/*

* Copyright (c) 2006-2007 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:  Identifies a contact in cache pools

*

*/

#ifndef C_PCS_ALGORITHM_2_UTILS

#define C_PCS_ALGORITHM_2_UTILS

// INCLUDE FILES

#include <e32hashtab.h>

#include "CPsData.h"

// FORWARD DECLARATION

typedef RPointerArray<CPsData> CPSDATA_R_PTR_ARRAY;

// CLASS DECLARATION

class CPcsAlgorithm2Utils : public CBase

    {

public:

    /**

     * Merge function to merge the search results from different arrays

     * into a single array in sorted order.

     * It merges all the result sets that are there in iSearchResultsArr

     * into single result set. This is a wrapper funciton implemented that

     * works for all type of key board modes

     */

    static void FormCompleteSearchResultsL(RPointerArray<CPSDATA_R_PTR_ARRAY>& aSearchResultsArr,

                                           RPointerArray<CPsData>& SearchResults);

    /**

     * Customized CompareC         

     */

    static TInt MyCompareC(const TDesC& aLeft, const TDesC& aRight);

    /**

     * TLinearOrder rule for comparison of data objects

     */

    static TInt CompareDataBySortOrder(const CPsData& aObject1, const CPsData& aObject2);

    /**

     * Trim off all white spaces and special chars

     */

    static void MyTrim(TDes& aString);

    /**

     * Check if the input URI is of contact search in a group template form

     */

    static TBool IsGroupUri(TDesC& aURI);

    };

#endif // C_PCS_ALGORITHM_2_UTILS