/*

* 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:  

*

*/

#ifndef M_AIPLUGINTOOL_H

#define M_AIPLUGINTOOL_H

#include <e32base.h>

#include <aipropertyextension.h>

class TAiPublisherInfo;

class CAiContentPublisher;

class MAiContentItemIterator;

class MAiPropertyExtension;

class MAiEventHandlerExtension;

/**

*  Plugin tool.

*

*  @since S60 3.2

*/

class MAiPluginTool 

	{

public:

    /**

     * Get the publisher info of the passed publisher.

     *

     * @since S60 3.2

     * @param reference to content publisher

     * @return pointer to publisher info 

     */

    virtual const TAiPublisherInfo* PublisherInfoL(

                                CAiContentPublisher& aContentPublisher ) = 0;

    /**

     * Get the content item iterator for the passed publisher.

     *

     * @param reference to content publisher

     * @param content type indication

     * @return pointer to content iterator 

     */

    virtual MAiContentItemIterator* ContentItemIteratorL(

                                CAiContentPublisher& aContentPublisher,

                                TInt aContentType = EAiPublisherContent ) = 0;

    /**

     * Get the property extension for passed publisher.

     *

     * @param reference to content publisher

     * @return property extension pointer

     */

    virtual MAiPropertyExtension* PropertyExt(

                                CAiContentPublisher& aContentPublisher ) = 0;

    /**

     * Get the event handler extension for passed publisher.

     *

     * @param reference to content publisher

     * @return event handler extension pointer

     */                                

    virtual MAiEventHandlerExtension* EventHandlerExt(

                                CAiContentPublisher& aContentPublisher ) = 0;

    /**

     * Release the tool.

     */

    virtual void Release() = 0;

protected:

	MAiPluginTool() { }

    };

inline void Release( MAiPluginTool* aSelf )

    {

    if ( aSelf )

        {

        aSelf->Release();

        }

    }

#endif // M_AIPLUGINTOOL_H