[% IF ieData.ieCardinality == 1 -%]

    // Encode the Ie Header
    header.ieType = [% ieData.ieType %]IeType;
    header.instance = [% ieData.instance %];
    header.length = 0; // We will encode the IE first and then update the length
    GtpV2Ie::encodeGtpV2IeHeader(buffer, header);
    startIndex = buffer.getCurrentIndex(); 
    [% ieData.ieType %]Ie [% ieData.ieLocalVar %]=
    dynamic_cast<
    [% ieData.ieType %]Ie&>(GtpV2IeFactory::getInstance().getIeObject([% ieData.ieType %]IeType));
[% IF ieData.grouped == 'Yes'-%]
    [% ieData.grpIeInstClassName %] groupedIeInstance =
    dynamic_cast<
     [% ieData.grpIeInstClassName %]&>([% ieData.ieLocalVar %].getGroupedIe(msgType, [% ieData.instance %]));
    rc = groupedIeInstance.encode[% ieData.grpIeInstClassName %](buffer, data.[% ieData.ieVarName %]);
[% ELSE -%]
    rc = [% ieData.ieLocalVar %].encode[% ieData.ieType %]Ie(buffer, data.[% ieData.ieVarName %]);
[% END -%]
    endIndex = buffer.getCurrentIndex();
    length = endIndex - startIndex;

    // encode the length value now
    buffer.goToIndex(startIndex - 3);
    buffer.writeUint16(length, false);
    buffer.goToIndex(endIndex);
[% ELSE -%]
    // First validate if the applicatoin provided more than the expected cardinality
    if (data.[% ieData.ieVarName %]Count > [% ieData.ieCardinality %])
    {
        errorStream.add((char *)"Number of entries of [% ieData.ieVarName %] exceeded\n");
        errorStream.add((char *)"Expected count: [% ieData.ieCardinality %] Received count: ");
        errorStream.add((char *)"data.[% ieData.ieVarName %]Count");
        errorStream.endOfLine();
        return false;
    }
    for (Uint8 i = 0; i < data.[% ieData.ieVarName %]Count; i++)
    {
        // Encode the Ie Header
        header.ieType = [% ieData.ieType %]IeType;
        header.instance = [% ieData.instance %];
        header.length = 0; // We will encode the IE first and then update the length
        GtpV2Ie::encodeGtpV2IeHeader(buffer, header);
        startIndex = buffer.getCurrentIndex(); 
        [% ieData.ieType %]Ie [% ieData.ieLocalVar %]=
        dynamic_cast<
        [% ieData.ieType %]Ie&>(GtpV2IeFactory::getInstance().
        getIeObject([% ieData.ieType %]IeType));
[% IF ieData.grouped == 'Yes'-%]
        [% ieData.grpIeInstClassName %] groupedIeInstance = dynamic_cast<[% ieData.grpIeInstClassName %]&>([% ieData.ieLocalVar %].getGroupedIe(msgType, [% ieData.instance %]));
        rc = groupedIeInstance.encode[% ieData.grpIeInstClassName %](buffer, data.[% ieData.ieVarName %][i]);
[% ELSE -%]
        rc = [% ieData.ieLocalVar %].encode[% ieData.ieType %]Ie(buffer, data.[% ieData.ieVarName %][i]);
[% END -%]
        endIndex = buffer.getCurrentIndex();
        length = endIndex - startIndex;

        // encode the length value now
        buffer.goToIndex(startIndex - 3);
        buffer.writeUint16(length, false);
        buffer.goToIndex(endIndex);
    }
[% END -%]