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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:  
+*
+*/
+
+
+#ifndef HNSTRINGHANDLER_H
+#define HNSTRINGHANDLER_H
+
+#include <e32base.h>
+
+class CDesC16Array;
+struct THnMdCommonPointers;
+
+/**
+ * String Handler.
+ * 
+ * Contains static methods for strings manipulation.
+ *
+ * @lib hnmetadatamodel
+ * @since S60 5.0
+ * @ingroup group_hnmetadatamodel
+ */
+NONSHARABLE_CLASS(HnStringHandler)
+    {
+public:
+    /**
+     * Localize given string
+     * it is given in format 
+     * @verbatim <namespace>:<id> @endverbatim 
+     * namespace can be declared in XML
+     * it also accepts format myapp.rsc:MY_RESOURCE
+     * 
+     * @param aDestination destiation where localized text is returned
+     * @param aSource string to localize
+     * @param aCmnPtrs common pointers, if not given, 
+     *  taken from THnMdCommonPointers::Static()
+     */
+    static void LocaliseL(  RBuf& aDestination, RBuf& aSource,
+                           THnMdCommonPointers* aCmnPtrs );
+    /**
+     * Localize given string
+     * it is given in format 
+     * @verbatim <namespace>:<id> @endverbatim
+     * namespace can be declared in XML
+     * it also accepts format myapp.rsc:MY_RESOURCE
+     * It formats string based on parameters provided.
+     * 
+     * @param aDestination destiation where localized text is returned
+     * @param aSource string to localize
+     * @param aDesParams list descriptor parameters to format %U, %0U
+     * @param aIntParams list integer parameters to format %N, %0N
+     * @param aCmnPtrs common pointers, if not given, 
+     *  taken from THnMdCommonPointers::Static()
+     */
+    static void LocaliseL( RBuf& aDestination, RBuf& aSource, 
+                            CDesC16Array* aDesParams,
+                            CArrayFix<TInt>* aIntParams,
+                            THnMdCommonPointers* aCmnPtrs );
+    
+    /**
+     * Compares strings ignoring character case.
+     * 
+     * @param aLeft Base descriptor.
+     * @param aRight Descriptor to be compared with the base descriptor.
+     */
+    static TInt CompareIgnoreCaseL( const TDesC& aLeft, const TDesC& aRight );
+    
+    /**
+     * Compares strings ignoring character case.
+     * 
+     * @param aLeft Base descriptor.
+     * @param aRight Descriptor to be compared with the base descriptor.
+     */
+    static TInt CompareIgnoreCaseL( const TDesC8& aLeft, const TDesC8& aRight );
+    };
+
+#endif // HNSTRINGHANDLER_H