/*

* 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 CPHCNTFACTORY_H

#define CPHCNTFACTORY_H

//  INCLUDES

#include    <e32base.h>

#include    <cntdef.h>

// FORWARD DECLARATIONS

class CPhCntMatcher;

class MProfileChangeObserver;

class CPhCntContactId;

// CLASS DECLARATION

/**

*  Factory class for creating phonebook related classes.

*

*  @lib PhoneCntFinder

*  @since 1.0

*/

class CPhCntFactory : public CBase

    {

    public:

        /** 

        * Creates an instance of Contact Matcher

        *

        * @return Contact Matcher object. Ownership is transferred.

        */

        virtual CPhCntMatcher* CreateContactMatcherL() = 0;

        /**

        * Creates an instance of profile engine notify handler.

        * @param aObserver observer to be notified of profile changes.

        * @return new instance.

        */

        virtual CBase* CreateProfileEngineNotifyHandlerL( 

            MProfileChangeObserver* aObserver ) = 0;

        /**

         * Creates contact id instance.

         *

         * @since S60 v3.1

         * @return New instance.

         */

        //virtual CPhCntContactId* CreateContactIdL() = 0;

        /**

         * Creates an contact id instance.

         *

         * @since S60 v3.1

         * @return New instance of CPhCntContactId

         */

        virtual CPhCntContactId* CreateContactIdL( TContactItemId aContactId ) = 0;

        /**

         * Create and contact id instance from contact link.

         *

         * @since S60 v3.2

         */

        virtual CPhCntContactId* CreateContactIdL( const TDesC8& aContactId ) = 0;    

    };

/**

* Creates CPhCntFactory. Position 1 in DLL's lookup table.

* @return Reference to CPhCntFactory object. Ownership is transferred.

*/

IMPORT_C CPhCntFactory* CreateCntFactoryL();

#endif      // CPHCNTFACTORY_H

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