more useful.
+     *
+     * @param aElement Element to append.
+     *
+     * @return          @c true on success and @c false if there is not enough
+     *                  memory for resizing.
+     */
+    bool push_back(const T &aElement)
+    {
+        if (!ensureCapacity(size() + 1))
+            return false;
+
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+        SafeArray::Copy(aElement, m.arr[m.size]);
+        ++ m.size;
+#else
+        Copy(aElement, m.raw[size() - 1]);
+#endif
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Appends an empty element at the end of the array and returns a raw
+     * pointer to it suitable for assigning a raw value (w/o constructing a
+     * copy).
+     *
+     * The array size is increased by one by this method and the additional
+     * space is allocated as needed.
+     *
+     * Note that in case of raw assignment, value ownership (for types with
+     * dynamically allocated data and for interface pointers) is transferred to
+     * the safe array object.
+     *
+     * This method is handy for operations like
+     * <tt>Bstr("foo").detachTo(array.appendedRaw());</tt>. Don't use it as
+     * an l-value (<tt>array.appendedRaw() = SysAllocString(L"tralala");</tt>)
+     * since this doesn't check for a NULL condition; use #resize() instead. If
+     * you need to assign a copy of the existing value instead of transferring
+     * the ownership, look at #push_back().
+     *
+     * @return          Raw pointer to the added element or NULL if no memory.
+     */
+    T *appendedRaw()
+    {
+        if (!ensureCapacity(size() + 1))
+            return NULL;
+
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+        SafeArray::Init(m.arr[m.size]);
+        ++ m.size;
+        return &m.arr[m.size - 1];
+#else
+        /* nothing to do here, SafeArrayCreate() has performed element
+         * initialization */
+        return &m.raw[size() - 1];
+#endif
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Resizes the array preserving its contents when possible. If the new size
+     * is larger than the old size, new elements are initialized with null
+     * values. If the new size is less than the old size, the contents of the
+     * array beyond the new size is lost.
+     *
+     * @param aNewSize  New number of elements in the array.
+     * @return          @c true on success and @c false if there is not enough
+     *                  memory for resizing.
+     */
+    bool resize(size_t aNewSize)
+    {
+        if (!ensureCapacity(aNewSize))
+            return false;
+
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+
+        if (m.size < aNewSize)
+        {
+            /* initialize the new elements */
+            for (size_t i = m.size; i < aNewSize; ++ i)
+                SafeArray::Init(m.arr[i]);
+        }
+
+        /** @todo Fix this! */
+        m.size = (PRUint32)aNewSize;
+#else
+        /* nothing to do here, SafeArrayCreate() has performed element
+         * initialization */
+#endif
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reinitializes this instance by preallocating space for the given number
+     * of elements. The previous array contents is lost.
+     *
+     * @param aNewSize  New number of elements in the array.
+     * @return          @c true on success and @c false if there is not enough
+     *                  memory for resizing.
+     */
+    bool reset(size_t aNewSize)
+    {
+        m.uninit();
+        return resize(aNewSize);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a pointer to the raw array data. Use this raw pointer with care
+     * as no type or bound checking is done for you in this case.
+     *
+     * @note This method returns @c NULL when this instance is null.
+     * @see #operator[]
+     */
+    T *raw()
+    {
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+        return m.arr;
+#else
+        return m.raw;
+#endif
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Const version of #raw().
+     */
+    const T *raw() const
+    {
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+        return m.arr;
+#else
+        return m.raw;
+#endif
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Array access operator that returns an array element by reference. A bit
+     * safer than #raw(): asserts and returns an invalid reference if this
+     * instance is null or if the index is out of bounds.
+     *
+     * @note For weak instances, this call will succeed but the behavior of
+     *       changing the contents of an element of the weak array instance is
+     *       undefined and may lead to a program crash on some platforms.
+     */
+    T &operator[] (size_t aIdx)
+    {
+        AssertReturn(m.arr != NULL,  *((T *)NULL));
+        AssertReturn(aIdx < size(), *((T *)NULL));
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+        return m.arr[aIdx];
+#else
+        AssertReturn(m.raw != NULL,  *((T *)NULL));
+        return m.raw[aIdx];
+#endif
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Const version of #operator[] that returns an array element by value.
+     */
+    const T operator[] (size_t aIdx) const
+    {
+        AssertReturn(m.arr != NULL,  *((T *)1));
+        AssertReturn(aIdx < size(), *((T *)1));
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+        return m.arr[aIdx];
+#else
+        AssertReturn(m.raw != NULL,  *((T *)NULL));
+        return m.raw[aIdx];
+#endif
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a copy of this array and stores it in a method parameter declared
+     * using the ComSafeArrayOut macro. When using this call, always wrap the
+     * parameter name in the ComSafeArrayOutArg macro call like this:
+     * <pre>
+     *  safeArray.cloneTo(ComSafeArrayOutArg(aArg));
+     * </pre>
+     *
+     * @note It is assumed that the ownership of the returned copy is
+     * transferred to the caller of the method and he is responsible to free the
+     * array data when it is no longer needed.
+     *
+     * @param aArg  Output method parameter to clone to.
+     */
+    virtual const SafeArray &cloneTo(ComSafeArrayOut(T, aArg)) const
+    {
+        /// @todo Implement me!
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+        NOREF(aArgSize);
+        NOREF(aArg);
+#else
+        NOREF(aArg);
+#endif
+        AssertFailedReturn(*this);
+    }
+
+    void cloneTo(SafeArray<T>& aOther) const
+    {
+        aOther.reset(size());
+        aOther.initFrom(*this);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Transfers the ownership of this array's data to the specified location
+     * declared using the ComSafeArrayOut macro and makes this array a null
+     * array. When using this call, always wrap the parameter name in the
+     * ComSafeArrayOutArg macro call like this:
+     * <pre>
+     *  safeArray.detachTo(ComSafeArrayOutArg(aArg));
+     * </pre>
+     *
+     * Detaching the null array is also possible in which case the location will
+     * receive NULL.
+     *
+     * @note Since the ownership of the array data is transferred to the
+     * caller of the method, he is responsible to free the array data when it is
+     * no longer needed.
+     *
+     * @param aArg  Location to detach to.
+     */
+    virtual SafeArray &detachTo(ComSafeArrayOut(T, aArg))
+    {
+        AssertReturn(!m.isWeak, *this);
+
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+
+        AssertReturn(aArgSize != NULL, *this);
+        AssertReturn(aArg != NULL, *this);
+
+        *aArgSize = m.size;
+        *aArg = m.arr;
+
+        m.isWeak = false;
+        m.size = 0;
+        m.arr = NULL;
+
+#else /* !VBOX_WITH_XPCOM */
+
+        AssertReturn(aArg != NULL, *this);
+        *aArg = m.arr;
+
+        if (m.raw)
+        {
+            HRESULT rc = SafeArrayUnaccessData(m.arr);
+            AssertComRCReturn(rc, *this);
+            m.raw = NULL;
+        }
+
+        m.isWeak = false;
+        m.arr = NULL;
+
+#endif /* !VBOX_WITH_XPCOM */
+
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a copy of this SafeArray as RTCList<T>.
+     */
+    RTCList<T> toList()
+    {
+        RTCList<T> list(size());
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < size(); ++i)
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+            list.append(m.arr[i]);
+#else
+            list.append(m.raw[i]);
+#endif
+        return list;
+    }
+
+    inline void initFrom(const com::SafeArray<T> & aRef);
+    inline void initFrom(const T* aPtr, size_t aSize);
+
+    // Public methods for internal purposes only.
+
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+
+    /** Internal function. Never call it directly. */
+    PRUint32 *__asOutParam_Size() { setNull(); return &m.size; }
+
+    /** Internal function Never call it directly. */
+    T **__asOutParam_Arr() { Assert(isNull()); return &m.arr; }
+
+#else /* !VBOX_WITH_XPCOM */
+
+    /** Internal function Never call it directly. */
+    SAFEARRAY * __asInParam() { return m.arr; }
+
+    /** Internal function Never call it directly. */
+    OutSafeArrayDipper __asOutParam()
+    { setNull(); return OutSafeArrayDipper(&m.arr, (void **)&m.raw); }
+
+#endif /* !VBOX_WITH_XPCOM */
+
+    static const SafeArray Null;
+
+protected:
+
+    DECLARE_CLS_COPY_CTOR_ASSIGN_NOOP(SafeArray);
+
+    /**
+     * Ensures that the array is big enough to contain aNewSize elements.
+     *
+     * If the new size is greater than the current capacity, a new array is
+     * allocated and elements from the old array are copied over. The size of
+     * the array doesn't change, only the capacity increases (which is always
+     * greater than the size). Note that the additionally allocated elements are
+     * left uninitialized by this method.
+     *
+     * If the new size is less than the current size, the existing array is
+     * truncated to the specified size and the elements outside the new array
+     * boundary are freed.
+     *
+     * If the new size is the same as the current size, nothing happens.
+     *
+     * @param aNewSize  New size of the array.
+     *
+     * @return @c true on success and @c false if not enough memory.
+     */
+    bool ensureCapacity(size_t aNewSize)
+    {
+        AssertReturn(!m.isWeak, false);
+
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+
+        /* Note: we distinguish between a null array and an empty (zero
+         * elements) array. Therefore we never use zero in malloc (even if
+         * aNewSize is zero) to make sure we get a non-null pointer. */
+
+        if (m.size == aNewSize && m.arr != NULL)
+            return true;
+
+        /* Allocate in 16-byte pieces. */
+        size_t newCapacity = RT_MAX((aNewSize + 15) / 16 * 16, 16);
+
+        if (m.capacity != newCapacity)
+        {
+            T *newArr = (T *)nsMemory::Alloc(RT_MAX(newCapacity, 1) * sizeof(T));
+            AssertReturn(newArr != NULL, false);
+
+            if (m.arr != NULL)
+            {
+                if (m.size > aNewSize)
+                {
+                    /* Truncation takes place, uninit exceeding elements and
+                     * shrink the size. */
+                    for (size_t i = aNewSize; i < m.size; ++ i)
+                        SafeArray::Uninit(m.arr[i]);
+
+                    /** @todo Fix this! */
+                    m.size = (PRUint32)aNewSize;
+                }
+
+                /* Copy the old contents. */
+                memcpy(newArr, m.arr, m.size * sizeof(T));
+                nsMemory::Free((void *)m.arr);
+            }
+
+            m.arr = newArr;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if (m.size > aNewSize)
+            {
+                /* Truncation takes place, uninit exceeding elements and
+                 * shrink the size. */
+                for (size_t i = aNewSize; i < m.size; ++ i)
+                    SafeArray::Uninit(m.arr[i]);
+
+                /** @todo Fix this! */
+                m.size = (PRUint32)aNewSize;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /** @todo Fix this! */
+        m.capacity = (PRUint32)newCapacity;
+
+#else
+
+        SAFEARRAYBOUND bound = { VarCount(aNewSize), 0 };
+        HRESULT rc;
+
+        if (m.arr == NULL)
+        {
+            m.arr = CreateSafeArray(VarType(), &bound);
+            AssertReturn(m.arr != NULL, false);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            SafeArrayUnaccessData(m.arr);
+
+            rc = SafeArrayRedim(m.arr, &bound);
+            AssertComRCReturn(rc == S_OK, false);
+        }
+
+        rc = SafeArrayAccessData(m.arr, (void HUGEP **)&m.raw);
+        AssertComRCReturn(rc, false);
+
+#endif
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    struct Data
+    {
+        Data()
+            : isWeak(false)
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+            , capacity(0), size(0), arr(NULL)
+#else
+            , arr(NULL), raw(NULL)
+#endif
+        {}
+
+        ~Data() { uninit(); }
+
+        void uninit()
+        {
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+
+            if (arr)
+            {
+                if (!isWeak)
+                {
+                    for (size_t i = 0; i < size; ++ i)
+                        SafeArray::Uninit(arr[i]);
+
+                    nsMemory::Free((void *)arr);
+                }
+                else
+                    isWeak = false;
+
+                arr = NULL;
+            }
+
+            size = capacity = 0;
+
+#else /* !VBOX_WITH_XPCOM */
+
+            if (arr)
+            {
+                if (raw)
+                {
+                    SafeArrayUnaccessData(arr);
+                    raw = NULL;
+                }
+
+                if (!isWeak)
+                {
+                    HRESULT rc = SafeArrayDestroy(arr);
+                    AssertComRCReturnVoid(rc);
+                }
+                else
+                    isWeak = false;
+
+                arr = NULL;
+            }
+
+#endif /* !VBOX_WITH_XPCOM */
+        }
+
+        bool isWeak : 1;
+
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+        PRUint32 capacity;
+        PRUint32 size;
+        T *arr;
+#else
+        SAFEARRAY *arr;
+        T *raw;
+#endif
+    };
+
+    Data m;
+};
+
+/* Few fast specializations for primitive array types */
+template<>
+inline void com::SafeArray<BYTE>::initFrom(const com::SafeArray<BYTE> & aRef)
+{
+    size_t sSize = aRef.size();
+    resize(sSize);
+    ::memcpy(raw(), aRef.raw(), sSize);
+}
+template<>
+inline void com::SafeArray<BYTE>::initFrom(const BYTE* aPtr, size_t aSize)
+{
+    resize(aSize);
+    ::memcpy(raw(), aPtr, aSize);
+}
+
+
+template<>
+inline void com::SafeArray<SHORT>::initFrom(const com::SafeArray<SHORT> & aRef)
+{
+    size_t sSize = aRef.size();
+    resize(sSize);
+    ::memcpy(raw(), aRef.raw(), sSize * sizeof(SHORT));
+}
+template<>
+inline void com::SafeArray<SHORT>::initFrom(const SHORT* aPtr, size_t aSize)
+{
+    resize(aSize);
+    ::memcpy(raw(), aPtr, aSize * sizeof(SHORT));
+}
+
+template<>
+inline void com::SafeArray<USHORT>::initFrom(const com::SafeArray<USHORT> & aRef)
+{
+    size_t sSize = aRef.size();
+    resize(sSize);
+    ::memcpy(raw(), aRef.raw(), sSize * sizeof(USHORT));
+}
+template<>
+inline void com::SafeArray<USHORT>::initFrom(const USHORT* aPtr, size_t aSize)
+{
+    resize(aSize);
+    ::memcpy(raw(), aPtr, aSize * sizeof(USHORT));
+}
+
+template<>
+inline void com::SafeArray<LONG>::initFrom(const com::SafeArray<LONG> & aRef)
+{
+    size_t sSize = aRef.size();
+    resize(sSize);
+    ::memcpy(raw(), aRef.raw(), sSize * sizeof(LONG));
+}
+template<>
+inline void com::SafeArray<LONG>::initFrom(const LONG* aPtr, size_t aSize)
+{
+    resize(aSize);
+    ::memcpy(raw(), aPtr, aSize * sizeof(LONG));
+}
+
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+
+/**
+ * Version of com::SafeArray for arrays of GUID.
+ *
+ * In MS COM, GUID arrays store GUIDs by value and therefore input arrays are
+ * represented using |GUID *| and out arrays -- using |GUID **|. In XPCOM,
+ * GUID arrays store pointers to nsID so that input arrays are |const nsID **|
+ * and out arrays are |nsID ***|. Due to this difference, it is impossible to
+ * work with arrays of GUID on both platforms by simply using com::SafeArray
+ * <GUID>. This class is intended to provide some level of cross-platform
+ * behavior.
+ *
+ * The basic usage pattern is basically similar to com::SafeArray<> except that
+ * you use ComSafeGUIDArrayIn* and ComSafeGUIDArrayOut* macros instead of
+ * ComSafeArrayIn* and ComSafeArrayOut*. Another important nuance is that the
+ * raw() array type is different (nsID **, or GUID ** on XPCOM and GUID * on MS
+ * COM) so it is recommended to use operator[] instead which always returns a
+ * GUID by value.
+ *
+ * Note that due to const modifiers, you cannot use SafeGUIDArray for input GUID
+ * arrays. Please use SafeConstGUIDArray for this instead.
+ *
+ * Other than mentioned above, the functionality of this class is equivalent to
+ * com::SafeArray<>. See the description of that template and its methods for
+ * more information.
+ *
+ * Output GUID arrays are handled by a separate class, SafeGUIDArrayOut, since
+ * this class cannot handle them because of const modifiers.
+ */
+class SafeGUIDArray : public SafeArray<nsID *>
+{
+public:
+
+    typedef SafeArray<nsID *> Base;
+
+    class nsIDRef
+    {
+    public:
+
+        nsIDRef(nsID * &aVal) : mVal(aVal) {}
+
+        operator const nsID &() const { return mVal ? *mVal : *Empty; }
+        operator nsID() const { return mVal ? *mVal : *Empty; }
+
+        const nsID *operator&() const { return mVal ? mVal : Empty; }
+
+        nsIDRef &operator= (const nsID &aThat)
+        {
+            if (mVal == NULL)
+                Copy(&aThat, mVal);
+            else
+                *mVal = aThat;
+            return *this;
+        }
+
+    private:
+
+        nsID * &mVal;
+
+        static const nsID *Empty;
+
+        friend class SafeGUIDArray;
+    };
+
+    /** See SafeArray<>::SafeArray(). */
+    SafeGUIDArray() {}
+
+    /** See SafeArray<>::SafeArray(size_t). */
+    SafeGUIDArray(size_t aSize) : Base(aSize) {}
+
+    /**
+     * Array access operator that returns an array element by reference. As a
+     * special case, the return value of this operator on XPCOM is an nsID (GUID)
+     * reference, instead of an nsID pointer (the actual SafeArray template
+     * argument), for compatibility with the MS COM version.
+     *
+     * The rest is equivalent to SafeArray<>::operator[].
+     */
+    nsIDRef operator[] (size_t aIdx)
+    {
+        Assert(m.arr != NULL);
+        Assert(aIdx < size());
+        return nsIDRef(m.arr[aIdx]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Const version of #operator[] that returns an array element by value.
+    */
+    const nsID &operator[] (size_t aIdx) const
+    {
+        Assert(m.arr != NULL);
+        Assert(aIdx < size());
+        return m.arr[aIdx] ? *m.arr[aIdx] : *nsIDRef::Empty;
+    }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Version of com::SafeArray for const arrays of GUID.
+ *
+ * This class is used to work with input GUID array parameters in method
+ * implementations. See SafeGUIDArray for more details.
+ */
+class SafeConstGUIDArray : public SafeArray<const nsID *,
+                                            SafeArrayTraits<nsID *> >
+{
+public:
+
+    typedef SafeArray<const nsID *, SafeArrayTraits<nsID *> > Base;
+
+    /** See SafeArray<>::SafeArray(). */
+    SafeConstGUIDArray() {}
+
+    /* See SafeArray<>::SafeArray(ComSafeArrayIn(T, aArg)). */
+    SafeConstGUIDArray(ComSafeGUIDArrayIn(aArg))
+        : Base(ComSafeGUIDArrayInArg(aArg)) {}
+
+    /**
+     * Array access operator that returns an array element by reference. As a
+     * special case, the return value of this operator on XPCOM is nsID (GUID)
+     * instead of nsID *, for compatibility with the MS COM version.
+     *
+     * The rest is equivalent to SafeArray<>::operator[].
+     */
+    const nsID &operator[] (size_t aIdx) const
+    {
+        AssertReturn(m.arr != NULL,  **((const nsID * *)1));
+        AssertReturn(aIdx < size(), **((const nsID * *)1));
+        return *m.arr[aIdx];
+    }
+
+private:
+
+    /* These are disabled because of const. */
+    bool reset(size_t aNewSize) { NOREF(aNewSize); return false; }
+};
+
+#else /* !VBOX_WITH_XPCOM */
+
+typedef SafeArray<GUID> SafeGUIDArray;
+typedef SafeArray<const GUID, SafeArrayTraits<GUID> > SafeConstGUIDArray;
+
+#endif /* !VBOX_WITH_XPCOM */
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+
+template<class I>
+struct SafeIfaceArrayTraits
+{
+protected:
+
+    static void Init(I * &aElem) { aElem = NULL; }
+    static void Uninit(I * &aElem)
+    {
+        if (aElem)
+        {
+            aElem->Release();
+            aElem = NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static void Copy(I * aFrom, I * &aTo)
+    {
+        if (aFrom != NULL)
+        {
+            aTo = aFrom;
+            aTo->AddRef();
+        }
+        else
+            aTo = NULL;
+    }
+
+public:
+
+    /* Magic to workaround strict rules of par. 4.4.4 of the C++ standard. */
+    static I **__asInParam_Arr(I **aArr) { return aArr; }
+    static I **__asInParam_Arr(const I **aArr) { return const_cast<I **>(aArr); }
+};
+
+#else /* !VBOX_WITH_XPCOM */
+
+template<class I>
+struct SafeIfaceArrayTraits
+{
+protected:
+
+    static VARTYPE VarType() { return VT_DISPATCH; }
+    static ULONG VarCount(size_t aSize) { return (ULONG)aSize; }
+    static size_t Size(ULONG aVarCount) { return (size_t)aVarCount; }
+
+    static void Copy(I * aFrom, I * &aTo)
+    {
+        if (aFrom != NULL)
+        {
+            aTo = aFrom;
+            aTo->AddRef();
+        }
+        else
+            aTo = NULL;
+    }
+
+    static SAFEARRAY *CreateSafeArray(VARTYPE aVarType, SAFEARRAYBOUND *aBound)
+    {
+        NOREF(aVarType);
+        return SafeArrayCreateEx(VT_DISPATCH, 1, aBound, (PVOID)&COM_IIDOF(I));
+    }
+};
+
+#endif /* !VBOX_WITH_XPCOM */
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+/**
+ * Version of com::SafeArray for arrays of interface pointers.
+ *
+ * Except that it manages arrays of interface pointers, the usage of this class
+ * is identical to com::SafeArray.
+ *
+ * @param I     Interface class (no asterisk).
+ */
+template<class I>
+class SafeIfaceArray : public SafeArray<I *, SafeIfaceArrayTraits<I> >
+{
+public:
+
+    typedef SafeArray<I *, SafeIfaceArrayTraits<I> > Base;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a null array.
+     */
+    SafeIfaceArray() {}
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new array of the given size. All elements of the newly created
+     * array initialized with null values.
+     *
+     * @param aSize     Initial number of elements in the array. Must be greater
+     *                  than 0.
+     *
+     * @note If this object remains null after construction it means that there
+     *       was not enough memory for creating an array of the requested size.
+     *       The constructor will also assert in this case.
+     */
+    SafeIfaceArray(size_t aSize) { Base::resize(aSize); }
+
+    /**
+     * Weakly attaches this instance to the existing array passed in a method
+     * parameter declared using the ComSafeArrayIn macro. When using this call,
+     * always wrap the parameter name in the ComSafeArrayOutArg macro call like
+     * this:
+     * <pre>
+     *  SafeArray safeArray(ComSafeArrayInArg(aArg));
+     * </pre>
+     *
+     * Note that this constructor doesn't take the ownership of the array. In
+     * particular, this means that operations that operate on the ownership
+     * (e.g. #detachTo()) are forbidden and will assert.
+     *
+     * @param aArg  Input method parameter to attach to.
+     */
+    SafeIfaceArray(ComSafeArrayIn(I *, aArg))
+    {
+        if (aArg)
+        {
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+
+            Base::m.size = aArgSize;
+            Base::m.arr = aArg;
+            Base::m.isWeak = true;
+
+#else /* !VBOX_WITH_XPCOM */
+
+            SAFEARRAY *arg = aArg;
+
+            AssertReturnVoid(arg->cDims == 1);
+
+            VARTYPE vt;
+            HRESULT rc = SafeArrayGetVartype(arg, &vt);
+            AssertComRCReturnVoid(rc);
+            AssertMsgReturnVoid(vt == VT_UNKNOWN || vt == VT_DISPATCH,
+                                ("Expected vartype VT_UNKNOWN or VT_DISPATCH, got %d.\n",
+                                 vt));
+            GUID guid;
+            rc = SafeArrayGetIID(arg, &guid);
+            AssertComRCReturnVoid(rc);
+            AssertMsgReturnVoid(InlineIsEqualGUID(COM_IIDOF(I), guid) || arg->rgsabound[0].cElements == 0 /* IDispatch if empty */,
+                                ("Expected IID {%RTuuid}, got {%RTuuid}.\n", &COM_IIDOF(I), &guid));
+
+            rc = SafeArrayAccessData(arg, (void HUGEP **)&m.raw);
+            AssertComRCReturnVoid(rc);
+
+            m.arr = arg;
+            m.isWeak = true;
+
+#endif /* !VBOX_WITH_XPCOM */
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a deep copy of the given standard C++ container that stores
+     * interface pointers as objects of the ComPtr\<I\> class.
+     *
+     * @param aCntr Container object to copy.
+     *
+     * @tparam C    Standard C++ container template class (normally deduced from
+     *              @c aCntr).
+     * @tparam A    Standard C++ allocator class (deduced from @c aCntr).
+     * @tparam OI   Argument to the ComPtr template (deduced from @c aCntr).
+     */
+    template<template<typename, typename> class C, class A, class OI>
+    SafeIfaceArray(const C<ComPtr<OI>, A> & aCntr)
+    {
+        typedef C<ComPtr<OI>, A> List;
+
+        Base::resize(aCntr.size());
+        AssertReturnVoid(!Base::isNull());
+
+        int i = 0;
+        for (typename List::const_iterator it = aCntr.begin();
+             it != aCntr.end(); ++ it, ++ i)
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+            this->Copy(*it, Base::m.arr[i]);
+#else
+            Copy(*it, Base::m.raw[i]);
+#endif
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a deep copy of the given standard C++ container that stores
+     * interface pointers as objects of the ComObjPtr\<I\> class.
+     *
+     * @param aCntr Container object to copy.
+     *
+     * @tparam C    Standard C++ container template class (normally deduced from
+     *              @c aCntr).
+     * @tparam A    Standard C++ allocator class (deduced from @c aCntr).
+     * @tparam OI   Argument to the ComObjPtr template (deduced from @c aCntr).
+     */
+    template<template<typename, typename> class C, class A, class OI>
+    SafeIfaceArray(const C<ComObjPtr<OI>, A> & aCntr)
+    {
+        typedef C<ComObjPtr<OI>, A> List;
+
+        Base::resize(aCntr.size());
+        AssertReturnVoid(!Base::isNull());
+
+        int i = 0;
+        for (typename List::const_iterator it = aCntr.begin();
+             it != aCntr.end(); ++ it, ++ i)
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+            SafeIfaceArray::Copy(*it, Base::m.arr[i]);
+#else
+            Copy(*it, Base::m.raw[i]);
+#endif
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a deep copy of the given standard C++ map whose values are
+     * interface pointers stored as objects of the ComPtr\<I\> class.
+     *
+     * @param aMap  Map object to copy.
+     *
+     * @tparam C    Standard C++ map template class (normally deduced from
+     *              @c aCntr).
+     * @tparam L    Standard C++ compare class (deduced from @c aCntr).
+     * @tparam A    Standard C++ allocator class (deduced from @c aCntr).
+     * @tparam K    Map key class (deduced from @c aCntr).
+     * @tparam OI   Argument to the ComPtr template (deduced from @c aCntr).
+     */
+    template<template<typename, typename, typename, typename>
+              class C, class L, class A, class K, class OI>
+    SafeIfaceArray(const C<K, ComPtr<OI>, L, A> & aMap)
+    {
+        typedef C<K, ComPtr<OI>, L, A> Map;
+
+        Base::resize(aMap.size());
+        AssertReturnVoid(!Base::isNull());
+
+        int i = 0;
+        for (typename Map::const_iterator it = aMap.begin();
+             it != aMap.end(); ++ it, ++ i)
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+            SafeIfaceArray::Copy(it->second, Base::m.arr[i]);
+#else
+            Copy(it->second, Base::m.raw[i]);
+#endif
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a deep copy of the given standard C++ map whose values are
+     * interface pointers stored as objects of the ComObjPtr\<I\> class.
+     *
+     * @param aMap  Map object to copy.
+     *
+     * @tparam C    Standard C++ map template class (normally deduced from
+     *              @c aCntr).
+     * @tparam L    Standard C++ compare class (deduced from @c aCntr).
+     * @tparam A    Standard C++ allocator class (deduced from @c aCntr).
+     * @tparam K    Map key class (deduced from @c aCntr).
+     * @tparam OI   Argument to the ComObjPtr template (deduced from @c aCntr).
+     */
+    template<template<typename, typename, typename, typename>
+              class C, class L, class A, class K, class OI>
+    SafeIfaceArray(const C<K, ComObjPtr<OI>, L, A> & aMap)
+    {
+        typedef C<K, ComObjPtr<OI>, L, A> Map;
+
+        Base::resize(aMap.size());
+        AssertReturnVoid(!Base::isNull());
+
+        int i = 0;
+        for (typename Map::const_iterator it = aMap.begin();
+             it != aMap.end(); ++ it, ++ i)
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+            SafeIfaceArray::Copy(it->second, Base::m.arr[i]);
+#else
+            Copy(it->second, Base::m.raw[i]);
+#endif
+    }
+
+    void setElement(size_t iIdx, I* obj)
+    {
+#ifdef VBOX_WITH_XPCOM
+        SafeIfaceArray::Copy(obj, Base::m.arr[iIdx]);
+#else
+        Copy(obj, Base::m.raw[iIdx]);
+#endif
+    }
+};
+
+} /* namespace com */
+
+/** @} */
+
+#endif /* !VBOX_INCLUDED_com_array_h */
+