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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:  Utility class for data model
+*
+*/
+
+
+#ifndef MULMODELUTILITY_H_
+#define MULMODELUTILITY_H_
+
+#include <alf/alfvarianttype.h>
+#include <osn/osndefines.h>
+#include <e32cmn.h>
+#include <osn/ustring.h>
+
+#include "mul/imulwidget.h"
+
+namespace osncore
+    {
+    class UString;
+    }
+using namespace osncore;
+
+namespace Alf
+	{
+	
+//Forward Declaration
+class MulVisualItem;
+class MulModelUtility
+    {
+public:
+
+	/**
+	 * Create new Variant data from existing variant data.
+	 * 
+	 * @param aValue Existing variant data;
+	 * 
+	 * @reutrn new variant data, Ownership is transferred
+	 */
+    OSN_IMPORT static IAlfVariantType* CreateVariantType( IAlfVariantType& aValue );
+    
+    /**
+	 * Convert map of visual item to map of alf map.
+	 * Ite create new Map and while returning new map owner ship of map is transfered
+	 * 
+	 * @param aVisualItem Map of visual item
+	 * @return Map
+	 */
+     OSN_IMPORT static std::auto_ptr<IAlfMap> ConvertVisualItemToMap( MulVisualItem& aVisualItem );
+	
+	/**
+     * 
+     * Convert AlfMap to visual item
+     * 
+     * @param aMap IAlfMAP
+     * @return MulVisualItem ownership is trsnaferred
+     */
+    OSN_IMPORT static std::auto_ptr<MulVisualItem> ConvertMapToVisualItem( IAlfMap& aMap );
+    
+	/**
+	 * Check the prefix of the name to see whether they can be added in alfmodel
+	 * 
+	 * @param aName Name whose prefix is to be checked
+	 */
+	static bool CheckNamePrefix( UString aName ) ;
+    
+    /**
+     * Convert UString to CAlfString
+     * 
+     * @param aUString UString instance to convert to CAlfSTring
+
+     * @return Converted CAlfString
+     */
+    OSN_IMPORT static UString UStringToAlfString(const UString& aUString);
+    
+    /**
+    * Convsert CAlfString to UString
+    * 
+    * @param aUString CAlfSTring instance to convert to UString
+
+    * @return Converted UString
+    */
+    OSN_IMPORT static UString AlfStringToUString(const UString& aAlfString);
+    
+    /**
+     * Covert integer to AlfString
+     * 
+     * @param aNumber number to convert
+     * @return AlfString
+     */
+    OSN_IMPORT static UString IntToUString( int aNumber );
+    
+    /**
+     * Convert TDes to UString
+     *
+     * @param aDes a TDes type string to be converted
+     * @param aString the converted Ustring
+     */
+    OSN_IMPORT static void ConvertTDesToUString (const TDesC& aDes, UString& aString);
+    
+    /**
+     * Convert TDes8 to UString
+     *
+     * @param aDes a TDes8 type string to be converted
+     * @param aString the converted Ustring
+     */
+    OSN_IMPORT static void ConvertTDes8ToUString (const TDesC8& aDes, UString& aString);
+    
+    /**
+     * Convert UString to TDes
+     *     
+     * @param aString a UString type string to be converted
+     * @param aDes the TDes type converted string
+     */
+    OSN_IMPORT static void ConvertUStringToTDes (const UString& aString, TDes& aDes);    
+    
+    /**
+     * Convert UString to TDes8
+     *     
+     * @param aString a UString type string to be converted
+     * @param aDes the TDes8 type converted string
+     */
+     OSN_IMPORT static void ConvertUStringToTDes8 (const UString& aString, TDes8& aDes);    
+    
+    /**
+     * Create a visualitem and set its default template
+     *     
+     * @param aDefaultTemplate defaultTemplate for that visual item
+     */
+    OSN_IMPORT static std::auto_ptr<MulVisualItem> CreateVisualItem( mulwidget::TLogicalTemplate aDefaultTemplate ); 
+    
+                   
+    };
+	    
+    } //namespace Alf
+
+#endif /*MULMODELUTILITY_H_*/
+
+//End of file
+
+