/*

* Copyright (c) 2010 Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd.

* All rights reserved.

* This component and the accompanying materials are made available

* under the terms of the "{License}"

* which accompanies  this distribution, and is available

* at the URL "{LicenseUrl}".

*

* Initial Contributors:

* Chandradeep Gandhi, Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd - Initial contribution

*

* Contributors:

*

* Description:

* Interface spefication for a remote picture gallery

*

*/

#ifndef SMFGALLERY_H

#define SMFGALLERY_H

class SmfProvider;

class SmfPicture;

class SmfGalleryModel;

class SmfComment; //user id, string, and url

/**

 * Interface to a remote gallery service. This class

 * provides some basic gallery functionality to allow applications

 * to interact with a picture gallery in a social network.

 *

 * Note that branding information for the particular service implementation

 * is available from base-class functions. See also:

 * SmfProvider::serviceName(), SmfProvider::serviceIcon()

 *

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

 * specific plug-in object.

 */

class SmfGallery : public SmfProvider

{

  Q_OBJECT;

public:

  // Seeing as this is a plug-in implementation, these will realistically

  // be generated by SMF factory of some kind

  SmfGallery(QObject* parent = 0);

  ~SmfGallery();

public:

  // Get the picture listing

  virtual QList<SmfPicture> pictures() = 0; // basic list of picture objects

  virtual SmfGalleryModel model() = 0; // maybe we can make a QItemModel-derived model?

  virtual QString description() = 0; // A user title or caption, maybe?

slots:

  // Upload an image, note these can be slots to connect to UI controls more easily

  virtual int upload(SmfPicture image) = 0;

  virtual int upload(QList<SmfPicture> images) = 0;

  virtual int postComment(SmfPicture image, SmfComment comment) = 0;

signals:

  // Notification of remote changes to the gallery,

  // probably should be done through model

  virtual void galleryUpdated() = 0;

};

#endif // SMFGALLERY_H