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     1 /*
       
     2 * Copyright (c) 2001-2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
       
     3 * All rights reserved.
       
     4 * This component and the accompanying materials are made available
       
     5 * under the terms of the License "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
       
     6 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available
       
     7 * at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
       
     8 *
       
     9 * Initial Contributors:
       
    10 * Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
       
    11 *
       
    12 * Contributors:
       
    13 *
       
    14 * Description: 
       
    15 *
       
    16 */
       
    17 
       
    18 
       
    19 
       
    20 
       
    21 /**
       
    22  @file
       
    23  @publishedPartner
       
    24  @released    
       
    25 */
       
    26 
       
    27 
       
    28 #ifndef __MCTTOKENOBJECT_H__
       
    29 #define __MCTTOKENOBJECT_H__
       
    30 
       
    31 class MCTToken;
       
    32 
       
    33 /** 
       
    34  * The base class for all token objects.
       
    35  *
       
    36  * Any object representing something managed via a particular token interface 
       
    37  * should be derived from this class. It provides certain common attributes that 
       
    38  * all objects must have (e.g. Label, Type, Token, Handle) and code to interact 
       
    39  * with the token's reference counting code. Token objects themselves are not 
       
    40  * reference counted, but the token will not be closed while token objects from 
       
    41  * it remain in existence. (Token objects can implement their own reference counting 
       
    42  * framework if required.) 
       
    43  *
       
    44  * @since v7.0 
       
    45  */
       
    46 class MCTTokenObject 
       
    47 	{
       
    48 public:
       
    49 	/** 
       
    50 	 * Releases the MCTTokenObject object.
       
    51 	 *
       
    52 	 * To be called when you have finished with the object. 
       
    53 	 */
       
    54 	IMPORT_C void Release();
       
    55 
       
    56 	/** 
       
    57 	 * Gets the object's human-readable label.	
       
    58 	 *
       
    59 	 * @return	A human-readable label of the object. 
       
    60 	 */
       
    61 	virtual const TDesC& Label() const = 0;
       
    62 	
       
    63 	/** 
       
    64 	 * Gets a reference to the associated token.
       
    65 	 *
       
    66 	 * @return	The associated token. 
       
    67 	 */
       
    68 	virtual MCTToken& Token() const = 0;
       
    69 
       
    70 	/** 
       
    71 	 * Gets the UID representing the type of the token object.
       
    72 	 *
       
    73 	 * The meanings of possible UIDs should be documented in the documentation for 
       
    74 	 * the interface that returns them.
       
    75 	 *
       
    76 	 * @return	The UID representing the type of the token object. 
       
    77 	 */
       
    78 	virtual TUid Type() const = 0;
       
    79 
       
    80 	/** 
       
    81 	 * Gets a handle for the object.
       
    82 	 *
       
    83 	 * The primary purpose of the handle is to allow token objects to be 'passed' 
       
    84 	 * between processes. 
       
    85 	 *
       
    86 	 * @see TCTTokenObjectHandle for more details. 
       
    87 	 * @return	The handle of the Token Object. 
       
    88 	 */
       
    89 	virtual TCTTokenObjectHandle Handle() const = 0;
       
    90  protected:
       
    91 	/** 
       
    92 	 * Releases the object once the base-class framework work has been done.
       
    93 	 * 
       
    94 	 * The default implementation simply does a 'delete this', but derived classes 
       
    95 	 * can substitute their own behaviour; for instance, to implement reference counting 
       
    96 	 * of the token objects themselves. 
       
    97 	 */
       
    98 	IMPORT_C virtual void DoRelease();
       
    99 
       
   100 	/**
       
   101 	 * Constructor. This needs a token in order to increment the
       
   102 	 * token's reference count. 
       
   103 	 * 
       
   104 	 * @param aToken	The associated token.
       
   105 	 */
       
   106 	IMPORT_C MCTTokenObject(MCTToken& aToken);
       
   107 
       
   108 	/** This destructor is protected as clients should use Release() instead. 
       
   109 	*/
       
   110 	inline virtual ~MCTTokenObject() = 0;
       
   111 
       
   112 	/** 
       
   113 	 * Increments the token's reference count by one.  
       
   114 	 * 
       
   115 	 * This is neccessary to allow derived classes to implement their own 
       
   116 	 * reference counting, as Release() automatically call Release() on the token. 
       
   117 	 */
       
   118 	IMPORT_C void AddTokenRef();
       
   119 	};
       
   120 
       
   121 /** 
       
   122  * Destructor.
       
   123  *
       
   124  * Frees all resources owned by the object, prior to its destruction. 
       
   125  */
       
   126 inline MCTTokenObject::~MCTTokenObject()
       
   127 	{
       
   128 	}
       
   129 
       
   130 #endif