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+/**
+ * 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 Plugin util class provides the information required for the 
+ * plugins from Smf framework 
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <smfpluginutil.h>
+
+// Static data initialisation
+SmfPluginUtil* SmfPluginUtil::m_myInstance = NULL;
+
+/**
+ * Method to get the instance of SmfPluginUtil class
+ * @return The instance of SmfPluginUtil class
+ */
+SmfPluginUtil* SmfPluginUtil::getInstance ( )
+	{
+	if(NULL == m_myInstance)
+		m_myInstance = new SmfPluginUtil();
+	return m_myInstance;
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Constructor with default argument
+ */
+SmfPluginUtil::SmfPluginUtil ( )
+	{
+	m_jsonParser = new QJson::Parser;
+	}
+	
+/**
+ * Destructor
+ */
+SmfPluginUtil::~SmfPluginUtil ( )
+	{
+	if(m_jsonParser)
+		delete m_jsonParser;
+	
+	if(m_myInstance)
+		delete m_myInstance;
+	}
+	
+/**
+ * Method called by plugins to get the handle to QJson library 
+ * @return The QJson handle
+ */
+QJson::Parser* SmfPluginUtil::getJsonHandle( void )
+	{
+	return m_jsonParser;
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Method called by plugins to get the OAuth Keys. The PM sends the 
+ * keys only if the pluginID is that of a currently loaded plugin
+ * @param aKeys [out] The OAuth keys
+ * @param aRegToken The plugin's registration token
+ * @param aPluginID The ID of the plugin that requests for 
+ * the OAuth keys
+ */
+void SmfPluginUtil::getAuthKeys( QMap<QString, QString> &aKeys, 
+		const QString aRegToken, 
+		const QString aPluginID )
+	{
+	//// Call Credential manager function to get the keys passing the 
+	//// registration token and the plugin
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Method called by plugins to get the Nonce value
+ * @param aNonceString [out] The Nonce string
+ */
+void SmfPluginUtil::getNonce( QString &aNonceString )
+	{
+	//// Call Credential manager function to get the nonce string
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Method called by plugins to generate a parameters string required to 
+ * access Protected Resources using OAuth authorization.
+ * @param aRequestUrl The request URL
+ * @param aOperation The type of http operation
+ * @param aToken The access token
+ * @param aTokenSecret The token secret
+ * @param aSignatureMethod The signature method to be used
+ * @param aParams A map of parameters to its values
+ * @param aMode The mode of creation of the request
+ * @return The cretd parameter string
+ */
+QByteArray SmfPluginUtil::createParameterString( const QString &aRequestUrl, 
+		QNetworkAccessManager::Operation aOperation, 
+		const QByteArray &aToken, 
+		const QByteArray &aTokenSecret, 
+		const SmfSignatureMethod aSignatureMethod, 
+		const QMultiMap<QByteArray, QByteArray> &aParams, 
+		const SmfParsingMode aMode)
+	{
+	//// Call Credential manager function to create and sign the parameter string
+	}
+