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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2007-2008 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:   abstract base class for attribute models
+*
+*/
+
+
+#ifndef C_HNATTRIBUTEBASE_H
+#define C_HNATTRIBUTEBASE_H
+
+#include <e32base.h>
+#include "hniconholder.h"
+
+class CGulIcon;
+
+/** 
+ * Attribute type. Indicates the text or image attribute. 
+ */
+enum TAttributeType 
+    {
+    ETextAttribute,
+    EImageAttribute
+    };
+
+/**
+ * Attribute base (abstract) class.
+ * 
+ * Base class for attributes providing common functionality 
+ * and defining required abstract methods for the interface.
+ * Attributes are used to logically mediate visual properties, 
+ * such as icons, texts, templates, etc., from the xml to the 
+ * presentation layer. Atributes are used eg., to retrieve content 
+ * of such visual items in the widget library (mmwidgets), 
+ * for display purposes. 
+ *
+ * @lib hnpresentationmodel
+ * @since S60 5.0
+ * @ingroup group_hnpresentationmodel
+ */
+NONSHARABLE_CLASS( CHnAttributeBase ) : public CBase
+     {
+public:
+    
+    /**
+     * Standard destructor.
+     * 
+     * @since S60 5.0
+     */
+    ~CHnAttributeBase();
+    
+    /**
+     * Sets the attribute name.
+     *
+     * @since S60 5.0
+     * @param aName Name of the attribute
+     */
+    IMPORT_C void SetNameL( const TDesC8& aName );
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the name of the attribute.
+     *
+     * @since S60 5.0
+     * @return Attribute name.
+     */
+    IMPORT_C const TDesC8& Name() const;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the value of the attribute.
+     *
+     * @since S60 5.0
+     * @return Attribute's value.
+     */
+    IMPORT_C virtual const TDesC8& Value();
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets icon, packed in CGulIcon.
+     * 
+     * @see CGulIcon
+     * @since S60 5.0
+     * @return Icon as a poitner to CGulIcon.
+     */
+    IMPORT_C virtual CGulIcon* GetIcon( TSize* aDesiredIconSize 
+            = NULL );
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets icon holder, which owns the same icon that GetIcon returns.
+     * 
+     * Icon holder should be used when the icon from model needs to
+     * be stored. Please see @c CHnIconHolder description for more
+     * details on how to store icons.
+     * 
+     * @param aDesiredIconSize Desired size of the icon contained in
+     *                         the returned icon holder.
+     * @return An icon holder. You can call GetGulIcon on it to get the
+     *         actual icon (may return NULL).
+     */
+    virtual CHnIconHolder* GetIconHolder( TSize* aDesiredIconSize );
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets attributes's type.
+     * 
+     * @since S60 5.0
+     * @return Attribute's type.
+     */    
+    IMPORT_C TAttributeType Type();
+    
+    /**
+     * Removes all  LIW objects owned by this object.
+     * 
+     * LIW objects owned by non-LIW objects that are owned by
+     * this object are also removed.
+     * @since S60 5.0
+     */
+    virtual void RemoveLiwObjects();
+
+protected: // data
+    
+    /**
+     * Attribute type.
+     */
+    TAttributeType iAttributeType;
+    
+private: // data
+
+    /**
+     * Attribute name. 
+     */
+    RBuf8 iName;
+    
+    };
+
+#endif // C_HNATTRIBUTEBASE_H
+