/**

 * 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 Provider Base class is the class that has to be contained as a member 

 * in all Plug-in Interfaces.

 *

 */

#ifndef SMFPROVIDERBASE_H_

#define SMFPROVIDERBASE_H_

#include <QImage>

#include <QUrl>

#include <QBuffer>

#include <smfglobal.h>

#include <qdatastream.h>

#include <QSharedData>

/**

 * @ingroup smf_plugin_group

 * The Provider Base class is the class that has to be contained as a member 

 * in all Plug-in Interfaces.

 * 

 * All of plug-ins should contain this class as a member and should also 

 * contain a public method to get instance of this class. 

 */

class SmfProviderBase

	{

public:

	/**

	 * Destructor

	 */

	virtual ~SmfProviderBase( ) {}

	/**

	 * Method to get the Localisable name of the service.

	 * @return The Localisable name of the service.

	 */

	virtual QString serviceName( ) const = 0;

	/**

	 * Method to get the Logo of the service

	 * @return The Logo of the service

	 */

	virtual QImage serviceIcon( ) const = 0;

	/**

	 * Method to get the Readable service description

	 * @return The Readable service description

	 */

	virtual QString description( ) const = 0;

	/**

	 * Method to get the Website of the service

	 * @return The Website of the service

	 */

	virtual QUrl serviceUrl( ) const = 0;

	/**

	 * Method to get the URL of the Application providing this service

	 * @return The URL of the Application providing this service

	 */

	virtual QUrl applicationUrl( ) const = 0;

	/**

	 * Method to get the Icon of the application

	 * @return The Icon of the application

	 */

	virtual QImage applicationIcon( ) const = 0;

	/**

	 * Method to get the Plugin specific ID

	 * @return The Plugin specific ID

	 */

	virtual QString pluginId( ) const = 0;

	/**

	 * Method to get the ID of the authentication application 

	 * for this service

	 * @param aProgram The authentication application name

	 * @param aArguments List of arguments required for authentication app

	 * @param aMode Strting mode for authentication application

	 * @return The ID of the authentication application 

	 */

	virtual QString authenticationApp( QString &aProgram, QStringList & aArguments, 

			QIODevice::OpenModeFlag aMode = QIODevice::ReadWrite ) const = 0;

	/**

	 * Method to get the unique registration ID provided by the 

	 * Smf for authorised plugins

	 * @return The unique registration ID/token provided by the Smf for 

	 * authorised plugins

	 */

	virtual QString smfRegistrationId( ) const = 0;

	};

#endif /* SMFPROVIDERBASE_H_ */