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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2007 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:  Definition of the class PbkxRclUtils.
+*
+*/
+
+
+#ifndef PBKXRCLUTILS_H
+#define PBKXRCLUTILS_H
+
+#include <CPbkContactItem.h>
+#include <tpbkxremotecontactlookupprotocolaccountid.h>
+
+class CPbkContactEngine;
+
+/**
+* Class that offers static helper methods.
+*
+* @lib pbkxrclengine.lib
+* @since S60 3.1
+*/
+class PbkxRclUtils 
+    {
+public: // static methods
+
+    /**
+    * Returns text of the given field of the given contact.
+    *
+    * If there are multiple fields with given id, first one is returned.
+    * 
+    * @param aItem Contact item which field text is asked.
+    * @param aId Field id.
+    * @return Text of the field or empty text if none is found.
+    */
+    static HBufC* FieldTextL( const CPbkContactItem* aItem, TPbkFieldId aId );
+
+    /**
+    * Returns tet of the given field.
+    *
+    * @param aField Field which text is wanted.
+    * @return Field text.
+    */
+    static HBufC* FieldTextL( TPbkContactItemField& aField );
+
+    /**
+    * Returns the text in the given field, if such field exists and it's type is
+    * text.
+    *
+    * If there are more than one fields with given type, the first one is returned.
+    *
+    * @param aCard Contact card.
+    * @param aFieldType Type of the field.
+    */
+    static TPtrC FieldText( const CContactCard* aCard, TFieldType aFieldType );
+
+    /**
+    * Gets the default protocol account id.
+    *
+    * Leaves with KErrNotFound if default account id is not set.
+    */
+    static TPbkxRemoteContactLookupProtocolAccountId DefaultProtocolAccountIdL();
+
+    /**
+    * Stores default protocol account id.
+    *
+    * @param aId Account id to be stored.
+    */
+    static void StoreDefaultProtocolAccountIdL(
+        TPbkxRemoteContactLookupProtocolAccountId aId );
+
+    /**
+    * Returns ETrue if given text contains at least one alpha 
+    * characters.
+    *
+    * @param aText Text to be investigated.
+    * @return ETrue if given text contains at least one alpha character.
+    */
+    static TBool HasAlphaCharsInString( const TDesC& aText );
+
+    /**
+    * Creates new contact item of the given contact card.
+    *
+    * @param aCard Contact card.
+    * @param aEngine Contact engine.
+    * @return Created item. Ownership is transferred.
+    */
+    static CPbkContactItem* CreateContactItemL( 
+        CContactCard* aCard, 
+        CPbkContactEngine& aEngine );
+
+    };
+
+#endif