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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2009 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:  Preference store interface.
+*
+*/
+
+#ifndef HSIPREFERENCESTORE_H
+#define HSIPREFERENCESTORE_H
+
+class QString;
+
+
+/*DEPRECATED
+    \class IHsPreferenceStore
+    \brief Interface class for preference store.
+
+    The preference store is a key/value store with both the key and
+    the value being strings. The widget may store data to be reused
+    at a later date, such as a username, settings for the widget, persistent data,
+    and so on. The data is stored on the device, for example on its hard drive,
+    and can be read back at any time.
+*/
+class IHsPreferenceStore
+{
+
+public:
+
+/*!
+    Virtual destructor.
+*/
+    virtual ~IHsPreferenceStore() {};
+
+/*!
+    Save a widget preference.
+    This method will store the given value in the widget
+    in the widget preference store for the given key.
+
+    The preference store is unique to this widget and any values
+    stored in it are persisted if the widget is reloaded or closed
+    and started again.
+
+    If a value for the given key already exists, it is silently
+    overwritten. Storing an empty string for the given key will
+    create an entry for the given key with an empty string as its value.
+
+    \a id HsWidget's unique identifier
+    \a key The string to save the preference under.
+    \a value The value of the preference.     
+*/
+    virtual bool setPreferenceForKey(int id, const QString &key, const QString &value) = 0;
+
+/*!
+    Get a preference from the widget preference store.
+    Get the value stored for the given key in the widget preference store.
+    If there is no value for the given key, an empty string is returned.
+
+    \a id HsWidget's unique identifier
+    \a key The preference to get from the preference store.    
+    \a value The value of the preference is written to this object.
+*/
+    virtual bool preferenceForKey(int id, const QString &key, QString &value) = 0;
+
+};
+
+#endif