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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2005-2007 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:  Collection of common utility functions
+*
+*/
+
+
+#ifndef AIXMLUIUTILS_H
+#define AIXMLUIUTILS_H
+
+#include <e32std.h>
+
+class CXnNodeAppIf;
+class CGulIcon;
+class TAiPolicyElement;
+class RPropertyHashMap;
+
+namespace AiXmlUiController
+    {
+    class CCssPropertyMap;
+  
+  
+/**
+ * Finds a property element identified by the specified class.
+ *
+ * @param aUiElement the UI element associated with the property.
+ * @param aPropertyClass the class of the property.
+ * @return pointer array to the property elements. Ownership of the array
+ *         is transferred. Ownership of the elements is not transferred.
+ */
+RPointerArray< CXnNodeAppIf > FindPropertyElementL( CXnNodeAppIf& aUiElement,
+                                                    const TDesC8& aPropertyClass );
+
+/**
+ * Finds a property element identified by the specified class.
+ *
+ * @param aArray The Array where to append the nodes. 
+ * @param aUiElement the UI element associated with the property.
+ * @param aPropertyClass the class of the property.
+ * @return pointer array to the property elements. Ownership of the array
+ *         is transferred. Ownership of the elements is not transferred.
+ */
+void FindPropertyElementL( RPointerArray< CXnNodeAppIf >& aArray, CXnNodeAppIf& aUiElement, const TDesC8& aPropertyClass );
+
+/**
+ * Gets a property value from an UI element. The ownership of value is
+ * transferred to caller.
+ *
+ * @param aUiElement the UI element to fecth the value from
+ * @param aPropertyName the name of the property to fetch.
+ * @return the value or NULL.
+ */
+HBufC* PropertyValueL( const CXnNodeAppIf& aUiElement,
+                       const TDesC8& aPropertyName );
+
+/**
+ * Gets a property value from an UI element.
+ *
+ * @param aUiElement the UI element to fecth the value from
+ * @param aPropertyName the name of the property to fetch.
+ * @return the value or NULL.
+ */
+const TDesC8* PropertyValue( const CXnNodeAppIf& aUiElement,
+                             const TDesC8& aPropertyName );
+
+/**
+ * Sets a property value into an UI element
+ *
+ * @param aUiElement the UI element to set the value into.
+ * @param aPropertyName the name of the property to set.
+ * @param aPropertyValue the new value.
+ * @param aPropertyMap map of the original property values
+ */
+void SetPropertyL( CXnNodeAppIf& aUiElement,
+                   const TDesC8& aPropertyName,
+                   const TDesC8& aPropertyValue,
+                   CCssPropertyMap& aPropertyMap );
+
+/**
+ * Sets a property values into hash map
+ *
+ * @param aArray the element array.
+ * @param aPropertyMap map of the original property values
+ * @param aPropertyHashMap hash map of the new property value arrays
+ */
+void SetPropertiesToHashMapL( RArray<TAiPolicyElement>& aArray,
+                              CCssPropertyMap& aPropertyMap,
+                              RPropertyHashMap& aPropertyHashMap );
+
+/**
+ * Sets all property values into an UI element(s)
+ *
+ * @param aPropertyMap map of the property arrays
+ */
+void SetPropertyArraysL( RPropertyHashMap& aPropertyHashMap );
+
+/**
+ * Sets a property value directly into an UI element
+ *
+ * @param aUiElement the UI element to set the value into.
+ * @param aPropertyName the name of the property to set.
+ * @param aPropertyValue the new value.
+ */
+void SetPropertyToNodeL( 
+    CXnNodeAppIf& aNode, 
+    const TDesC8& aPropertyName, 
+    const TDesC8& aNewValueString );
+
+/**
+ * Leaves with specific error if given pointer is null.
+ *
+ * @param aPtr pointer to test.
+ * @param aError error for leave.
+ * @return aPtr if it is not NULL.
+ */
+template< class PtrT > inline
+PtrT* LeaveIfNull( PtrT* aPtr, TInt aError );
+
+/**
+ * Loads a resource icon from the skin or from a mif-file 
+ * and puts it into cleanup stack.
+ *
+ * Leavecodes: 
+ * - KErrNotSupported: Filetype is not supported
+ * - KErrNotFound: Syntax is incorrect or icon not found 
+ *
+ * Syntaxes:
+ * - Skin: SKIN(<majorid> <minorid>)
+ * - Mif: file_name.mif#<index_in_mif>
+ *
+ * @param aResource resource node.
+ * @return icon.
+ */
+CGulIcon* LoadIconLC( CXnNodeAppIf& aResource );
+
+    }
+
+#include "aixmluiutils.inl"
+
+#endif // AIXMLUIUTILS_H