/**

 * 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:

 * Interface specification for fetching contacts

 *

 */

#ifndef SMFCONTACTFETCHERPLUGIN_H_

#define SMFCONTACTFETCHERPLUGIN_H_

#include <smfpluginbase.h>

#include <smfcontact.h>

#include <smfgroup.h>

#include <smflocation.h>

/**

 * @ingroup smf_plugin_group

 * Interface specification for fetching contacts. This class provides 

 * basic functionality to allow applications to obtain list of

 * friends, followers, groups of a user in a social networking service.

 *

 * All of the functionality described here should be implemented by a service

 * specific plug-in.

 */

class SmfContactFetcherPlugin : public SmfPluginBase

	{

public:

	/**

	 * Destructor

	 */

	virtual ~SmfContactFetcherPlugin( ) {}

	/**

	 * Method to get the list of friends

	 * @param aRequest [out] The request data to be sent to network

	 */

	virtual SmfPluginError friends( SmfPluginRequestData &aRequest,

			const int aPageNum = SMF_FIRST_PAGE, 

			const int aItemsPerPage = SMF_ITEMS_PER_PAGE ) = 0;

	/**

	 * Method to get the list of followers

	 * @param aRequest [out] The request data to be sent to network

	 */

	virtual SmfPluginError followers( SmfPluginRequestData &aRequest,

			const int aPageNum = SMF_FIRST_PAGE, 

			const int aItemsPerPage = SMF_ITEMS_PER_PAGE ) = 0;

	/**

	 * @param aRequest [out] The request data to be sent to network

	 */

	virtual SmfPluginError search( SmfPluginRequestData &aRequest,

			const SmfContact &aContact,

			const int aPageNum = SMF_FIRST_PAGE, 

			const int aItemsPerPage = SMF_ITEMS_PER_PAGE ) = 0;

	/**

	 * Method to search for contacts (friends) who are near the user.

	 * Proximity defines accuracy level

	 * @param aRequest [out] The request data to be sent to network

	 */

	virtual SmfPluginError searchNear( SmfPluginRequestData &aRequest,

			const SmfLocation &aLocation,

			const SmfLocationSearchBoundary &aProximity,

			const int aPageNum = SMF_FIRST_PAGE, 

			const int aItemsPerPage = SMF_ITEMS_PER_PAGE ) = 0;

	/**

	 * Method to get the list of groups

	 * @param aRequest [out] The request data to be sent to network

	 * @param aPageNum The page to be extracted

	 * @param aItemsPerPage Number of items per page

	 */

	virtual SmfPluginError groups( SmfPluginRequestData &aRequest,

			const int aPageNum = SMF_FIRST_PAGE, 

			const int aItemsPerPage = SMF_ITEMS_PER_PAGE ) = 0;

	/**

	 * Method to search for a contact in a group

	 * @param aRequest [out] The request data to be sent to network

	 */

	virtual SmfPluginError searchInGroup( SmfPluginRequestData &aRequest,

			const SmfGroup &aGroup,

			const int aPageNum = SMF_FIRST_PAGE, 

			const int aItemsPerPage = SMF_ITEMS_PER_PAGE ) = 0;

	/**

	 * Customised method for SmfContactFetcherPlugin interface

	 * @param aRequest [out] The request data to be sent to network

	 * the client interface and the plugin)

	 * of data should be known between client and the plugin)

	 */

	virtual SmfPluginError customRequest( SmfPluginRequestData &aRequest, 

			const int &aOperation, QByteArray *aData ) = 0;

	};

Q_DECLARE_INTERFACE( SmfContactFetcherPlugin, "org.symbian.smf.plugin.contact.fetcher/v0.2" );

#endif /* SMFCONTACTFETCHERPLUGIN_H_ */