/*

* Copyright (c) 2007 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:  Key class for message sorting

*

*/

#ifndef IPSPLGMSGKEY_H

#define IPSPLGMSGKEY_H

#include <e32base.h>          // TKey

//<cmail>

#include "cfsmailcommon.h"    // tfsmailsortcriteria

//</cmail>

class CMsvEntry;

const TInt KMaxSubjectPrefixSeparatorLength = 8;

/**

 *  Comparison class for message objects

 *

 *  @code

 *  @endcode

 *

 *  @lib ipssosplugin.lib

 *  @since 

 */

class TIpsPlgMsgKey : public TKey

    {

public:

    /**

     * Constructor.

     *

     * @since 

     * @param aFolderEntry  Folder to be sorted

     * @param aSortCriteria Sorting criteria

     */

    TIpsPlgMsgKey( 

        CMsvEntry& aFolderEntry,

        const RArray<TFSMailSortCriteria>& aSortCriteria );

    /**

     * Finds the offset from which the actual subject starts after 

     * the prefixes

     *

     * @param aSubject Message subject string

     * @return Offset from the beginning of the string. If the string

     *         is not found, returns 0.

     */

    TInt FindSubjectStart( const TDesC& aSubject ) const;

public:

    /**

     * From TKey

     */

    virtual TInt Compare(TInt aLeft, TInt aRight) const;

    /**

     * From TKey

     */

    virtual TAny* At(TInt anIndex) const;

private:

    // Prevent usage of the default constructor

    TIpsPlgMsgKey();

private:

    /**

     * Compares the subject strings omitting the reply & forward prefixes

     */

private:

    // Folder objects the messages of which are sorted. Not owned.    

    CMsvEntry& iFolderEntry;

    // Sorting criteria

    const RArray<TFSMailSortCriteria>& iSortingCriteria;

    // String which separates the subject prefixes (Re, Fwd etc) 

    // from the actual subject

    TBuf<KMaxSubjectPrefixSeparatorLength> iSubjectPrefixSeparator;

    };

#endif // IPSPLGMSGKEY_H