1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libempathy/empathy-utils.c b/libempathy/empathy-utils.c
index 30d40e9a5..7d6c8c06c 100644
--- a/libempathy/empathy-utils.c
+++ b/libempathy/empathy-utils.c
@@ -1273,3 +1273,32 @@ while_finish:
 
   return types;
 }
+
+GVariant *
+empathy_asv_to_vardict (const GHashTable *asv)
+{
+  return empathy_boxed_to_variant (TP_HASH_TYPE_STRING_VARIANT_MAP, "a{sv}",
+      (gpointer) asv);
+}
+
+GVariant *
+empathy_boxed_to_variant (GType gtype,
+    const gchar *variant_type,
+    gpointer boxed)
+{
+  GValue v = G_VALUE_INIT;
+  GVariant *ret;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (boxed != NULL, NULL);
+
+  g_value_init (&v, gtype);
+  g_value_set_boxed (&v, boxed);
+
+  ret = dbus_g_value_build_g_variant (&v);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (!tp_strdiff (g_variant_get_type_string (ret),
+        variant_type), NULL);
+
+  g_value_unset (&v);
+
+  return g_variant_ref_sink (ret);
+}