diff -r 315810614048 -r 839377eedc2b videocollection/videocollectionview/inc/videocollectionviewutils.h
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+++ b/videocollection/videocollectionview/inc/videocollectionviewutils.h	Tue Aug 31 15:15:55 2010 +0300
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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 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: video collection view plugin's ui utils class
+* 
+*/
+
+#ifndef __VIDEOCOLLECTIONVIEWUTILS_H__
+#define __VIDEOCOLLECTIONVIEWUTILS_H__
+
+#include <qobject.h>
+#include <qvariant.h>
+#include "videocollectioncommon.h"
+
+class HbListView;
+class VideoSortFilterProxyModel;
+
+class VideoCollectionViewUtils : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+    
+public:
+    /**
+     * Returns singleton instance for this class.
+     * 
+     * WARNING! Not safe to call this from destructor of another function scope static object!
+     * 
+     * @return The singleton instance.
+     */
+    static VideoCollectionViewUtils& instance();
+    
+    /**
+     * Saves the sorting role and order to cenrep.
+     * 
+     * @param role The sorting role.
+     * @param order The sorting order (e.g. ascending or descending).
+     * @return Zero if operation succeeded, less than zero in error cases.
+     */
+    int saveSortingValues(int role, Qt::SortOrder order, VideoCollectionCommon::TCollectionLevels target);
+    
+    /**
+     * Loads the sorting role and order from cenrep.
+     * 
+     * @param role On return contains the sorting role.
+     * @param order On return contains the sorting order
+     * @return Zero if operation succeeded, less than zero in error cases.
+     */
+    int loadSortingValues(int& role, Qt::SortOrder& order, VideoCollectionCommon::TCollectionLevels target);
+    
+    /**
+     * Get string value for a key from central repository.
+     * 
+     * @param key Video collection central repository key.
+     * @return String stored in central repository. Empty string in error cases.
+     */
+    QString getCenRepStringValue(int key);
+    
+    /**
+     * Get int value for a key from central repository.
+     * 
+     * @param key Video collection central repository key.
+     * @param value Contains the read integer from cenrep at return.  
+     * @return Application UID if operation succeeded, less than zero in error cases.
+     */
+    int getCenRepIntValue(int key);
+
+public:
+    /**
+     * Initializes list view for collection and selection dialog with common
+     * properties.
+     */
+    static void initListView(HbListView *view);
+    
+    /**
+     * Initilizes model sort values.
+     */
+    static void sortModel(VideoSortFilterProxyModel *model, bool async, VideoCollectionCommon::TCollectionLevels target);
+    
+    /**
+     * Method saves the latest videolist widget level into local activity manager 
+     * data container.
+     * 
+     * Note that collection id will be cleared in activity data in case level is
+     * all videos or collection list. 
+     * 
+     * @param level collection level
+     */
+    static void setWidgetActivityLevel(const VideoCollectionCommon::TCollectionLevels &level);
+   
+    /**
+     * Method gets the latest videolist widget level from local activity manager 
+     * data container.
+     * 
+     * @param level, reference to level variable where value is saved
+     */
+    static void getActivityWidgetLevel(VideoCollectionCommon::TCollectionLevels &level);
+    
+    /**
+     * method saves provided id and string into local activity
+     * manager data container.
+     * 
+     * @param id. Id to save
+     */
+    static void setCollectionActivityData(const TMPXItemId &id, const QString &name);
+    
+    /**
+     * method reads id and string from from local activity manager data 
+     * container and prepares MPX item id.
+     * 
+     * @param id. Id to return
+     */
+    static void getCollectionActivityData(TMPXItemId &id, QString &name);
+
+public slots:
+    
+    /**
+     * Shows status msgs
+     *
+     * @param statusCode status code
+     * @param additional additional data gotten from the status 
+     */
+    void showStatusMsgSlot(int statusCode, QVariant &additional);
+   
+private:
+    
+    /**
+     * disables copy-constructor and assingment operator
+     */
+    Q_DISABLE_COPY(VideoCollectionViewUtils)
+    
+    /**
+     * constructor
+     */
+    VideoCollectionViewUtils();
+     
+    /**
+     * destructor
+     */
+    virtual ~VideoCollectionViewUtils();
+
+private:
+    /** current sorting role */
+    int mVideosSortRole;
+    int mCollectionsSortRole;
+    
+    /** current sorting order */
+    Qt::SortOrder mVideosSortOrder;
+    Qt::SortOrder mCollectionsSortOrder;
+};
+
+#endif //__VIDEOCOLLECTIONUIUTILS_H__
+