/*

* Copyright (c) 2004-2008 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:  Animation Factory.

*

*/

#ifndef AKNSALANIMATIONFACTORY_H

#define AKNSALANIMATIONFACTORY_H

// INCLUDES

#include <e32std.h>

// FORWARD DECLARATIONS

class CAknsRlEffectPlugin;

class MAknsAlAnimationValue;

class MAknsAlTimingModel;

// CLASS DECLARATION

/**

* A toolkit class for creating animation related objects (RL effect plugins,

* animation values and timing models).

*

* @since 3.0

*/

class AknsAlAnimationFactory

    {

    public:

        /**

        * Creates a standard effect plugin (RenderLibrary). Ownership is

        * transferred to the caller. Can leave if constructing the plugin

        * fails.

        *

        * @return The created plugin, NULL is returned if there is no plugin

        *         that matches the provided UID.

        */

        IMPORT_C static CAknsRlEffectPlugin* CreateEffectPluginL( TUid aUid );

        /**

        * Creates an animation value. Ownership is transferred to the caller.

        * Can leave if constructing the animation value fails.

        *

        * @return The created animation value, NULL is returned if there is no

        *         value that matches the provided UID.

        */

        IMPORT_C static MAknsAlAnimationValue* CreateAnimationValueL( TUid aUid );

        /**

        * Creates a timing model. Ownership is transferred to the caller.

        * Can leave if constructing the timing model fails.

        *

        * @return The created timing model, NULL is returned if there is no

        *         timing model that matches the provided UID.

        */

        IMPORT_C static MAknsAlTimingModel* CreateTimingModelL( TUid aUid );

    private: // Prohibited constructors and destructor

        // Static class, prohibited.

        AknsAlAnimationFactory();

        // Static class, prohibited.

        ~AknsAlAnimationFactory();

    };

#endif // AKNSALANIMATIONFACTORY_H

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