/*

* 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 "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: ECom interface for Email Client API

*

*/

#ifndef MEMAILCLIENTAPI_H

#define MEMAILCLIENTAPI_H

#include <emailapidefs.h>

namespace EmailInterface {

class MEmailMailbox;

typedef RPointerArray<MEmailMailbox> RMailboxPtrArray;

/**

 * Email client main interface for accessing mailboxes and launching

 * email editor and viewer.

 * Use CEmailInterfaceFactory::InterfaceL( KEmailClientApiInterface )

 * to get instance. Use Release() (from MEmailInterface) when the instance 

 * is no more needed.

 * 

 */

class MEmailClientApi : public MEmailInterface

{

public:

    /** returns mailbox by id, ownership transferred */

    virtual MEmailMailbox* MailboxL( const TMailboxId& aId ) = 0;

    /** 

     * Conveninence method for accessing mailbox by own addresss.

     */

    virtual MEmailMailbox* MailboxL( const TPtrC& aAddress ) = 0;

    /**

    * Gets all mailboxes in pointer array. It is recommended to free other

    * mailboxes besides needed one to optimise memory usage.

    */    

    virtual TInt GetMailboxesL( RMailboxPtrArray& aMailboxes ) = 0;

    /**

    * Launch policy defines behavior when launching email application

    */

    enum TLaunchPolicy {

        // Launch email application as from menu application by the user

        EDefault,

        // Shows inbox with unseen messages. If there are no unseen messages

        // behavior is same as EDefault. This one is not currently supported.

        EShowLastUnseenMailbox

    };

    /**

     * Launches Email application with defined launch behavior

     * The method follows "fire and forget" pattern, returns immediately.

     * @param aPolicy defines behavior for app launch

     */

    virtual void LaunchEmailL( const TLaunchPolicy aPolicy ) = 0;

};

}  // namespace EmailInterface

#endif // MEMAILCLIENTAPI_H