/*

* Copyright (c) 2005-2006 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:  Content plugin manager class for Active idle framework.

*

*/

#ifndef C_AIPLUGINASYNCFACTORY_H

#define C_AIPLUGINASYNCFACTORY_H

#include "aicontentpublisher.h"

#include "aipropertyextension.h"

#include "aifwdefs.h"

#include <e32base.h>

class MAiContentObserver;

class MAiEventHandlerExtension;

class MAiContentItemIterator;

class CAiContentPublisher;

class CAiUiController;

class CAiPluginActivityRegistry;

class CImplementationInformation;

class CAiContentPluginManager;

class MAiPluginTool;

class MAiPluginLifecycleObserver;

/**

 * @ingroup group_aifw

 * 

 *  Content plugin factory class for Active idle framework.

 *

 *  @since S60 3.2

 */

NONSHARABLE_CLASS( CAiPluginFactory ) : public CBase

	{

	public:

// Constructor and destructor

		static CAiPluginFactory* NewL( RPointerArray<CAiContentPublisher>& aPlugins,

		                                    CAiContentPluginManager& aManager );

		virtual ~CAiPluginFactory();

// New functions

        /**

         * Create plugin

         *

         * @since S60 5.0

         * @param aPublisherInfo plugin to load.

         * @param aControllerArray array of active UI controllers.

         */

		void CreatePluginL( const TAiPublisherInfo& aPublisherInfo,						

						     RPointerArray<CAiUiController>& aControllerArray );						

        /**

         * Destroy plugin

         *

         * @since S60 5.0

         * @param aPublisherInfo plugin to destroy.

         * @param aControllerArray array of active UI controllers.

         */

		void DestroyPluginL( const TAiPublisherInfo& aPublisherInfo,		    

                             RPointerArray<CAiUiController>& aControllerArray );

        /**

         * Destroys all plugins

         * 

         * @since S60 5.0         

         */

		void DestroyPlugins();

        void AddLifecycleObserverL( MAiPluginLifecycleObserver& aObserver );

        /**

         * Finds plugin by publisher info.

         *

         * @since S60 5.0

         * @param aInfo publisher info.

         * @return Pointer to plugin, NULL if not found.

         */        

        CAiContentPublisher* PluginByInfoL( const TAiPublisherInfo& aInfo ) const;

        /**

         * Finds plugin by name.

         *

         * @since S60 5.0

         * @param aInfo publisher info.

         * @return Pointer to plugin, NULL if not found.

         */                

        CAiContentPublisher* PluginByNameL( const TDesC& aName ) const;

	private:	

// Constructors

		CAiPluginFactory( RPointerArray<CAiContentPublisher>& aPlugins,

		                       CAiContentPluginManager& aManager );

		void ConstructL();

// New functions

		CAiContentPublisher* CreatePluginLC( const TAiPublisherInfo& aPluginInfo );

		void SubscribeContentObserversL( CAiContentPublisher& aContentPublisher,		    

            const TAiPublisherInfo& aPublisherInfo,

		    RPointerArray<CAiUiController>& aControllerArray );

        void ConfigurePluginL( RPointerArray<CAiUiController>& aControllerArray,

                               CAiContentPublisher& aContentPublisher,

                               const TAiPublisherInfo& aPubInfo );		                           

	private:     // Data	

	    // Array of loaded data plugins, Not owned

	    RPointerArray<CAiContentPublisher>& iPlugins;

	    // Content plugin manager, Not owned	    		

        CAiContentPluginManager& iManager;

        // Ecom implementation info, Owned

		RImplInfoPtrArray iEComPlugins;		

		// Plugin tool from utility lib, Owned

		MAiPluginTool* iPluginTool;      

        // Life cycle observers, Owned

		RPointerArray<MAiPluginLifecycleObserver> iLifecycleObservers;		

    };

#endif // C_AIPLUGINASYNCFACTORY_H

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