/**

* 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 managing associations between various social contacts

*

*/

#ifndef SMFRELATIONMGR_H

#define SMFRELATIONMGR_H

class SmfProvider;

class SmfContact;

class SmfRelationId; //persistent Id of a relation

class SmfRelationItem : public SmfContact

{

	private:

	//SmfProvider* provider;

	public:

	virtual SmfProvider* provider getProvider()=0;

	virtual SmfProvider* provider setProvider(SmfProvider* provider)=0;

};

/**

 * Interface for a base service provider. Other service provider classes o derive from

 * 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 SmfRelationMgr : public QObject

{

  Q_OBJECT;

public:

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

  // be generated by SMF factory of some kind

  SmfRelationMgr(QObject* parent = 0);

  ~SmfRelationMgr();

public:

  //create a relation with first contact (id optional)

  virtual SmfRelationId create(SmfProvider provider, SmfContact conact, uint id) = 0;

  // assign contact to a relation

  virtual bool associate(SmfRelationId relation, SmfProvider provider, SmfContact conact) = 0;

  //returns first contact in the relation when exists

  virtual SmfContact searchById(SmfRelationId relation)=0;

  //number of contacts in a relation

  virtual uint count(SmfRelationId relation) = 0;

slots:

  virtual QList<SmfRelationItem> get(SmfRelationId relation)=0;//list of contacts and their provider

  virtual QList<SmfRelationId> getAll()=0;//list of all relations

signals:

  //None at the moment

};

#endif // SMFRELATIONMGR_H