/*

* Copyright (c) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).

* All rights reserved.

* This component and the accompanying materials are made available

* under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"

* which accompanies this distribution, and is available

* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".

*

* Initial Contributors:

* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.

*

* Contributors:

*

* Description:

*

*/

#ifndef CNTABSTRACTVIEW_H_

#define CNTABSTRACTVIEW_H_

#include <cntabstractviewmanager.h>

#include <cntviewparams.h>

#include <cntabstractengine.h>

class HbView;

class CntAbstractView

{

public:

    virtual ~CntAbstractView(){}

public:

    /**

     * View is activated after its added to main window and is

     * ready to be drawn.

     */

    virtual void activate( const CntViewParameters aArgs ) = 0;

    /**

     * View is deactivated just before its removed from

     * main window.

     */

    virtual void deactivate() = 0;

    /**

     * Default view is not deleted when its removed from

     * main window. So, if view is NOT default, its deleted

     * after its removed from main window.

     */

    virtual bool isDefault() const = 0;

    /**

     * return the view implementation.

     */

    virtual HbView* view() const = 0;

    /*!

     * return the view id

     */

    virtual int viewId() const = 0;

	/*!

	 * set engine. This must be called right after C'tor.

	 */

	virtual void setEngine( CntAbstractEngine& aEngine ) = 0;

};

#endif /* CNTABSTRACTVIEW_H_ */