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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2007-2008 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:  Implementation for utility class
+*
+*/
+
+
+#ifndef MULUTILITY_H_
+#define MULUTILITY_H_
+
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <string>
+#include <e32cmn.h>
+#include <osn/osndefines.h>
+#include "mulkeyboardutility.h"
+
+namespace osncore
+    {
+    class UString;    
+    }
+
+using namespace osncore;
+    
+namespace Alf
+    {
+    	
+static void MUL_ASSERT(bool aExpression, const char* aExceptionString)
+   {
+   if( aExpression )
+       {
+       throw std::logic_error(aExceptionString);
+       }
+   }
+                               
+class MulUtility
+    {
+public:
+    /**
+     * Converts the relative path to the absolute path.
+     * 
+     * @param aRelativePath Which needs to be changed to the absolutepath.
+     * @return true , if aRelativepath changed to Absoulte path or else false
+     */
+	OSN_IMPORT static bool AbsolutePath(UString& aRelativePath);
+    
+   /**
+    * Checks which orienatation the application is in and returns true if it is in 
+    * Landscape orientation otherwise returns false
+    *
+    */ 
+  OSN_IMPORT static bool IsLandscape();
+  
+     /**
+      * Checks if the given string tag is a pool resource or not
+      *
+      * @param aImageTag Path of the image file,which needs to be checked for resource tag format. 
+      */
+     OSN_IMPORT static bool IsPoolResource(const UString& aImageTag);
+
+     /**
+      * Checks if current KeyBoard is QWERTY
+      * @return true if KeyBoard is QWERTY else false.
+      */
+     OSN_IMPORT static bool IsQwerty();
+     
+private: 
+    /**
+     * Checks the file for its existence
+     *
+     * @param afilePath File to be checked.
+     * @return true, In case file exists or else false. 
+     */
+    static bool IsFileExists(/*const char* afilePath*/const TDesC& aFilePath);
+    
+    
+    
+    };
+    
+    } // namespace Alf
+
+#endif  // MULUTILITY_H_
+
+// End of file
+