diff --git a/private/qtjolie-branch/sodep/sodephelpers_p.h b/private/qtjolie-branch/sodep/sodephelpers_p.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c75664ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/private/qtjolie-branch/sodep/sodephelpers_p.h
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/**
+  * This file is part of the KDE project
+  * Copyright (C) 2008 Kevin Ottens <ervin@kde.org>
+  *
+  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+  * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+  *
+  * This library 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
+  * Library General Public License for more details.
+  *
+  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+  * along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+  * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+  */
+
+#ifndef SODEPHELPERS_P_H
+#define SODEPHELPERS_P_H
+
+#include <QtCore/QIODevice>
+#include <QtCore/QString>
+
+inline void sodepWrite(QIODevice &io, double value)
+{
+    const char *in = (const char*)&value;
+    char out[8];
+
+    for (int i=0; i<8; ++i) {
+        out[i] = in[7-i];
+    }
+
+    io.write(out, 8);
+}
+
+inline void sodepWrite(QIODevice &io, qint32 value)
+{
+    const char *in = (const char*)&value;
+    char out[4];
+
+    for (int i=0; i<4; ++i) {
+        out[i] = in[3-i];
+    }
+
+    io.write(out, 4);
+}
+
+inline void sodepWrite(QIODevice &io, qint64 value)
+{
+    const char *in = (const char*)&value;
+    char out[8];
+
+    for (int i=0; i<8; ++i) {
+        out[i] = in[7-i];
+    }
+
+    io.write(out, 8);
+}
+
+inline void sodepWrite(QIODevice &io, const QString &value)
+{
+    QByteArray data = value.toUtf8();
+    sodepWrite(io, data.size());
+    io.write(data);
+}
+
+inline double sodepReadDouble(QIODevice &io)
+{
+    double d;
+    char *out = (char*)&d;
+    char in[8];
+
+    io.read(in, 8);
+
+    for (int i=0; i<8; ++i) {
+        out[i] = in[7-i];
+    }
+
+    return d;
+}
+
+inline qint32 sodepReadInt32(QIODevice &io)
+{
+    qint32 i;
+    char *out = (char*)&i;
+    char in[4];
+
+    io.read(in, 4);
+
+    for (int j=0; j<4; ++j) {
+        out[j] = in[3-j];
+    }
+
+    return i;
+}
+
+inline qint64 sodepReadInt64(QIODevice &io)
+{
+    qint64 i;
+    char *out = (char*)&i;
+    char in[8];
+
+    io.read(in, 8);
+
+    for (int j=0; j<8; ++j) {
+        out[j] = in[7-j];
+    }
+
+    return i;
+}
+
+inline QString sodepReadString(QIODevice &io)
+{
+    qint32 length = sodepReadInt32(io);
+    QByteArray data = io.read(length);
+    return QString::fromUtf8(data);
+}
+
+
+#endif
diff --git a/private/qtjolie-branch/sodep/sodepmessage.cpp b/private/qtjolie-branch/sodep/sodepmessage.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a477676e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/private/qtjolie-branch/sodep/sodepmessage.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+/**
+  * This file is part of the KDE project
+  * Copyright (C) 2008 Kevin Ottens <ervin@kde.org>
+  *
+  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+  * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+  *
+  * This library 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
+  * Library General Public License for more details.
+  *
+  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+  * along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+  * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+  */
+
+#include "sodepmessage.h"
+
+#include <QtCore/QString>
+
+#include "sodephelpers_p.h"
+
+class SodepMessagePrivate
+{
+public:
+    SodepMessagePrivate() : id(0) {}
+
+    qint64 id;
+    QString resourcePath;
+    QString operationName;
+    SodepFault fault;
+    SodepValue data;
+};
+
+SodepMessage::SodepMessage()
+    : d(new SodepMessagePrivate)
+{
+}
+
+SodepMessage::SodepMessage(const QString &resourcePath, const QString &operationName, qint64 id)
+    : d(new SodepMessagePrivate)
+{
+    d->id = id;
+    d->resourcePath = resourcePath;
+    d->operationName = operationName;
+}
+
+SodepMessage::SodepMessage(const SodepMessage &other)
+    : d(new SodepMessagePrivate)
+{
+    *d = *other.d;
+}
+
+SodepMessage::~SodepMessage()
+{
+    delete d;
+}
+
+SodepMessage &SodepMessage::operator=(const SodepMessage &other)
+{
+    *d = *other.d;
+
+    return *this;
+}
+
+qint64 SodepMessage::id() const
+{
+    return d->id;
+}
+
+QString SodepMessage::resourcePath() const
+{
+    return d->resourcePath;
+}
+
+QString SodepMessage::operationName() const
+{
+    return d->operationName;
+}
+
+SodepFault SodepMessage::fault() const
+{
+    return d->fault;
+}
+
+void SodepMessage::setFault(const SodepFault &fault)
+{
+    d->fault = fault;
+}
+
+SodepValue SodepMessage::data() const
+{
+    return d->data;
+}
+
+void SodepMessage::setData(const SodepValue &data)
+{
+    d->data = data;
+}
+
+bool SodepMessage::isValid()
+{
+    return !d->resourcePath.isEmpty() && !d->operationName.isEmpty();
+}
+
+void SodepMessage::writeTo(QIODevice &io) const
+{
+    sodepWrite(io, d->id);
+    sodepWrite(io, d->resourcePath);
+    sodepWrite(io, d->operationName);
+    d->fault.writeTo(io);
+    d->data.writeTo(io);
+}
+
+SodepMessage SodepMessage::readFrom(QIODevice &io)
+{
+    SodepMessage result;
+
+    result.d->id = sodepReadInt64(io);
+    result.d->resourcePath = sodepReadString(io);
+    result.d->operationName = sodepReadString(io);
+    result.d->fault = SodepFault::readFrom(io);
+    result.d->data = SodepValue::readFrom(io);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
diff --git a/private/qtjolie-branch/sodep/sodepmessage.h b/private/qtjolie-branch/sodep/sodepmessage.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a89e37d48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/private/qtjolie-branch/sodep/sodepmessage.h
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/**
+  * This file is part of the KDE project
+  * Copyright (C) 2008 Kevin Ottens <ervin@kde.org>
+  *
+  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+  * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+  *
+  * This library 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
+  * Library General Public License for more details.
+  *
+  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+  * along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+  * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+  */
+
+#ifndef SODEPMESSAGE_H
+#define SODEPMESSAGE_H
+
+#include <sodepvalue.h>
+#include <sodepfault.h>
+
+class SodepMessagePrivate;
+
+class Q_DECL_EXPORT SodepMessage
+{
+public:
+    SodepMessage();
+    explicit SodepMessage(const QString &resourcePath,
+                          const QString &operationName,
+                          qint64 id = 0);
+    SodepMessage(const SodepMessage &other);
+    ~SodepMessage();
+
+    SodepMessage &operator=(const SodepMessage &other);
+
+    qint64 id() const;
+
+    QString resourcePath() const;
+    QString operationName() const;
+
+    SodepFault fault() const;
+    void setFault(const SodepFault &fault);
+
+    SodepValue data() const;
+    void setData(const SodepValue &data);
+
+    bool isValid();
+
+    void writeTo(QIODevice &io) const;
+    static SodepMessage readFrom(QIODevice &io);
+
+private:
+    SodepMessagePrivate * const d;
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/private/qtjolie-branch/sodep/sodepvalue.cpp b/private/qtjolie-branch/sodep/sodepvalue.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..703e84ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/private/qtjolie-branch/sodep/sodepvalue.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+/**
+  * This file is part of the KDE project
+  * Copyright (C) 2008 Kevin Ottens <ervin@kde.org>
+  *
+  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+  * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+  *
+  * This library 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
+  * Library General Public License for more details.
+  *
+  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+  * along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+  * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+  */
+
+#include "sodepvalue.h"
+
+#include <QtCore/QStringList>
+#include <QtCore/QVariant>
+
+#include "sodephelpers_p.h"
+
+class SodepValuePrivate
+{
+public:
+    QVariant content;
+    QMap<QString, QList<SodepValue> > children;
+};
+
+SodepValue::SodepValue()
+    : d(new SodepValuePrivate)
+{
+}
+
+SodepValue::SodepValue(const QString &content)
+    : d(new SodepValuePrivate)
+{
+    d->content = content;
+}
+
+SodepValue::SodepValue(qint32 content)
+    : d(new SodepValuePrivate)
+{
+    d->content = content;
+}
+
+SodepValue::SodepValue(double content)
+    : d(new SodepValuePrivate)
+{
+    d->content = content;
+}
+
+SodepValue::SodepValue(const SodepValue &other)
+    : d(new SodepValuePrivate)
+{
+    *d = *other.d;
+}
+
+SodepValue::~SodepValue()
+{
+    delete d;
+}
+
+SodepValue &SodepValue::operator=(const SodepValue &other)
+{
+    *d = *other.d;
+
+    return *this;
+}
+
+QStringList SodepValue::childrenNames() const
+{
+    return d->children.keys();
+}
+
+QList<SodepValue> & SodepValue::children(const QString &name)
+{
+    return d->children[name];
+}
+
+const QList<SodepValue> & SodepValue::children(const QString &name) const
+{
+    return d->children[name];
+}
+
+QString SodepValue::toString() const
+{
+    if (isString()) {
+        return d->content.toString();
+    } else {
+        return QString();
+    }
+}
+
+qint32 SodepValue::toInt() const
+{
+    if (isInt()) {
+        return d->content.toInt();
+    } else {
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+double SodepValue::toDouble() const
+{
+    if (isDouble()) {
+        return d->content.toDouble();
+    } else {
+        return 0.0;
+    }
+}
+
+bool SodepValue::isString() const
+{
+    return d->content.type()==QVariant::String;
+}
+
+bool SodepValue::isInt() const
+{
+    return d->content.type()==QVariant::Int;
+}
+
+bool SodepValue::isDouble() const
+{
+    return d->content.type()==QVariant::Double;
+}
+
+bool SodepValue::isValid() const
+{
+    return isString() || isInt() || isDouble();
+}
+
+void SodepValue::writeTo(QIODevice &io) const
+{
+    if (isDouble()) {
+        io.putChar(3);
+        sodepWrite(io, toDouble());
+    } else if (isInt()) {
+        io.putChar(2);
+        sodepWrite(io, toInt());
+    } else if (isString()) {
+        io.putChar(1);
+        sodepWrite(io, toString());
+    } else {
+        io.putChar(0);
+    }
+
+    sodepWrite(io, d->children.size());
+
+    foreach (const QString &name, d->children.keys()) {
+        sodepWrite(io, name);
+
+        QList<SodepValue> values = d->children[name];
+        qint32 valueCount = values.size();
+        sodepWrite(io, valueCount);
+        for (int j=0; j<valueCount; ++j) {
+            values[j].writeTo(io);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+SodepValue SodepValue::readFrom(QIODevice &io)
+{
+    SodepValue result;
+
+    char code;
+    io.getChar(&code);
+
+    switch(code) {
+    case 3: {
+        result = SodepValue(sodepReadDouble(io));
+        break;
+    }
+    case 2: {
+        result = SodepValue(sodepReadInt32(io));
+        break;
+    }
+    case 1: {
+        result = SodepValue(sodepReadString(io));
+        break;
+    }
+    default:
+        break;
+    }
+
+    qint32 childrenCount = sodepReadInt32(io);
+
+    for (int i=0; i<childrenCount; ++i) {
+        QString name = sodepReadString(io);
+
+        QList<SodepValue> values;
+        qint32 valueCount = sodepReadInt32(io);
+        for (int j=0; j<valueCount; ++j) {
+            values << readFrom(io);
+        }
+
+        result.d->children[name] = values;
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
diff --git a/private/qtjolie-branch/tests/sodepmessagetest.cpp b/private/qtjolie-branch/tests/sodepmessagetest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7a6da117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/private/qtjolie-branch/tests/sodepmessagetest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/**
+  * This file is part of the KDE project
+  * Copyright (C) 2008 Kevin Ottens <ervin@kde.org>
+  *
+  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+  * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+  *
+  * This library 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
+  * Library General Public License for more details.
+  *
+  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+  * along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+  * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+  * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+  */
+
+#include <QtCore/QObject>
+#include <QtTest/QtTest>
+
+#include <sodepmessage.h>
+#include "sodeptesthelpers.h"
+
+class SodepMessageTest : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+private slots:
+    void shouldVerifyInitialState()
+    {
+        SodepMessage m1("/foo", "bar");
+        SodepMessage m2("/pata/pata", "pon", 2);
+
+        QCOMPARE(m1.resourcePath(), QString("/foo"));
+        QCOMPARE(m1.operationName(), QString("bar"));
+        QCOMPARE(m1.id(), qint64(0));
+
+        QCOMPARE(m2.resourcePath(), QString("/pata/pata"));
+        QCOMPARE(m2.operationName(), QString("pon"));
+        QCOMPARE(m2.id(), qint64(2));
+
+        m1 = m2;
+
+        QCOMPARE(m1.resourcePath(), QString("/pata/pata"));
+        QCOMPARE(m1.operationName(), QString("pon"));
+        QCOMPARE(m2.id(), qint64(2));
+    }
+
+    void shouldBeSerializable_data()
+    {
+        SodepValue v(42);
+        QByteArray vSerial = QByteArray::fromHex("020000002A00000000");
+        SodepFault f("foo");
+        QByteArray fSerial = QByteArray::fromHex("0100000003")+QByteArray("foo")
+                           + QByteArray::fromHex("0000000000");
+
+        QTest::addColumn<SodepMessage>("original");
+        QTest::addColumn<QByteArray>("serialized");
+
+        QTest::newRow("no payload message") << SodepMessage("/pata", "pon")
+                                            << QByteArray::fromHex("0000000000000000")
+                                             + QByteArray::fromHex("00000005")+QByteArray("/pata")
+                                             + QByteArray::fromHex("00000003")+QByteArray("pon")
+                                             + QByteArray::fromHex("00")
+                                             + QByteArray::fromHex("0000000000");
+
+        SodepMessage payload("/pata", "pon");
+        payload.setFault(f);
+        payload.setData(v);
+        QTest::newRow("payload message") << payload
+                                         << QByteArray::fromHex("0000000000000000")
+                                          + QByteArray::fromHex("00000005")+QByteArray("/pata")
+                                          + QByteArray::fromHex("00000003")+QByteArray("pon")
+                                          + fSerial
+                                          + vSerial;
+
+        SodepMessage payloadId("/pata", "pon", 42);
+        payloadId.setFault(f);
+        payloadId.setData(v);
+        QTest::newRow("payload and id message") << payloadId
+                                                << QByteArray::fromHex("000000000000002A")
+                                                 + QByteArray::fromHex("00000005")+QByteArray("/pata")
+                                                 + QByteArray::fromHex("00000003")+QByteArray("pon")
+                                                 + fSerial
+                                                 + vSerial;
+    }
+
+    void shouldBeSerializable()
+    {
+        QBuffer buffer;
+
+        QFETCH(SodepMessage, original);
+        QFETCH(QByteArray, serialized);
+        SodepMessage result;
+
+        buffer.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
+        original.writeTo(buffer);
+        buffer.close();
+
+        buffer.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
+        result = SodepMessage::readFrom(buffer);
+        buffer.close();
+
+        sodepCompare(result, original);
+        QCOMPARE(buffer.data(), serialized);
+    }
+};
+
+QTEST_MAIN(SodepMessageTest)
+
+#include "sodepmessagetest.moc"