/*

* Copyright (c) 2006 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:  Instance of this class catches key inputs when it is activated

*

*/

#ifndef CIMCVAPPINPUTABSORBER_H

#define CIMCVAPPINPUTABSORBER_H

//  INCLUDES

#include <coecntrl.h>

// FORWARD DECLARATIONS

class CEikAppUi;

// CLASS DECLARATION

/**

*  Instance of this class catches key events when instance is activated

*  Activation is handled by pushing control to view stack

*

*  @lib chat.app

*  @since 1.2

*/

class CIMCVAppInputAbsorber : public CCoeControl

    {

    public:  // Constructors and destructor

        /**

        * Two-phased constructor.

        */

        static CIMCVAppInputAbsorber* NewL();

        /**

        * Destructor.

        */

        virtual ~CIMCVAppInputAbsorber();

    public: // New functions

        /**

        * Starts capturing events

        */

        void CaptureEventsL();

        /**

        * Stops capturing events

        */

		void Release();

        /**

        * Are events captured now

        * @return Are events captured now

        */

		TBool IsCaptured() const;

    public: // Functions from base classes

        /**

        * @see CCoeControl

        */

        TKeyResponse OfferKeyEventL( const TKeyEvent& aKeyEvent, TEventCode aType );

        /**

         * @see CCoeControl

         */

        void HandlePointerEventL( const TPointerEvent& aPointerEvent );

    private:

        /**

        * C++ default constructor.

        */

        CIMCVAppInputAbsorber();

        /**

        * By default Symbian 2nd phase constructor is private.

        */

        void ConstructL();

	private: //data

        // Doesn't own. Handle to EikAppUi

		CEikAppUi* iAppUi;

        // Event capturing status

		TBool iIsCaptured;

	};

#endif      // CIMCVAPPINPUTABSORBER_H   

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