ncdengine/inc/ncdnodeicon.h
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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2006-2008 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:   Contains MNcdNodeIcon interface
+*
+*/
+
+
+#ifndef M_NCD_NODE_ICON_H
+#define M_NCD_NODE_ICON_H
+
+
+#include <e32cmn.h>
+
+#include "catalogsbase.h"
+#include "ncdinterfaceids.h"
+
+
+class MNcdDownloadOperation;
+class MNcdDownloadOperationObserver;
+
+
+/**
+ *  Provides functions to handle the icon of the node.
+ *  This interface supposes that a node has only one icon.
+ *  The MIME type of the icon may be found automatically
+ *  from the icon data by Symbian methods.
+ *
+ *  
+ */
+class MNcdNodeIcon : public virtual MCatalogsBase
+    {
+
+public:
+
+    /**
+     * Unique identifier for the interface, required for all MCatalogsBase interfaces.
+     *
+     * 
+     */
+    enum { KInterfaceUid = ENcdNodeIconUid };
+
+
+    /**
+     * Gives the icon id. This id can be used by UI
+     * to identify icons that have already been retrieved by LoadIconL.
+     * So, icons can be more efficiently shared between different nodes.
+     * 
+     * 
+     * @return Id of the loaded icon. If the protocol has not defined
+     * any value, an empty string is returned.
+     */
+    virtual const TDesC& IconId() const = 0;
+
+
+    /**
+     * Gives the mime type of the icon data.
+     *
+     * @note This mime type is set according to the information gotten
+     * from the protocol. So, this information is available before calling
+     * LoadIconL for the icon item of the given index.
+     *
+     * @note Current implementation returns always KNullDesC
+     * 
+     * @return The mime type of the icon data. The type is
+     * given as a text according to the standards that define MIME types.
+     * Ownership is transferred. If the protocol has not defined
+     * any value, an empty string is returned.
+     */
+    virtual const TDesC& IconMimeType() const = 0;
+
+
+    /**
+     * Downloads the icon file. The icon is not handled by the engine,
+     * the icon data should be handled by the user of this interface as it sees fit.
+     *
+     * @note The reference count of the operation object is increased by one. 
+     * So, Release() function of the operation should be called when the operation 
+     * is not needed anymore.
+     *
+     * @note If a download operation has already been started for the specified
+     *  icon, the already existing operation object is returned.
+     *
+     * 
+     * @param aObserver Observer for the operation. NULL if no observer
+     *  should be called. Will override previous observer
+     *  for the operation, in case the operation already existed. 
+     * @return Pointer to an operation object that can 
+     * be used to check the progressing of the icon loading operation. Counted,
+     * Release() must be called after use.
+     * @exception Leave System wide error codes.
+     *  KNcdErrorParallelOperationNotAllowed if a parallel client is running
+     *  an operation for the same metadata. See MNcdOperation for full explanation.
+     */ 
+    virtual MNcdDownloadOperation* LoadIconL( 
+        MNcdDownloadOperationObserver* aObserver ) = 0;
+
+
+    /**
+     * Gives the data of the loaded icon.
+     *
+     * 
+     * @return Pointer to data of the loaded icon. Ownership is transferred.
+     * A NULL pointer if the icon has not been loaded for the node.
+     * @exception Leave System wide error codes.
+     */
+    virtual HBufC8* IconDataL() = 0;
+
+
+protected:
+
+    /**
+     * Destructor.
+     * 
+     * @see MCatalogsBase::~MCatalogsBase()
+     */
+    virtual ~MNcdNodeIcon() {}
+    
+    };
+
+
+#endif // M_NCD_NODE_ICON_H