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+/*
+* 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:  Defines a branch data type for the data hierarchy
+*
+*/
+
+
+
+#ifndef I_ALFBRANCH_H
+#define I_ALFBRANCH_H
+
+
+//  INCLUDES
+#include <alf/ialfvarianttype.h>
+
+namespace osncore
+    {
+class UString;
+    }
+
+using osncore::UString;
+
+namespace Alf
+    {
+class IAlfMap;
+class IAlfSortFunction;
+
+/**
+ * An interface for Container data type.
+ *
+ * @lib hitchcockwidgetmodel.lib
+ * @since S60 ?S60_version
+ * @status Draft
+ */
+class IAlfBranch : public IAlfVariantType
+    {
+public:
+
+    /**
+     * The data for this branch
+     *
+     * @return the data for this branch as a Map Interface pointer
+     * @since S60 ?S60_version
+     */
+    virtual IAlfMap* data() = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Set the data for this branch.
+     * @param aData The new data for this branch.
+     * @since S60 ?S60_version
+     */
+    virtual void setData( IAlfMap* aData ) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * The data for a child at a given index
+     * @param aIndex- index of the child at which the data needs to be fetched
+     * @return the data for its children as a Map Interface pointer
+     * @since S60 ?S60_version
+     */
+    virtual IAlfVariantType* childData(int aIndex) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * APi to get the childName
+     * @param aIndex- index of the child at which the data needs to be fetched
+     * @return the name  for the child at the given index
+     * @since S60 ?S60_version
+     */
+    virtual const UString& childName(int aIndex) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * The data for all children.
+     * @return the data for its children as a Map Interface pointer
+     * @since S60 ?S60_version
+     */
+    virtual IAlfMap* childData() = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Set the data for children of this branch.
+     * @param aChildData The new data for the children.
+     * @since S60 ?S60_version
+     */
+    virtual void setChildData( IAlfMap* aChildData ) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the number of children in this branch
+     * @return The number of children
+     * @since S60 ?S60_version
+     */
+    virtual uint childrenCount() = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Destructor
+     * @since S60 ?S60_version
+     */
+    virtual ~IAlfBranch() {};
+
+    /**
+     * Sorts the branch using user defined sort function.
+     *
+     * @param aSortFunction - sort function.
+     * @since S60 ?S60_version
+     */
+    virtual void sort( const IAlfSortFunction& aSortFunction ) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Function to Clone the Branch
+     * @since S60 ?S60_version
+     * @return The clone
+     */
+    virtual IAlfBranch* clone() = 0;
+
+    };
+
+    } // namespace Alf
+
+#endif // I_ALFBRANCH_H
+
+// End of File