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+/**
+ * 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 SmfArtists class represents the artists in a track or an album
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef SMFARTISTS_H_
+#define SMFARTISTS_H_
+
+#include <QImage>
+#include <QUrl>
+#include <qdatastream.h>
+#include <QSharedData>
+#include <smfclientglobal.h>
+#include <QMetaType>
+
+class SmfArtistsPrivate;
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup smf_common_group
+ * The SmfArtists class represents the artists in a track or an album
+ */
+class SMFCOMMON_EXPORT SmfArtists
+	{
+public:
+	/**
+	 * Constructor with default argument
+	 */
+	SmfArtists( );
+	
+	/**
+	 * Copy Constructor
+	 * @param aOther The reference object
+	 */
+	SmfArtists( const SmfArtists &aOther );
+	
+	/**
+	 * Overloaded = operator
+	 * @param aOther The reference object
+	 */
+	SmfArtists& operator=( const SmfArtists &aOther );
+	
+	/**
+	 * Destructor
+	 */
+	~SmfArtists( );
+	
+	/**
+	 * Method to get the artists names
+	 * @return The list of artists
+	 */
+	QStringList names( ) const;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Method to get the image of the artists
+	 * @return The image of te artists
+	 */
+	QImage image( ) const;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Method to get the url of the artists
+	 * @return The url of the artists
+	 */
+	QUrl url( ) const;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Method to set the artists names
+	 * @param aList The list of artists names
+	 */
+	void setNames( const QStringList &aList );
+	
+	/**
+	 * Method to set the image of the artists
+	 * @param aImage The image of the artists
+	 */
+	void setImage( const QImage &aImage );
+	
+	/**
+	 * Method to set the url of the artists
+	 * @param aUrl The url of the artists
+	 */
+	void setUrl( const QUrl &aUrl );
+		
+private:
+	QSharedDataPointer<SmfArtistsPrivate> d;
+	
+	friend QDataStream &operator<<( QDataStream &aDataStream, 
+			const SmfArtists &aArtists );
+
+	friend QDataStream &operator>>( QDataStream &aDataStream, 
+			SmfArtists &aArtists );
+	
+	};
+
+
+/**
+ * Method for Externalization. Writes the SmfArtists object to 
+ * the stream and returns a reference to the stream.
+ * @param aDataStream Stream to be written
+ * @param aArtists The SmfArtists object to be externalized
+ * @return reference to the written stream
+ */
+SMFCOMMON_EXPORT QDataStream &operator<<( QDataStream &aDataStream, 
+		const SmfArtists &aArtists );
+
+/**
+ * Method for Internalization. Reads a SmfArtists object from 
+ * the stream and returns a reference to the stream.
+ * @param aDataStream Stream to be read
+ * @param aArtists The SmfArtists object to be internalized
+ * @return reference to the stream
+ */
+SMFCOMMON_EXPORT QDataStream &operator>>( QDataStream &aDataStream, 
+		SmfArtists &aArtists);
+
+// Make the class SmfArtists known to QMetaType, so that as to register it.
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(SmfArtists)
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QList<SmfArtists>)
+
+#endif /* SMFARTISTS_H_ */