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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+* All rights reserved.
+* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+* under the terms of "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:
+* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+*
+* Contributors:
+*
+* Description:  Base class for animation timing models.
+*
+*/
+
+#ifndef AKNSALTIMINGMODEL_H
+#define AKNSALTIMINGMODEL_H
+
+// INCLUDE FILES
+#include <e32std.h>
+
+// FORWARD DECLARATIONS
+class MAknsRlParameterIterator;
+
+// CONSTANTS
+/**
+* Maximum value of relative value. Relative value is in 16.16 fixed point
+* format. Relative value range [0, KMaxRelative] maps to floating point
+* range [0, 1].
+*/
+const TInt KAlMaxRelative = 65536;
+
+// CLASS DECLARATION
+/**
+* Base class for animation timing models. Implementing class may choose what
+* ticking method is supported (real-time or timestamped or both).
+*
+* @since 3.0
+*/
+class MAknsAlTimingModel
+    {
+    public:
+        inline virtual ~MAknsAlTimingModel() {}
+
+    public:
+        /**
+        * Sets the parameters for this timing model.
+        *
+        * If any parameter appears more than once in the given iterator (or in
+        * iterators given in more than one call to this method), the latest
+        * parameter value must be used. Already set parameters can not be
+        * removed, but their values can be updated.
+        *
+        * Any parameters not supported by this timing model at all (i.e., the
+        * name of the parameter is not recognized) must be ignored silently.
+        * If parameter type or value is not supported, the plugin may leave
+        * with @c KErrArgument.
+        *
+        * If a particular combination of parameters is not supported (and
+        * further calls to this method can not change the situation), the
+        * timing model may leave with @c KErrArgument.
+        *
+        * @c SetParametersL should also leave if the parameter values can not
+        * be stored, e.g. because of an OOM condition.
+        *
+        * @param aParameters Iterator to the parameters. The iterator (and all
+        *   the returned values) is guaranteed to be valid during the call
+        *   to this method. No ownership is transferred, unless specified
+        *   otherwise in iterator API.
+        *
+        * @par Exceptions:
+        * If parameter setup fails (i.e. this method leaves with an error
+        * code), the animation creation will fail.
+        */
+        virtual void SetParametersL( MAknsRlParameterIterator& aParameters ) =0;
+
+        /**
+        * Advances the timing model.
+        *
+        * @param aDeltaTime The time difference between the this and the last
+        *                   update, in milliseconds.
+        */
+        virtual void Tick( const TInt aDeltaTime ) =0;
+
+        /**
+        * Ticks the timing model to the point in time defined by the timestamp.
+        */
+        virtual void Tick( const TTime& aStamp ) =0;
+
+        /**
+        * @return The current relative value. Fixed point, 16.16 format, always
+        * in range [0, 1] (when interpreted as a real number).
+        */
+        virtual TUint32 RelativeValue() const =0;
+
+        /**
+        * @return ETrue if the animation has finished, otherwise EFalse.
+        */
+        virtual TBool IsFinished() const =0;
+
+        /**
+        * Restores the model state to the beginning of time span.
+        */
+        virtual void Begin() =0;
+
+    public:
+        inline static void CleanupOp( TAny* aItem )
+            {
+            MAknsAlTimingModel* model =
+                static_cast<MAknsAlTimingModel*>( aItem );
+            delete model;
+            }
+
+    };
+
+#endif // AKNSALTIMINGMODEL_H
+
+// End of File