diff -r c39a6cfd1fb9 -r be09cf1f39dd smf/smfservermodule/smfclient/common/smfprovider.h
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+++ b/smf/smfservermodule/smfclient/common/smfprovider.h	Tue May 18 17:37:12 2010 +0530
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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 SmfEvent class represents an event
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef SMFPROVIDER_H
+#define SMFPROVIDER_H
+
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QImage>
+#include <QUrl>
+#include <QStringList>
+#include <QMetaType>
+
+#include "SmfClientGlobal.h"
+/**
+ * @ingroup smf_client_group 
+ * Interface for a base service provider. Other service provider classes contains 
+ * implementation of this base class so that each has access to service provider 
+ * information.
+ * All of the functionality described here should be implemented by a service
+ * specific plug-in object.
+ */
+//TODO:- put SMFCLIENT_EXPORT
+//TODO:- QList<SmfProvider> gives error if its derived from QObject
+class SMFCLIENT_EXPORT SmfProvider //: public QObject
+{
+  //Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+  /**
+   *  Seeing as this is a plug-in implementation, these will realistically be generated by SMF factory of some kind
+   */
+   
+  SmfProvider(QObject* parent = 0);
+  ~SmfProvider();
+
+public:
+  /**
+   * Localizable name of the service 
+   * @return service name
+   */
+  QString serviceName() const; 
+  
+  /**
+   * Logo of the service
+   * @return logo image of the service
+   */
+  QImage serviceIcon() const; 
+  
+  /**
+   * Readable service description
+   * @return service description
+   */
+  QString description() const; 
+  
+  /*
+   * Website of the service
+   */
+  QUrl serviceUrl() const;
+  
+  /**
+   * URL of the application providing this service
+   */
+  QUrl applicationUrl() const; //
+  
+  /**
+   * service types - list of interfaces that this provider support
+   */
+  QList<QString> serviceTypes() const;
+  
+  /////////////////////////////////////////set APIs
+  /**
+   * Localizable name of the service 
+   * 
+   */
+  void serviceName(QString& name); 
+  
+  /**
+   * Logo of the service
+   * 
+   */
+  void serviceIcon(QImage& image) ; 
+  
+  /**
+   * Readable service description
+   * 
+   */
+  void description(QString& desc) ; 
+  
+  /*
+   * Website of the service
+   */
+  void serviceUrl(QUrl& url) ;
+  
+  /**
+   * URL of the application providing this service
+   */
+  void applicationUrl(QUrl& url) ; 
+  
+  /**
+   * service types - list of interfaces that this provider support
+   */
+ void serviceTypes( QStringList& types);
+ //TODO:- making data mems public just for testing, later provide set apis
+//private:
+public:
+  QString m_serviceName;
+  QImage m_serviceIcon;
+  QString m_description;
+  QUrl m_serviceUrl;
+  QUrl m_appUrl;
+  QStringList m_serviceTypes;
+  friend QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &, const SmfProvider&);
+  friend QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &, SmfProvider&);
+};
+/**
+* Externalization
+*/
+SMFCLIENT_EXPORT QDataStream &operator<<(QDataStream &, const SmfProvider&);
+/**
+ * Internalization
+ */
+SMFCLIENT_EXPORT QDataStream &operator>>(QDataStream &, SmfProvider&);
+
+typedef QList<SmfProvider> SmfProviderList;
+
+// Make the class SmfProvider known to QMetaType, so that as to register it.
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(SmfProvider)
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(QList<SmfProvider>)
+
+#endif // SMFPROVIDER_H