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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2010 Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd.
+* All rights reserved.
+* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+* under the terms of the "{License}"
+* which accompanies  this distribution, and is available
+* at the URL "{LicenseUrl}".
+*
+* Initial Contributors:
+* Chandradeep Gandhi, Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd - Initial contribution
+*
+* Contributors:
+*
+* Description:
+* Interface spefication for posting updates to a social site
+*
+*/
+#ifndef SMFPOSTPROVIDER_H
+#define SMFPOSTPROVIDER_H
+
+class SmfProvider; //base-class for service provider
+class SmfContact; //class for Contact in a social network
+class SmfLocationInfo; //class for geo location
+class SmfPost; //class for information (text, image and url) contained in post in social network
+
+/**
+ * Interface to search for contacts/connections from a service provider. This class
+ * provides basic functionality to allow applications to obtain list of
+ * contacts or friends in a social networking service.
+ *
+ * Note that branding information for the particular service implementation
+ * is available from base-class functions. See also:
+ * SmfProvider::serviceName(), SmfProvider::serviceIcon(), SmfProvider::description()
+ *
+ * All of the functionality described here should be implemented by a service
+ * specific plug-in object.
+ */
+class SmfPostProvider : public SmfProvider
+{
+  Q_OBJECT;
+
+public:
+  // Seeing as this is a plug-in implementation, these will realistically
+  // be generated by SMF factory of some kind
+  SmfPostProvider(QObject* parent = 0);
+  ~SmfPostProvider();
+
+public:
+  // Get the friend listing - might be made asynchrnous later
+  virtual QList<SmfPost> getPosts(SmfStatusData statusData) = 0; // list of contact objects
+  virtual SmfContactModel   model() = 0; // maybe we can make a QItemModel-derived model?
+
+
+slots:
+  virtual void updatePost(SmfPost postData,SmfLocationInfo location) = 0; // list of contact objects
+  virtual void updatePostDirected(SmfPost postData,SmfContact contact,SmfLocationInfo location) = 0; // list of contact objects
+  virtual QList<SmfContact> postAppearence(SmfPresenceInfo appearence) = 0; // appear offline, busy, do-not-disturb
+
+signals:
+  // Notification of remote changes to the contactlist,
+  // probably should be done through model
+  virtual void friendsChanged() = 0;
+  virtual void followersChanged() = 0;
+  virtual void groupChanged() = 0;
+};
+
+#endif // SMFPOSTPROVIDER_H