/**

 * 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 group class represents an instance of a group as per SN site terminolgy

 *

 */

#ifndef SMFGROUP_H_

#define SMFGROUP_H_

#include <smfcontact.h>

#include <qdatastream.h>

#include <QSharedData>

#include "smfclientglobal.h"

#include <QMetaType>

#include "smfgroup_p.h"

/**

 * @ingroup smf_common_group

 * The group class represents an instance of a group as per SN site terminolgy

 */

//QList<SmfGroup> gives error for serialization if its derived from QObject

class  SMFCLIENT_EXPORT SmfGroup //: public QObject

	{

	//Q_OBJECT

public:

	/**

	 * Constructor with default argument

	 * @param list The list of members in the group

	 */

	SmfGroup( QList<SmfContact>* list = 0 );

	/**

	 * Copy Constructor

	 * @param aOther The reference object

	 */

	SmfGroup( const SmfGroup &aOther );

	/**

	 * Overloaded = operator

	 * @param aOther The reference object

	 */

	SmfGroup& operator=( const SmfGroup &aOther );

	/**

	 * Destructor

	 */

	~SmfGroup( );

public slots:

	/**

	 * Method to get the list of members in the group

	 * @return The list of members in the group

	 */

	QList<SmfContact> members( ) const;

	/**

	 * Method to set members

	 * 

	 */

	void setMembers(QList<SmfContact>* mems);

	/**

	 * Method to get the name of the group

	 * @return The name of the group

	 */

	QString name( ) const;

	/**

	 * Method to set name

	 */

	void setName(QString& name);

	/**

	 * Method to get the id of the group

	 * @return The ID value 

	 */

	QString id( ) const;

	/**

	 * Method to set id

	 */

	void setId(QString& id);

private:

	QSharedDataPointer<SmfGroupPrivate> d;

	friend QDataStream &operator<<( QDataStream &aDataStream, 

			const SmfGroup &aGroup );

	friend QDataStream &operator>>( QDataStream &aDataStream, 

			SmfGroup &aGroup );

	};

/**

 * Method for Externalization. Writes the SmfGroup object to 

 * the stream and returns a reference to the stream.

 * @param aDataStream Stream to be written

 * @param aGroup The SmfGroup object to be externalized

 * @return reference to the written stream

 */

SMFCLIENT_EXPORT QDataStream &operator<<( QDataStream &aDataStream, 

		const SmfGroup &aGroup );

/**

 * Method for Internalization. Reads a SmfGroup object from 

 * the stream and returns a reference to the stream.

 * @param aDataStream Stream to be read

 * @param aGroup The SmfGroup object to be internalized

 * @return reference to the stream

 */

SMFCLIENT_EXPORT QDataStream &operator>>( QDataStream &aDataStream, 

		SmfGroup &aGroup);

typedef QList<SmfGroup> SmfGroupList;

// Make the class SmfGroup known to QMetaType, so that as to register it.

Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(SmfGroup)

Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QList<SmfGroup>)

#endif /* SMFGROUP_H_ */