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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2006 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). 
+* All rights reserved.
+* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+* under the terms of "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:
+* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+*
+* Contributors:
+*
+* Description:   Factory for visuals and layouts.
+*
+*/
+
+
+
+#ifndef ALFVISUALFACTORY_H
+#define ALFVISUALFACTORY_H
+
+#include <alf/alfvisual.h>
+#include <alf/alflayout.h>
+
+class CAlfEnv;
+
+/**
+ *  Factory for visuals and layouts.
+ *
+ *  This factory object is meant to be used by toolkit extensions only. It is recommended
+ *  to use the AddNewL() - method of the visual or layout itself. You can also use
+ *  CAlfControl::AppendVisualL() or CAlfControl::AppendLayoutL() - methods.
+ *
+ *  @lib alfclient.lib
+ *  @since S60 v3.2
+ */
+NONSHARABLE_CLASS( AlfVisualFactory )
+	{
+public:
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new layout visual.
+	 *
+	 * CAlfControl::Append() - method has to be explicitly called after this method
+	 * has been called to complete the control's ownership of the created layout. After this
+	 * method returns the CAlfVisual::Owner() of the created layout will point
+	 * to the owner control passed as the parameter, but the layout has not yet been
+	 * added to the visual array of the control.
+	 *
+	 * @param aLayoutType  Type of the layout.
+	 * @param aOwner Owner control
+	 * @param aEnv The environment.
+	 * @leave KErrNotFound  The layout type was not registered.
+	 */
+	IMPORT_C static CAlfLayout* NewLayoutL(
+	    TAlfLayoutType aLayoutType,
+	    CAlfLayout* aParentLayout,
+	    CAlfControl& aOwner,
+	    CAlfEnv& aEnv,
+	    TInt aImplementationUid = 0);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new layout visual, leaving it on the cleanup stack.
+	 *
+	 * CAlfControl::Append() - method has to be explicitly called after this method
+	 * has been called to complete the control's ownership of the created layout. After this
+	 * method returns the CAlfVisual::Owner() of the created layout will point
+	 * to the owner control passed as the parameter, but the layout has not yet been
+	 * added to the visual array of the control.
+	 *
+	 * @param aLayoutType  Type of the layout.
+	 * @param aOwner Owner control
+	 * @param aEnv The environment.
+	 * @leave KErrNotFound  The layout type was not registered.
+	 */
+	IMPORT_C static CAlfLayout* NewLayoutLC(TAlfLayoutType aLayoutType,
+                                	    CAlfLayout* aParentLayout,
+	                                    CAlfControl& aOwner,
+	                                    CAlfEnv& aEnv,
+	                                    TInt aImplementationUid = 0);
+	                                 
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new visual.
+	 *
+	 * CAlfControl::Append() - method has to be explicitly called after this method
+	 * has been called to complete the control's ownership of the created visual. After this
+	 * method returns the CAlfVisual::Owner() of the created visual will point
+	 * to the owner control passed as the parameter, but the visual has not yet been
+	 * added to the visual array of the control.
+	 *
+	 * @param aVisualType  Type of the visual.
+	 * @param aOwner Owner control
+	 * @param aEnv The environment.
+	 * @leave KErrNotFound  The visual type was not registered.
+	 */
+    IMPORT_C static CAlfVisual* NewVisualL( TAlfVisualType aVisualType,
+                                    	    CAlfLayout* aParentLayout,
+	                                        CAlfControl& aOwner,
+	                                        CAlfEnv& aEnv,
+	                                        TInt aImplementationUid = 0);
+                                    
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new visual, leaving it on the cleanup stack.
+	 *
+	 * CAlfControl::Append() - method has to be explicitly called after this method
+	 * has been called to complete the control's ownership of the created visual. After this
+	 * method returns the CAlfVisual::Owner() of the created visual will point
+	 * to the owner control passed as the parameter, but the visual has not yet been
+	 * added to the visual array of the control.
+	 *
+	 * @param aVisualType  Type of the visual.
+	 * @param aOwner Owner control
+	 * @param aEnv The environment.
+	 * @leave KErrNotFound  The visual type was not registered.
+	 */
+    IMPORT_C static CAlfVisual* NewVisualLC(TAlfVisualType aVisualType,
+                                    	    CAlfLayout* aParentLayout,
+	                                        CAlfControl& aOwner,
+	                                        CAlfEnv& aEnv,
+	                                        TInt aImplementationUid = 0);
+
+	};
+
+#endif  // ALFVISUALFACTORY_H