/**

 * 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 Plugin Manager util class performs all plugin functional 

 * specific functionalities

 *

 */

#ifndef SMFPLUGINMANAGERUTIL_H_

#define SMFPLUGINMANAGERUTIL_H_

// Forward declaration

class SmfPluginManager;

/**

 * The Plugin Manager util class performs all plugin functional 

 * specific functionalities

 */

class SmfPluginManagerUtil : public QObject

	{

	Q_OBJECT

public:

	/**

	 * Method to get the instance of SmfPluginManagerUtil class

	 * @param aParent The parent object

	 * @return The instance of SmfPluginManagerUtil class

	 */

	static SmfPluginManagerUtil* getInstance ( QObject *aParent = 0 );

	/**

	 * Destructor

	 */

	~SmfPluginManagerUtil ( );

private:

	/**

	 * Constructor with default argument

	 * @param aParent The parent object

	 */

	SmfPluginManagerUtil ( QObject *aParent = 0 );

private:

	/**

	 * Method called by Plugin Manager to create a web query.

	 * This method calls the respective plugin methods for creation of 

	 * web queries using the aOperation and aInputData parameters.

	 * @param aInstance Instance of the loaded plugin that perform this operation

	 * @param aOperation The type of operation to be performed

	 * @param aInputData The data required to create the web query

	 * @param aReqData [out] The request data created by the plugin

	 */

	void createRequest ( QObject* aInstance, 

			const SmfRequestTypeID &aOperation, 

			QByteArray &aInputData,

			SmfPluginRequestData &aReqData,

	/**

	 * Method to create a web query to fetch contact details.

	 * @param aPlugin The instance of the loaded plugin that performs the 

	 * contact fetch operation.

	 * @param aOperation The type of operation to be performed

	 * @param aInputData The data required to create the web query

	 * @param aReqData [out] The request data created by the plugin

	 * @return SmfPluginError

	 */

	SmfPluginError createContactFetcherRequest ( QObject *aPlugin, 

			const SmfRequestTypeID &aOperation, 

			QByteArray &aInputData,

	/**

	 * Method to create a web query to do post operation on contacts 

	 * (like scraps or messages)

	 * @param aPlugin The instance of the loaded plugin that performs the 

	 * contact fetch operation.

	 * @param aOperation The type of operation to be performed

	 * @param aInputData The data required to create the web query

	 * @param aReqData [out] The request data created by the plugin

	 * @return SmfPluginError

	 */

	SmfPluginError createContactPostRequest ( QObject *aPlugin, 

			const SmfRequestTypeID &aOperation, 

			QByteArray &aInputData,

	/**

	 * Method to create a web query to do music lyrics or subtitle search

	 * @param aPlugin The instance of the loaded plugin that performs the 

	 * contact fetch operation.

	 * @param aOperation The type of operation to be performed

	 * @param aInputData The data required to create the web query

	 * @param aReqData [out] The request data created by the plugin

	 * @return SmfPluginError

	 */

	SmfPluginError createMusicLyricsRequest ( QObject *aPlugin, 

			const SmfRequestTypeID &aOperation, 

			QByteArray &aInputData,

	/**

	 * Method to create a web query to do music event search or event post operation 

	 * @param aPlugin The instance of the loaded plugin that performs the 

	 * contact fetch operation.

	 * @param aOperation The type of operation to be performed

	 * @param aInputData The data required to create the web query

	 * @param aReqData [out] The request data created by the plugin

	 * @return SmfPluginError

	 */

	SmfPluginError createMusicEventsRequest ( QObject *aPlugin, 

			const SmfRequestTypeID &aOperation, 

			QByteArray &aInputData,

	/**

	 * Method to create a web query to do music search operation 

	 * @param aPlugin The instance of the loaded plugin that performs the 

	 * contact fetch operation.

	 * @param aOperation The type of operation to be performed

	 * @param aInputData The data required to create the web query

	 * @param aReqData [out] The request data created by the plugin

	 * @return SmfPluginError

	 */

	SmfPluginError createMusicSearchRequest ( QObject *aPlugin, 

			const SmfRequestTypeID &aOperation, 

			QByteArray &aInputData,

	/**

	 * Method to create a web query to do music service request operation 

	 * like getting self profile or search profiles of other users

	 * @param aPlugin The instance of the loaded plugin that performs the 

	 * contact fetch operation.

	 * @param aOperation The type of operation to be performed

	 * @param aInputData The data required to create the web query

	 * @param aReqData [out] The request data created by the plugin

	 * @return SmfPluginError

	 */

	SmfPluginError createMusicServiceRequest ( QObject *aPlugin, 

			const SmfRequestTypeID &aOperation, 

			QByteArray &aInputData,

	/**

	 * Method to create a web query to do music playlist related operation

	 * @param aPlugin The instance of the loaded plugin that performs the 

	 * contact fetch operation.

	 * @param aOperation The type of operation to be performed

	 * @param aInputData The data required to create the web query

	 * @param aReqData [out] The request data created by the plugin

	 * @return SmfPluginError

	 */

	SmfPluginError createMusicPlaylistRequest ( QObject *aPlugin, 

			const SmfRequestTypeID &aOperation, 

			QByteArray &aInputData,

	/**

	 * Method to create a web query to do gallery related operation

	 * @param aPlugin The instance of the loaded plugin that performs the 

	 * contact fetch operation.

	 * @param aOperation The type of operation to be performed

	 * @param aInputData The data required to create the web query

	 * @param aReqData [out] The request data created by the plugin

	 * @return SmfPluginError

	 */

	SmfPluginError createGalleryRequest ( QObject *aPlugin, 

			const SmfRequestTypeID &aOperation, 

			QByteArray &aInputData,

	/**

	 * Method called by Plugin Manager when network response is available

	 * @param aInstance The instance of the loaded plugin that requested 

	 * the network operation.

	 * @param aOperation The type of operation to be performed

	 * @param aTransportResult The result of Transport Operation

	 * @param aResponse The network response data

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

	 * containing the data parsed by the plugins

	 * @param aRetType [out] The Plugin return value

	 * @param aPageResult [out] The page information filled by the plugins

	 */

			const SmfRequestTypeID &aOperation,

			const SmfTransportResult &aTransportResult, 

			QByteArray *aResponse,

			QVariant *aResult,

			SmfPluginRetType &aRetType,

			SmfResultPage &aPageResult );

	/**

	 * Method to serialize the result of parsing (which is done by the 

	 * plugins) to QByteArray to be sent to Smf server.

	 * @param aOperation The type of operation to be performed

	 * @param aResult The data to be serialized

	 * @param aDataStream Stream to be written

	 */

	void serializeResult ( const SmfRequestTypeID &aOperation, 

			QVariant* aResult,

			QDataStream &aDataStream );

	friend class SmfPluginManager;

private:

	/**

	 * The single instance of SmfPluginManagerUtil

	 */

	static SmfPluginManagerUtil* m_myInstance;

	};

#endif /* SMFPLUGINMANAGERUTIL_H_ */