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     1 /*
       
     2 * Copyright (c) 2007 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). 
       
     3 * All rights reserved.
       
     4 * This component and the accompanying materials are made available
       
     5 * under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
       
     6 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available
       
     7 * at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
       
     8 *
       
     9 * Initial Contributors:
       
    10 * Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
       
    11 *
       
    12 * Contributors:
       
    13 *
       
    14 * Description:  Visual class for alfred widget model.
       
    15       This class queries the visual by name and ID.
       
    16 *
       
    17 */
       
    18 
       
    19 
       
    20 #ifndef ALFREFERENCETOVISUAL_H
       
    21 #define ALFREFERENCETOVISUAL_H
       
    22 
       
    23 //INCLUDES
       
    24 #include <osn/osndefines.h>
       
    25 #include <osn/ustring.h>
       
    26 // FORWARD DECLARATIONS
       
    27 class CAlfControl;
       
    28 class CAlfVisual;
       
    29 
       
    30 
       
    31 using namespace osncore;
       
    32 
       
    33 namespace Alf
       
    34     {
       
    35 class CAlfWidgetControl;
       
    36 
       
    37 /** @class AlfReferenceToVisual alfreferencetovisual.h "alf/alfreferencetovisual.h"
       
    38  * A class for finding a specific visual according to
       
    39  * the name of the visual, name of the parent element,
       
    40  * and the associated data ID. The number of visual
       
    41  * trees created by an element may depend on the data.
       
    42  * Therefore, the visual structure is not always known
       
    43  * beforehand. CAlfControl::FindElement() and MAlfElement::FindVisual
       
    44  * can be used to find elements and visuals even in dynamic
       
    45  * conditions.
       
    46  *
       
    47  *  @lib alfwidgetmodel.lib
       
    48  *  @since S60 ?S60_version
       
    49  *  @status Draft
       
    50  */
       
    51 class AlfReferenceToVisual
       
    52     {
       
    53 public:
       
    54 
       
    55     /**
       
    56      * constructor.
       
    57      *
       
    58 	 * @exception std::bad_alloc     
       
    59      * @since S60 ?S60_version
       
    60      * @param aElementName The name of the element that is responsible
       
    61     *      for creating the visual.
       
    62      * @param aVisualName The name of the visual.
       
    63      * @param aUseDataID Deprecated and not used. The given data ID is always
       
    64      * used when resolving the visual. Only if the visual is not found with
       
    65      * the given data ID, then the data ID zero is tested for global visuals.
       
    66      * @return New object.
       
    67      */
       
    68     OSN_IMPORT static AlfReferenceToVisual* create(
       
    69         const char* aElementName,const char* aVisualName, bool aUseDataID);
       
    70 
       
    71     /** Destructor. No derived classes, therefore not virtual. */
       
    72     OSN_IMPORT ~AlfReferenceToVisual();
       
    73 
       
    74 
       
    75     /**
       
    76      * Find the referenced visual according to the given data ID.
       
    77      *
       
    78      * @exception osncore::AlfVisualException Thrown with the error code osncore::ECommonError\n 
       
    79      *										  when some operation performed on visual fails.
       
    80      * @since S60 ?S60_version
       
    81      * @param aControl  The control containing the associated element.
       
    82      * @param aDataID  The data ID used to create the visual. The caller
       
    83      *      is responsible for determining what data ID
       
    84      *      is related to this reference. If the visual is not found with
       
    85      * the given data ID, then the data ID zero is tried for global visuals.
       
    86      * @return The resolved visual.
       
    87      */
       
    88     OSN_IMPORT CAlfVisual* resolve(CAlfWidgetControl& aControl, unsigned int aDataID);
       
    89 
       
    90     /**
       
    91      * Finds the referenced visual according to given pointer to visual
       
    92      *
       
    93         * @since S60 ?S60_version
       
    94         * @param aControl      The control containing the associated element.
       
    95         * @param aSourceVisual  Pointer to visual that needs to be queried.
       
    96         */
       
    97     OSN_IMPORT CAlfVisual* resolve(CAlfWidgetControl &aControl, CAlfVisual* aSourceVisual);
       
    98 private:
       
    99     /**
       
   100      * constructor
       
   101      */
       
   102     AlfReferenceToVisual(const char* aElementName,const char* aVisualName, bool aUseDataID);
       
   103 
       
   104 private:
       
   105     // The element name. Owned.
       
   106     UString mElementName;
       
   107     // The visual name. Owned.
       
   108     UString mVisualName;
       
   109     // The associated data ID.
       
   110     bool mUseDataID;
       
   111     };
       
   112 
       
   113     } // namespace Alf
       
   114 
       
   115 #endif //ALFREFERENCETOVISUAL_H
       
   116