diff -r 86af6c333601 -r 0446eb7b28aa smf/inc/common/smfcontacts/smfcontact.h
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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 "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 contact class represents a social contact
+ * Note: This class has dependencies on QtMobility project
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef SMFCONTACT_H_
+#define SMFCONTACT_H_
+
+#include "qtcontacts.h"
+#include <qdatastream.h>
+#include <QSharedData>
+#include <smfclientglobal.h>
+
+using namespace QtMobility;
+
+class SmfContactPrivate;
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup smf_common_group
+ * The contact class represents a social contact
+ * 
+ * Note: This class has dependencies on QtMobility project
+ */
+class SMFCLIENT_EXPORT SmfContact : public QObject
+	{
+	Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+	/**
+	 * Constructor with default argument
+	 * @param aParent The parent object
+	 */
+	SmfContact( QObject *aParent = 0 );
+	
+	/**
+	 * Copy Constructor
+	 * @param aOther The reference object
+	 */
+	SmfContact( const SmfContact &aOther );
+	
+	/**
+	 * Destructor
+	 */
+	~SmfContact( );
+	
+public slots:
+	/**
+	 * Method to get the available sub fields for contacts.
+	 * The following are the available sub types of a contact
+	 *   QtMobility::QContactAddress		Address;
+	 *   QtMobility::QContactAnniversary	Anniversary;
+	 *   QtMobility::QContactAvatar			Avatar;
+	 *   QtMobility::QContactBirthday		Birthday;
+	 *   QtMobility::QContactId				ContactId;
+	 *   QtMobility::QContactEmailAddress	EmailAddress;
+	 *   QtMobility::QContactGender			Gender;
+	 *   QtMobility::QContactGeolocation	Geolocation;
+	 *   QtMobility::QContactGuid			Guid;
+	 *   QtMobility::QContactName			Name;
+	 *   QtMobility::QContactNickname		Nickname;
+	 *   QtMobility::QContactNote			Note;
+	 *   QtMobility::QContactOnlineAccount	OnlineAccount;
+	 *   QtMobility::QContactOrganization	Organization;
+	 *   QtMobility::QContactPhoneNumber	PhoneNumber;
+	 *   QtMobility::QContactTimestamp		Timestamp;
+	 *   QtMobility::QContactType			Type;
+	 *   QtMobility::QContactUrl			Url;
+	 * @return The Available sub fields for this contact
+	 */
+	QStringList subTypes( ) const;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Method to convert an SmfContact to a QContact
+	 * Changes made to the returned QContact will not be reflected 
+	 * in its parent SmfContact object
+	 * @param aContact QContact corresponding to SmfContact 
+	 */
+	void convert( QContact &aContact ) const;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Method to get the value of a sub field for this contact
+	 * @param aSubType The sub field type 
+	 * @return The value of the sub field subType
+	 * @see subTypes()
+	 */
+	QVariant value( const QString& aSubType ) const;
+	
+private:
+	QSharedDataPointer<SmfContactPrivate> d;
+	
+	friend QDataStream &operator<<( QDataStream &aDataStream, 
+			const SmfContact &aContact );
+
+	friend QDataStream &operator>>( QDataStream &aDataStream, 
+			SmfContact &aContact );
+	
+	};
+
+
+/**
+ * Method for Externalization. Writes the SmfContact object to 
+ * the stream and returns a reference to the stream.
+ * @param aDataStream Stream to be written
+ * @param aContact The SmfContact object to be externalized
+ * @return reference to the written stream
+ */
+QDataStream &operator<<( QDataStream &aDataStream, 
+		const SmfContact &aContact );
+
+/**
+ * Method for Internalization. Reads a SmfContact object from 
+ * the stream and returns a reference to the stream.
+ * @param aDataStream Stream to be read
+ * @param aContact The SmfContact object to be internalized
+ * @return reference to the stream
+ */
+QDataStream &operator>>( QDataStream &aDataStream, 
+		SmfContact &aContact );
+
+// Make the class SmfContact known to QMetaType, so that as to register it.
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(SmfContact)
+
+#endif /* SMFCONTACT_H_ */