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<concept id="GUID-993A732B-13F8-48B6-B0C5-7246FA6828DF" xml:lang="en"><title>Class

structure for the toolbar API</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<p>The Toolbar API consists of following classes: <xref href="jar:GUID-759FBC7F-5384-4487-8457-A8D4B76F6AA6.jar!/html/classCAknToolbar.html" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>CAknToolbar</codeph></xref>, <xref href="jar:GUID-759FBC7F-5384-4487-8457-A8D4B76F6AA6.jar!/html/classCAknToolbarExtension.html" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>CAknToolbarExtension</codeph></xref>,

and <xref href="jar:GUID-759FBC7F-5384-4487-8457-A8D4B76F6AA6.jar!/html/classMAknToolbarObserver.html" format="application/java-archive"><codeph>MAknToolbarObserver</codeph></xref>.

The Toolbar API class structure and its simplified environment is described

in the figure below.</p>

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<title>Toolbar API class structure</title>

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<p><codeph>CAknToolbar</codeph> is the API main class that provides the most

of the API functionality. The UI framework classes <codeph>CEikAppUiFactory</codeph>, <codeph>CAknView</codeph>,

and <codeph>CAknAppUi</codeph> take care of creating and destructing the <codeph>CAknToolbar</codeph> object.

Moreover, you can access the toolbar in your application through these UI

framework classes.  </p>

<p><codeph>CAknToolbar</codeph> is a compound (window-owning) control that

contains simple (non-window-owning) controls that are the toolbar items. Toolbar

items can be for example <codeph>CAknButton</codeph> type controls. Each toolbar

can also have one extension that expands the toolbar. The extension contains

also for example <codeph>CAknButton</codeph> type controls.  </p>

<p><codeph>MAknToolbarObserver</codeph> is an interface that can be used to

observe toolbar events. The application class can implement this interface

and register itself as the toolbar observer. <codeph>CAknToolbar</codeph> then

informs the observer when toolbar events occur (when toolbar is about to be

shown and when some toolbar item state has changed e.g. a button is pressed).</p>