/**

 * 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 contact class represents a social contact

 * Note: This class has dependencies on QtMobility project

 *

 */

#ifndef SMFCONTACT_H_

#define SMFCONTACT_H_

#include "qtcontacts.h"

#include <qdatastream.h>

#include <QSharedData>

#include <smfclientglobal.h>

using namespace QtMobility;

class SmfContactPrivate;

/**

 * @ingroup smf_common_group

 * The contact class represents a social contact

 * 

 * Note: This class has dependencies on QtMobility project

 */

class SMFCLIENT_EXPORT SmfContact

	{

public:

	/**

	 * Constructor with default argument

	 * @param aParent The parent object

	 */

	SmfContact();

	/**

	 * Copy Constructor

	 * @param aOther The reference object

	 */

	SmfContact( const SmfContact &aOther );

	/**

	 * Destructor

	 */

	~SmfContact( );

	/**

	 * Method to get the available sub fields for contacts.

	 * The following are the available sub types of a contact

	 *   QtMobility::QContactAddress		Address;

	 *   QtMobility::QContactAnniversary	Anniversary;

	 *   QtMobility::QContactAvatar			Avatar;

	 *   QtMobility::QContactBirthday		Birthday;

	 *   QtMobility::QContactId				ContactId;

	 *   QtMobility::QContactEmailAddress	EmailAddress;

	 *   QtMobility::QContactGender			Gender;

	 *   QtMobility::QContactGeolocation	Geolocation;

	 *   QtMobility::QContactGuid			Guid;

	 *   QtMobility::QContactName			Name;

	 *   QtMobility::QContactNickname		Nickname;

	 *   QtMobility::QContactNote			Note;

	 *   QtMobility::QContactOnlineAccount	OnlineAccount;

	 *   QtMobility::QContactOrganization	Organization;

	 *   QtMobility::QContactPhoneNumber	PhoneNumber;

	 *   QtMobility::QContactTimestamp		Timestamp;

	 *   QtMobility::QContactType			Type;

	 *   QtMobility::QContactUrl			Url;

	 * @return The Available sub fields for this contact

	 */

	QStringList subTypes( ) const;

	/**

	 * Method to convert an SmfContact to a QContact

	 * Changes made to the returned QContact will not be reflected 

	 * in its parent SmfContact object

	 * @param aContact QContact corresponding to SmfContact 

	 */

	void convert( QContact &aContact ) const;

	/**

	 * Method to get the value of a sub field for this contact

	 * @param aSubType The sub field type 

	 * @return The value of the sub field subType

	 * @see subTypes()

	 */

	QVariant value( const QString& aSubType ) const;

private:

	QSharedDataPointer<SmfContactPrivate> d;

	friend QDataStream &operator<<( QDataStream &aDataStream, 

			const SmfContact &aContact );

	friend QDataStream &operator>>( QDataStream &aDataStream, 

			SmfContact &aContact );

	};

/**

 * Method for Externalization. Writes the SmfContact object to 

 * the stream and returns a reference to the stream.

 * @param aDataStream Stream to be written

 * @param aContact The SmfContact object to be externalized

 * @return reference to the written stream

 */

QDataStream &operator<<( QDataStream &aDataStream, 

		const SmfContact &aContact );

/**

 * Method for Internalization. Reads a SmfContact object from 

 * the stream and returns a reference to the stream.

 * @param aDataStream Stream to be read

 * @param aContact The SmfContact object to be internalized

 * @return reference to the stream

 */

QDataStream &operator>>( QDataStream &aDataStream, 

		SmfContact &aContact );

// Make the class SmfContact known to QMetaType, so that as to register it.

Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(SmfContact)

#endif /* SMFCONTACT_H_ */