/*

 * 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:   OnlineSearchPlugin class definition

 *

 */

#ifndef ONLINESEARCHPLUGIN_H

#define ONLINESEARCHPLUGIN_H

#include <QObject>

/**

 * @ingroup group_onlinesearchpluginmodel

 * @brief Represents a plugin plugin in the framework.

 *

 * OnlineSearchPlugin is an interface through which setting plugin plugin can be 

 * executed in the search handlers.

 *

 * @lib ?library

 * @since S60 ?S60_version

 */

class OnlineSearchPlugin : public QObject

    {

Q_OBJECT

public:

    /**

     * Destructor.

     * @since S60 ?S60_version.

     */

    virtual ~OnlineSearchPlugin()

        {

        }

    /**

     * Called by the search handlers during initialize cycle of the plugin, it is during

     * this phase the plugin widget

     * usually creates its initial view.

     * Once the initialization is done, pluginInitialized signal must be 

     * emitted.

     * @since S60 ?S60_version.

     */

    virtual void initializePlugin() = 0;

    /**

     * Called by the search handlers when the plugin becomes the current plugin.  

     * @since S60 ?S60_version.

     */

    virtual void activatePlugin() = 0;

    /**

     * Called by the search handlers when the plugin becomes the current plugin.  

     * @since S60 ?S60_version.

     */

    virtual void activatePlugin(const QString &searchQuery) = 0;

    /**

     * Called by the search handlers when the plugin is no longer being displayed.  

     */

    virtual void deactivatePlugin() = 0;

    /**

     * Called by the search handlers before the plugin destructor is called.

     * @param reason The reason why the search handlers is being killed. 

     */

    virtual void shutdownPlugin() = 0;    

protected:

    /**

     * Constructor.

     * @since S60 ?S60_version.

     */

    OnlineSearchPlugin()

        {

        }

signals:

    /**

     * Emit this signal when changing the view inside the plugin.

     * @param caller The calling plugin plugin instance.

     * @param viewWidget The new plugin view widget to be shown.

     */

    void viewChanged();

    /**

     * Emit this signal to indicate initialization is done. 

     * @param caller The calling plugin plugin instance.

     * @param success True if succeeded, false otherwise.

     */

    void pluginInitialized(bool success);

    /**

     * Emit this signal to indicate that the plugin plugin can be deleted. 

     * Note that this signal does not need to be emitted if true is returned

     * from shutdownPlugin.

     * @param caller The calling plugin plugin instance.

     */

    void shutdownCompleted(bool success);

    /**

     * Called by search handlers when back button is clicked in the plugin view.

     * In this method the plugin plugin can implement internally showing and

     * hiding GUI elements if the plugin has multiple 'views'.

     */

    void handleBackEvent();

    };

#endif // ONLINESEARCHPLUGIN_H