/**

 * Copyright (c) 2010 Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd.

 * All rights reserved.

 * This component and the accompanying materials are made available

 * under the terms of the "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:

 * Chandradeep Gandhi, Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd - Initial contribution

 *

 * Contributors:

 * Manasij Roy, Nalina Hariharan

 * 

 * Description:

 * The SmfEvent class represents an event

 *

 */

#ifndef SMFPROVIDER_H

#define SMFPROVIDER_H

#include <QObject>

#include <QImage>

#include <QUrl>

#include "../common/SmfClientGlobal.h"

/**

 * @ingroup smf_client_group 

 * Interface for a base service provider. Other service provider classes contains 

 * implementation of this base class so that each has access to service provider 

 * information.

 * All of the functionality described here should be implemented by a service

 * specific plug-in object.

 */

class SMFCLIENT_EXPORT SmfProvider : public QObject

{

  Q_OBJECT

public:

  /**

   *  Seeing as this is a plug-in implementation, these will realistically be generated by SMF factory of some kind

   */

  SmfProvider(QObject* parent = 0);

  ~SmfProvider();

public:

  /**

   * Localizable name of the service 

   * @return service name

   */

  QString& serviceName() const; 

  /**

   * Logo of the service

   * @return logo image of the service

   */

  QImage& serviceIcon() const; 

  /**

   * Readable service description

   * @return service description

   */

  QString description() const; 

  /*

   * Website of the service

   */

  QUrl serviceUrl() const;

  /**

   * URL of the application providing this service

   */

  QUrl applicationUrl() const; //

  /**

   * service types - list of interfaces that this provider support

   */

  QList<QString> serviceTypes() const;

};

/**

* Externalization

*/

QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &, const SmfProvider&);

/**

 * Internalization

 */

QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &, SmfProvider&);

#endif // SMFPROVIDER_H