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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2008-2009 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:    Utility class to manage attribute retrieval errors
+*
+*/
+
+
+
+#ifndef _GLXERRORMANAGER_H
+#define _GLXERRORMANAGER_H
+
+#include <e32base.h>
+#include "glxfetcherror.h"
+
+// Forward declaration
+class CGlxMedia;
+
+/// How long temporary errors remain valid for until they can be checked again
+/// @todo Find optimal value for this
+const TInt KGlxTemporaryErrorValidityPeriodInSeconds = 30;
+
+/**
+ * GlxErrorManager
+ *
+ * Utility class for handling the error attribute that may be attached to items
+ *
+ * @lib glxmedialists.lib
+ */
+class GlxErrorManager
+    {
+public:    
+    /**
+     * Check whether an error has been recorded against the given attribute
+     * @param aItem The item to check
+     * @param aAttribute The attribute to check
+     * @return The error associated with the attribute; KErrNone if none
+     */
+    IMPORT_C static TInt HasAttributeErrorL(const CGlxMedia* aItem, const TMPXAttribute& aAttribute);
+    
+    /**
+     * Check whether an error has been recorded against the given attribute
+     * @param aItem The item to check
+     * @param aContentId The content id for attribute to check
+     * @return The error associated with the attribute; KErrNone if none
+     */
+    IMPORT_C static TInt HasAttributeErrorL(const CGlxMedia* aItem, TInt aContentId);
+
+    /**
+     * Heuristic to determine whether errors may exist within an item.
+     * @return EFalse, if there are no errors; ETrue if there might be errors (includes possibly expired errors)
+     */
+    static TBool HasError(const CGlxMedia* aItem);
+
+    /**
+     * Sets error values for the given attributes
+     * @param aItem The item to add the errors to
+     * @param aAttributes The attributes affected
+     * @param aError The error code to set against the attributes
+     */
+    static void SetAttributeErrorL(CGlxMedia* aItem, const RArray<TMPXAttribute>& aAttributes, TInt aError);
+    
+    /**
+     * Performs some maintainance on the error attribute of an item.
+     * - Removes any expired temporary errors
+     * - Removes any errors for attributes that don't occur in aAttributesInUse
+     * @param aMedia Media object to clean
+     * @param aAttributesInUse Superset of all attributes that the item may hold. 
+     */
+    static void ClearExpiredAndUnusedErrorsL( CGlxMedia& aMedia, 
+        const RArray<TMPXAttribute>& aAttributesInUse );
+    
+    /**
+     * @return the attribute used to store the error list
+     */
+    static TMPXAttribute ErrorAttribute();
+
+private:
+    /**
+     * Check whether a given error code is classed as "temporary"
+     * @param aError Error code to check
+     * @return ETrue iff aError is temporary
+     */
+    static TBool IsTemporaryError(TInt aError);
+    
+    /**
+     * Given an error, check if it has expired. 
+     * @param aError The error to check
+     * @return Whether the error has expired
+     */
+    static TBool IsExpired( const TGlxFetchError& aError );
+    };
+
+#endif // _GLXERRORMANAGER_H
+