/**

 * Copyright (c) 2010 Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd.

 * All rights reserved.

 * This component and the accompanying materials are made available

 * under the terms of the "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:

 * Chandradeep Gandhi, Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd - Initial contribution

 *

 * Contributors:

 * Manasij Roy, Nalina Hariharan

 * 

 * Description:

 * The SmfAlbum class represents a music album

 *

 */

#ifndef SMFALBUM_H_

#define SMFALBUM_H_

#include <QImage>

#include <qdatastream.h>

#include <QSharedData>

#include <smfclientglobal.h>

class SmfAlbumPrivate;

class SmfArtists;

/**

 * @ingroup smf_common_group

 * The SmfAlbum class represents a music album

 */

class SMFCLIENT_EXPORT SmfAlbum : public QObject

	{

	Q_OBJECT

public:

	/**

	 * Constructor with default argument

	 * @param aParent The parent object

	 */

	SmfAlbum( QObject *aParent = 0 );

	/**

	 * Copy Constructor

	 * @param aOther The reference object

	 */

	SmfAlbum( const SmfAlbum &aOther );

	/**

	 * Overloaded = operator

	 * @param aOther The reference object

	 * @return The target reference value

	 */

	SmfAlbum& operator=( const SmfAlbum &aOther );

	/**

	 * Destructor

	 */

	~SmfAlbum( );

	/**

	 * Method to get the album name

	 * @return The album name

	 */

	QString name( ) const;

	/**

	 * Method to get the album's image

	 * @return The album's image

	 */

	QImage image( ) const;

	/**

	 * Method to get the artist names

	 * @return The list of artists in the album

	 */

	SmfArtists artists( ) const;

	/**

	 * Method to get the id of the album

	 * @return The ID value 

	 */

	QString id( ) const;

private:

	QSharedDataPointer<SmfAlbumPrivate> d;

	friend QDataStream &operator<<( QDataStream &aDataStream, 

			const SmfAlbum &aAlbum );

	friend QDataStream &operator>>( QDataStream &aDataStream, 

			SmfAlbum &aAlbum );

	};

/**

 * Method for Externalization. Writes the SmfAlbum object to 

 * the stream and returns a reference to the stream.

 * @param aDataStream Stream to be written

 * @param aAlbum The SmfAlbum object to be externalized

 * @return reference to the written stream

 */

QDataStream &operator<<( QDataStream &aDataStream, 

		const SmfAlbum &aAlbum );

/**

 * Method for Internalization. Reads a SmfAlbum object from 

 * the stream and returns a reference to the stream.

 * @param aDataStream Stream to be read

 * @param aAlbum The SmfAlbum object to be internalized

 * @return reference to the stream

 */

QDataStream &operator>>( QDataStream &aDataStream, 

		SmfAlbum &aAlbum);

#endif /* SMFALBUM_H_ */