/**

 * Copyright (c) 2010 Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd.

 * All rights reserved.

 * This component and the accompanying materials are made available

 * under the terms of the "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:

 * Chandradeep Gandhi, Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd - Initial contribution

 *

 * Contributors:

 * Manasij Roy, Nalina Hariharan

 * 

 * Description:

 * The SmfPluginBase class is the base class for all plugins.

 *

 */

#ifndef SMFPLUGINBASE_H_

#define SMFPLUGINBASE_H_

#include <smfproviderbase.h>

#include <smfglobal.h>

class SmfPluginUtil;

/**

 * @ingroup smf_plugin_group

 * The SmfPluginBase class is the base class for all plugins 

 */

class SmfPluginBase

	{

public:

	/**

	 * Destructor

	 */

	virtual ~SmfPluginBase( ) {}

	/**

	 * The first method to be called in the plugin that implements this interface.

	 * If this method is not called, plugin may not behave as expected.

	 */

	virtual void initialize( ) = 0;

	/**

	 * Method to get the provider information

	 * @return Instance of SmfProviderBase

	 */

	virtual SmfProviderBase* getProviderInfo( ) = 0;

	/**

	 * Method to get the result for a network request.

	 * @param aOperation The type of operation to be requested

	 * @param aTransportResult The result of transport operation

	 * @param aReply The QByteArray instance containing the network response.

	 * The plugins should delete this instance once they have read the 

	 * data from it.

	 * @param aResult [out] An output parameter to the plugin manager.If the 

	 * return value is SmfSendRequestAgain, QVariant will be of type 

	 * SmfPluginRequestData.

	 * 

	 * For SmfContactFetcherPlugin: If last operation was friends() or followers() 

	 * or search() or searchInGroup() or searchNear(), aResult will be of type 

	 * QList<SmfContact>. If last operation was groups(), aResult will be of 

	 * type QList<SmfGroup>

	 * For SmfPostProviderPlugin: If last operation was retrieve(), aResult will be 

	 * of type QList<SmfPost>. If last operation was post() or updatePost() or 

	 * postDirected() or commentOnAPost() or postAppearence() or sharePost(), 

	 * aResult will be of type bool

	 * For SmfLyricsServicePlugin: If last operation was lyrics(), aResult will 

	 * be of type QList<SmfLyrics>. If last operation was subtitles(), aResult will 

	 * be of type QList<SmfSubtitle>.

	 * For SmfMusicEventsPlugin: If last operation was events(), aResult will 

	 * be of type QList<SmfEvent>. If last operation was venues(), aResult 

	 * will be of type QList<SmfLocation>. If last operation was postEvents(), 

	 * aResult will be of type bool

	 * For SmfMusicSearchPlugin: If last operation was recommendations() or 

	 * tracks() or trackInfo(), aResult will be of type QList<SmfTrackInfo>. 

	 * If last operation was stores(), aResult will be of type 

	 * QList<SmfProvider>. If last operation was postCurrentPlaying(), 

	 * aResult will be of type bool.

	 * For SmfMusicServicePlugin: If last operation was userInfo(), aResult 

	 * will be of type SmfMusicProfile. If last operation was searchUser(), 

	 * aResult will be of type QList<SmfMusicProfile>.

	 * For SmfPlaylistServicePlugin: If last operation was playlists() or 

	 * playlistsOf(), aResult will be of type QList<SmfPlaylist>. If last 

	 * operation was addToPlaylist() or postCurrentPlayingPlaylist(), 

	 * aResult will be of type bool.

	 * For SmfGalleryPlugin: If last operation was pictures(), aResult will 

	 * be of type QList<SmfPicture>. If last operation was description(), 

	 * aResult will be of type QString. If last operation was upload() or 

	 * postComment(), aResult will be of type bool.

	 * 

	 * @param aRetType [out] SmfPluginRetType

	 * @param aPageResult [out] The SmfResultPage structure variable

	 */

	virtual SmfPluginError responseAvailable( 

			const SmfRequestTypeID aOperation,

			const SmfTransportResult &aTransportResult, 

			QByteArray *aReply, 

			QVariant* aResult, 

			SmfPluginRetType &aRetType,

			SmfResultPage &aPageResult ) = 0;

	};

Q_DECLARE_INTERFACE( SmfPluginBase, "org.symbian.smf.plugin.smfpluginbase/v0.2" );

#endif /* SMFPLUGINBASE_H_ */