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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 C_HNUTILS_H
+#define C_HNUTILS_H
+
+#include <e32base.h>
+
+class CHnMdLocalization;
+class CHnMdBaseKey;
+class CLiwGenericParamList;
+class TLiwVariant;
+class CHnSuiteModel;
+class TXmlEngElement;
+
+
+/**
+ * Utils
+ * 
+ * Utility class.
+ *
+ * @lib hnmetadatamodel
+ * @since S60 3.0
+ * @ingroup group_hnmetadatamodel
+ */
+NONSHARABLE_CLASS( HnUtils )
+    {   
+public:
+    
+   /**
+    * Read file.
+    *
+    * @since S60 v3.0
+    * @param aPath Path to a file.
+    * @return Buffer.
+    */    
+    IMPORT_C static HBufC8* ReadFileLC(const TDesC& aPath);
+   
+   /**
+    * Read file.
+    *
+    * @since S60 v3.0
+    * @param aPath Path to a file.
+    * @return Buffer.
+    */    
+    IMPORT_C static HBufC8* ReadFileL(const TDesC& aPath);
+    
+   /**
+    * Locates file.
+    *
+    * @since S60 v3.0
+    * @param aFile File name.
+    * @return File path.
+    */
+    IMPORT_C static HBufC* LocateFileLC( const TDesC& aFile );
+    
+    /**
+     * Locates nearest Language file.
+     *
+     * @since S60 v3.0
+     * @param aFile File name.
+     * @return File path.
+     */
+    IMPORT_C static HBufC* LocateNearestLanguageFileLC( const TDesC& aFile );
+
+   
+
+    /**
+     * Sets given descriptor using xml element textual value.
+     * 
+     * @since S60 v5.0
+     * @param aElement Xml element.
+     * @param aAttribute Descriptor to be set using aElement.
+     */
+    IMPORT_C static void SetAttributeL( const TXmlEngElement& aElement, 
+            RBuf8& aAttribute );
+    
+    /**
+     * Sets given descriptor using xml attribute. 
+     * 
+     * @since S60 v5.0
+     * @param aElement Xml element from which the attribute will be retrieved
+     *                 by aAttributeName.
+     * @param aAttributeName The name of the attribute to be read from
+     *                 aElement.
+     * @param aAttribute A descriptor to be set using a value of the attribute
+     *                 from aElement.
+     */
+    IMPORT_C static void SetAttributeL( const TXmlEngElement& aElement, 
+            const TDesC8& aAttributeName, RBuf8& aAttribute );
+    
+    /**
+     * Fetches given columns string.
+     * 
+     * @since S60 v5.0
+     * @param aColumn Which column to fetch.
+     * @param aSourceText Source texts.
+     * @param aColumnSeparator Character that separates columns.
+     */
+    IMPORT_C static HBufC8 * GetColumnTextLC(TInt aColumn, const TDesC8 & aSourceText, 
+            TChar aColumnSeparator = TChar('|'));
+    
+    /**
+     * Fetches number of columns.
+     * 
+     * @since S60 v5.0
+     * @param aSourceText Source texts.
+     * @param aColumnSeparator Character that separates columns.
+     */
+    IMPORT_C static TInt GetColumnTextColumnCount(const TDesC8 & aSourceText, 
+                TChar aColumnSeparator = TChar('|'));
+    
+private:
+    };
+
+#endif // C_HNUTILS_H
+