diff -r 3051ec3010db -r bba29393db80 connectivity/com.nokia.carbide.remoteConnections/src/com/nokia/carbide/remoteconnections/internal/ui/ConnectionUIUtils.java
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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+* All rights reserved.
+* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+* under the terms of the License "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: 
+*
+*/
+
+package com.nokia.carbide.remoteconnections.internal.ui;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;
+import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Color;
+import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Image;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
+
+import com.nokia.carbide.remoteconnections.RemoteConnectionsActivator;
+import com.nokia.carbide.remoteconnections.interfaces.IConnectedService;
+import com.nokia.carbide.remoteconnections.interfaces.IConnection;
+import com.nokia.carbide.remoteconnections.internal.api.IConnection2;
+import com.nokia.carbide.remoteconnections.internal.registry.Registry;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+public class ConnectionUIUtils {
+
+	public static IConnectedService.IStatus getFirstInUseStatus(IConnection connection) {
+		Collection<IConnectedService> connectedServices = 
+			Registry.instance().getConnectedServices(connection);
+		// if any service is in-use, then connection is in-use
+		for (IConnectedService connectedService : connectedServices) {
+			IConnectedService.IStatus status = connectedService.getStatus();
+			if (status.getEStatus().equals(IConnectedService.IStatus.EStatus.IN_USE))
+				return status;
+		}
+		
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public static boolean isConnectionInUse(IConnection connection) {
+		return getFirstInUseStatus(connection) != null;
+	}
+
+	private static final ImageDescriptor STATUS_AVAIL_IMGDESC = 
+	RemoteConnectionsActivator.getImageDescriptor("icons/statusAvailable.png"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+	private static final ImageDescriptor STATUS_UNAVAIL_IMGDESC = 
+	RemoteConnectionsActivator.getImageDescriptor("icons/statusUnavailable.png"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+	private static final ImageDescriptor STATUS_UNK_IMGDESC = 
+	RemoteConnectionsActivator.getImageDescriptor("icons/statusUnknown.png"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+	private static final ImageDescriptor STATUS_INUSE_IMGDESC =
+		RemoteConnectionsActivator.getImageDescriptor("icons/statusInUse.png"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+	
+	private static final ImageDescriptor CONNECTION_READY_IMGDESC = 
+		RemoteConnectionsActivator.getImageDescriptor("icons/connectionStatusReady.png"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+	private static final ImageDescriptor CONNECTION_IN_USE_IMGDESC = 
+		RemoteConnectionsActivator.getImageDescriptor("icons/connectionStatusInUse.png"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+	private static final ImageDescriptor CONNECTION_NOT_READY_IMGDESC = 
+		RemoteConnectionsActivator.getImageDescriptor("icons/connectionStatusNotReady.png"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+	private static final ImageDescriptor CONNECTION_IN_USE_DISCONNECTED_IMGDESC =
+		RemoteConnectionsActivator.getImageDescriptor("icons/connectionStatusDisconnected.png"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+	
+	private static final ImageDescriptor CONNECTION_IMGDESC = 
+		RemoteConnectionsActivator.getImageDescriptor("icons/connection.png"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+	
+	private static final Image STATUS_AVAIL_IMG = STATUS_AVAIL_IMGDESC.createImage();
+	private static final Image STATUS_UNAVAIL_IMG = STATUS_UNAVAIL_IMGDESC.createImage();
+	private static final Image STATUS_INUSE_IMG = STATUS_INUSE_IMGDESC.createImage();
+	private static final Image STATUS_UNK_IMG = STATUS_UNK_IMGDESC.createImage();
+
+	private static final Image CONNECTION_READY_IMG = CONNECTION_READY_IMGDESC.createImage(); 
+	private static final Image CONNECTION_IN_USE_IMG =  CONNECTION_IN_USE_IMGDESC.createImage();
+	private static final Image CONNECTION_NOT_READY_IMG = CONNECTION_NOT_READY_IMGDESC.createImage();
+	private static final Image CONNECTION_IN_USE_DISCONNECTED_IMG = CONNECTION_IN_USE_DISCONNECTED_IMGDESC.createImage();
+
+	private static final Image CONNECTION_IMG = CONNECTION_IMGDESC.createImage();
+	
+	public static final Color COLOR_RED = new Color(Display.getDefault(), 192, 0, 0);
+	public static final Color COLOR_GREEN = new Color(Display.getDefault(), 0, 128, 0);
+	public static final Color COLOR_ELECTRIC = new Color(Display.getDefault(), 0, 0, 255);
+	public static final Color COLOR_GREY = new Color(Display.getDefault(), 96, 96, 96);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Get the image representing the connection status.
+	 * @param connection
+	 * @return Image, not to be disposed
+	 */
+	public static Image getConnectionStatusImage(IConnection2.IStatus status) {
+		if (status != null) {
+			IConnection2.IStatus.EStatus severity = status.getEStatus();
+			
+			switch (severity) {
+			case READY:
+				return CONNECTION_READY_IMG;
+			case IN_USE:
+				return CONNECTION_IN_USE_IMG;
+			case NOT_READY:
+				return CONNECTION_NOT_READY_IMG;
+			case IN_USE_DISCONNECTED:
+				return CONNECTION_IN_USE_DISCONNECTED_IMG;
+			}
+		}
+		return ConnectionUIUtils.CONNECTION_IMG;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the image representing the connection status.
+	 * @param connection
+	 * @return Image, not to be disposed
+	 */
+	public static Image getConnectionImage(IConnection connection) {
+		if (connection instanceof IConnection2) {
+			IConnection2.IStatus status = ((IConnection2) connection).getStatus();
+			return getConnectionStatusImage(status);
+		}
+		if (isConnectionInUse(connection)) {
+			return ConnectionUIUtils.STATUS_INUSE_IMG;
+		}
+		return ConnectionUIUtils.CONNECTION_IMG;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param status
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static Image getConnectedServiceStatusImage(IConnectedService.IStatus.EStatus status) {
+		switch (status) {
+		case DOWN:
+			return ConnectionUIUtils.STATUS_UNAVAIL_IMG;
+		case UP:
+			return ConnectionUIUtils.STATUS_AVAIL_IMG;
+		case IN_USE:
+			return ConnectionUIUtils.CONNECTION_IMG;
+		case UNKNOWN:
+			return ConnectionUIUtils.STATUS_UNK_IMG;
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+}