/*

* Copyright (c) 2004 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:  This class provides

*

*/

#ifndef CMETADATAFIELD_H

#define CMETADATAFIELD_H

// INCLUDES

#include <e32base.h>

#include <MetaDataField.hrh>

// CLASS DECLARATION

/**

*  This class implements

*

*  @lib MetaDataUtility.lib

*  @since 3.0

*/

class CMetaDataField : public CBase

	{

    public:  // Constructors and destructor

        /**

        * Two-phased constructor.

		* @param aId The ID of this metadata field

		* @param aData The field data

		* @return A pointer to a new instance of this class

        */

        static CMetaDataField* NewLC( TMetaDataFieldId aId, const TDesC& aData );

		/**

        * Two-phased constructor.

		* @param aId The ID of this metadata field

		* @param aData An 8 bit field data 

		* @return A pointer to a new instance of this class

        */

        static CMetaDataField* NewLC( TMetaDataFieldId aId, const TDesC8& aData );

        /**

        * Destructor.

        */

        virtual ~CMetaDataField();

    public: // New functions

        /**

        * Returns the metadata field ID.

        * @since 3.0

		* @return This field's ID

        */

		TMetaDataFieldId Id() const;

        /**

        * Returns the metadata field data.

        * @since 3.0

		* @return Pointer to data

        */

		TPtrC Data() const;

		/**

        * Returns the metadata field 8 bit data.

        * @since 3.0

		* @return Pointer to data

        */

		TPtrC8 Data8() const;

	private:

        /**

        * C++ default constructor.

        */

		CMetaDataField();

        /**

        * By default Symbian 2nd phase constructor is private.

        */

		void ConstructL( TMetaDataFieldId aId, const TDesC& aData );

		/**

        * By default Symbian 2nd phase constructor is private.

        */

		void ConstructL( TMetaDataFieldId aId, const TDesC8& aData );

 	private:	// Data

		// MetaData field ID

		TMetaDataFieldId iId;

		// MetaData field content. Owned.

        HBufC* iData;

        // MetaData Field 8-bit content. Owned.

        HBufC8* iData8;

	};

#endif      // CMETADATAFIELD_H

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