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C++ APIs in Symbian^3</title><shortdesc>The following new C++ APIs are introduced in Symbian^3.</shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody><table id="GUID-2FD9A877-1A75-4ADD-8B9A-B2FA4A9EB7C4-GENID-1-4-1-1-6-1-3-1">

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<thead>

<row>

<entry>API</entry>

<entry>Description</entry>

</row>

</thead>

<tbody>

<row>

<entry><p><b>Beagle Variant Header APIs</b></p></entry>

<entry><p>Provides variant layer headers for the Beagle platform. For more

information, see <xref href="GUID-F495E5B1-C34B-315B-A834-8D8B883C0AE4.dita"><apiname>Beagle</apiname></xref>.</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p><b>E-mail Widget API</b></p></entry>

<entry><p>ECom plugin API that Third-party e-mail solutions implement to publish

e-mail data to Home Screen widget. </p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p><b>exFAT File System APIs</b></p></entry>

<entry><p>Provides the "exFAT" file system. For more information, see <xref href="GUID-1AA5A20B-7CDD-3EF1-86B0-0B66AB1CC94D.dita"><apiname>TVolFormatParam_exFAT</apiname></xref>. </p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p><b>Extended Content Publisher API</b></p></entry>

<entry><p>Provides interfaces for Home Screen content publisher plug-ins.</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p><b>EUser High Level (EUserHL) Library APIs</b></p></entry>

<entry><p>Provides APIs to improve string handling, object creation and resource

management. For more information, see <xref href="GUID-D60B55FA-D8C1-559A-9D99-48845BE32A6C.dita">EUser

High Level Library</xref>.</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p><b>Gstreamer Library APIs</b></p></entry>

<entry><p>Provides a development framework (<xref href="http://www.gstreamer.net/" scope="external">Open source Multimedia Framework</xref>) for creating applications

like media player, streaming media broadcasters and video editors. For more

information, see <xref href="GUID-60B9404B-5102-4FBB-A32F-55F2ACFD1481.dita">Gstreamer

Overview</xref>.</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p><b>Haptics APIs</b></p></entry>

<entry><p>Provides methods for controlling the haptics feature of the Symbian

device. Both synchronous and asynchronous versions are provided for playing

various types of effects. Only synchronous methods are provided for other

functionalities, such as opening and closing an actuator, reserving and releasing

the haptics feature, and for getting various state and system information

from the haptics. For more information, see <xref href="GUID-1D3AB781-058D-353D-A5CB-49F968160BDF.dita"><apiname>CHWRMHaptics</apiname></xref>.</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p><b>Home Screen Widget Publisher API</b></p></entry>

<entry><p>Provides support for publishing logo and description of a widget.</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p><b>Libxm2 Library APIs</b></p></entry>

<entry><p>Provides APIs for XML processing, parsing and validation. For more

information, see <xref href="GUID-33D50AB9-AFA8-521F-8A85-031C24EA7D25.dita">Libxml2

Overview</xref>.</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p><b>Location Centre Utility APIs</b></p></entry>

<entry><p>Provides the application, service and file launching services to

Location Centre. For more information, see <xref href="GUID-E941B121-6FA5-3E1C-828F-493CF451C400.dita"><apiname>CLcAppLauncher</apiname></xref>.</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry align="justify"><p><b>NFC Discovery API</b></p></entry>

<entry align="justify"><p>Used for subscribing and discovering Tags and NDEF

messages.</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry align="justify"><p><b>NFC Tag Extension API</b></p></entry>

<entry align="justify"><p>Provides implementation and access (read/write)

methods for different types of NFC targets.</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry align="justify"><p><b>NDEF API</b></p></entry>

<entry align="justify"><p>Used for handling NDEF messages and accessing NDEF

messages on Tags. </p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry align="justify"><p><b>NFC Peer-to-Peer API</b></p></entry>

<entry align="justify"><p>Provides LLCP (Logical Link Control Protocol) API

for peer to peer communication between NFC devices.</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry align="justify"><p><b>NFC Content Handler API</b></p></entry>

<entry align="justify"><p>ECOM plug-in interface for subscribing and receiving

NDEF messages.</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p><b>OpenWF Composition APIs</b></p></entry>

<entry><p>Supports the open standard for layered graphics composition developed

by the <xref href="http://www.khronos.org/" scope="external">Khronos Group</xref>.

For more information, see <xref href="GUID-3B9AC7E9-3133-505F-9C1E-EB4BB4969838.dita">OpenWF

Composition Interface Overview</xref>.</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p><b>OpenWF Support APIs</b></p></entry>

<entry><p>Provides a Symbian-specific implementation of platform-specific

elements of the OpenWF-C specification and abstracts communication between

the OpenWF-C Engine and other Symbian graphics components. For more information,

see <xref href="GUID-83510B5B-9725-5272-BF51-23A089178DAC.dita">OpenWF Support

Component Overview</xref>.</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p><b>Puny Code Converter APIs</b></p></entry>

<entry><p>Provides support for converting the Unicode formatted domain names

to ASCII format that can be resolved by the external DNS server. For more

information, see <xref href="GUID-B008D6F3-DCC2-3715-AF89-50CF84BA8F88.dita"><apiname>TPunyCodeDndName</apiname></xref>.</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p><b>SQLite 3 APIs</b></p></entry>

<entry><p>Provides an implementation of the native SQLite C APIs. For more

information, see <xref href="GUID-02C9C31A-6563-59E4-BF46-129F4ED95087.dita">SQLite

3</xref>.</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p><b>Standard C++ Library (STLport v5) APIs</b></p></entry>

<entry><p>Provides a Standard C++ environment with IOStream and STL (Standard

Template Library) libraries that enable you to develop or port Standard C++

applications or libraries quickly and easily onto the Symbian platform. For

more information, see <xref href="GUID-2C5B58F2-6BD2-5C2B-8E1B-CFB3D7EB6ED9.dita">Standard

C++ Library (STLport v5)</xref>.</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p><b>System State Manager Mapper Utility APIs</b></p></entry>

<entry><p>Provides a utility class for mapping UIDs, getting feature and system

states and <codeph>cenrep</codeph> values. For more information, see <xref href="GUID-E4676CCC-5066-3CC9-A6BB-594C45C7D6F7.dita"><apiname>CSsmMapperUtility</apiname></xref>.</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p><b>User Prompt Service APIs</b></p></entry>

<entry><p>Allows device creators to choose whether security decisions (for

example, allowing an application to make a network connection) are processed

silently or require the user to be prompted. For more information, see <xref href="GUID-5329AE68-39E0-55E7-9878-2D8FF9E29B21.dita">User Prompt Service</xref>.</p></entry>

</row>

<row>

<entry><p><b>XML DOM Engine and XPath APIs</b></p></entry>

<entry><p>Implements the standard DOM API (tree-based XML parsing and editing),

including XPath and serialization extensions. For more information, see <xref href="GUID-05A3E75B-25F9-54AC-8AF8-3E97F832E626.dita">XML DOM Engine</xref>.</p></entry>

</row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</table></conbody><related-links>

<linklist>

<link href="GUID-13987218-9427-455E-AC77-ADE6B0E9CD7E.dita"><linktext>Introduction

to Symbian^3</linktext></link>

<link href="GUID-6F1ED7D0-5F41-4587-89AA-8DDE7AEC916F.dita"><linktext>What's new

in Symbian^3</linktext></link>

<link href="GUID-021E8B9C-4A1B-4C6D-B69E-4337A766C39A.dita"><linktext>Porting applications

to Symbian^3</linktext></link>

</linklist>

</related-links></concept>