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+<!DOCTYPE concept
+  PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Concept//EN" "concept.dtd">
+<concept id="GUID-6501FAFF-6E21-5BC8-BA85-B1B4CE1AC6A7-GENID-1-10-1-6-1-1-4-1-7-1-6-1" xml:lang="en"><title>Phone
+number utility overview</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>
+<section id="GUID-648FA965-ED6E-432E-BE02-0AD632DA2630-GENID-1-10-1-6-1-1-4-1-7-1-6-1-2-1"><title>Purpose</title> <p>The
+Phone Number Utility is part of the Symbian Text Utility Component (<codeph>etul.dll</codeph>)
+and it offers methods for parsing and validating phone numbers. </p> <p>Examples
+of valid phone numbers: </p> <ul>
+<li id="GUID-C6D1DCE8-CC29-5C1D-840F-E22390F3F878-GENID-1-10-1-6-1-1-4-1-7-1-6-1-2-1-4-1"><p>1. +358501234567 </p> </li>
+<li id="GUID-912697C8-0BFF-57BA-9B08-7D760F4E4F6F-GENID-1-10-1-6-1-1-4-1-7-1-6-1-2-1-4-2"><p>2. +358 (50) 123 4567 </p> </li>
+</ul> <p>Even though both of the above examples are valid phone numbers, only
+the first one is accepted as a phone number by many systems. To convert the
+second number to the first number, parsing methods of Phone Number Utility
+can be used. </p> </section>
+<section id="GUID-CB2CAEEF-131E-48F2-A53E-3716C386E7C8-GENID-1-10-1-6-1-1-4-1-7-1-6-1-2-2"><title>Architectural
+Relationships</title> <p>The <xref href="GUID-2ABFC65A-FA52-36AB-8910-99D3A10A2D66.dita"><apiname>TulPhoneNumberUtils</apiname></xref> class
+implements the static methods that make up the interface. </p> <p>Phone Number
+Utility can be accessed through the <xref href="GUID-2ABFC65A-FA52-36AB-8910-99D3A10A2D66.dita"><apiname>TulPhoneNumberUtils</apiname></xref> class
+that is defined in the header <codeph>tulphonenumberutils.h</codeph>. This
+utility is linked to the <codeph>etul.lib</codeph> library. </p> </section>
+<section id="GUID-0C7FB3A9-2B7A-4576-B4A0-CDF706769D2C-GENID-1-10-1-6-1-1-4-1-7-1-6-1-2-3"><title>Description</title> <p><b>Method
+Information</b> </p> <p>The enumerated type <xref href="GUID-2ABFC65A-FA52-36AB-8910-99D3A10A2D66.dita"><apiname>TPhoneNumberType</apiname></xref> is
+used to specify the type of phone number for some of the methods below. </p> <table id="GUID-FD36C6FF-407D-5705-AE6E-62B2EC9D0C4E-GENID-1-10-1-6-1-1-4-1-7-1-6-1-2-3-4">
+<tgroup cols="2"><colspec colname="col0"/><colspec colname="col1"/>
+<thead>
+<row>
+<entry>Method name</entry>
+<entry>Details</entry>
+</row>
+</thead>
+<tbody>
+<row>
+<entry><p> <codeph>static TBool ParsePhoneNumber(TDes&amp; aNumber,      
+               TPhoneNumberType aType)</codeph>  </p> </entry>
+<entry><p>Removes irrelevant characters and white space from the supplied
+phone number. Allowed characters are determined by phone number type, in other
+words, the <codeph>aType</codeph> parameter. For example, parsing the number <codeph>+358
+(40) 123 467</codeph> results in the number <codeph>+35840123467</codeph>. </p> </entry>
+</row>
+<row>
+<entry><p> <codeph>static TBool IsValidPhoneNumber(const TDesC&amp; aNumber,
+                     TPhoneNumberType aType)</codeph>  </p> </entry>
+<entry><p>Checks if the supplied phone number is a valid phone number of the
+supplied type. </p> </entry>
+</row>
+<row>
+<entry><p> <codeph>TBool IsValidPhoneNumber(const TDesC&amp; aNumber, const
+                     TDesC&amp; aValidChars)</codeph>  </p> </entry>
+<entry><p>Checks if the supplied phone number is a valid phone number. The
+phone number is valid if it contains only characters specified by the parameter <codeph>aValidChars.</codeph>  </p> </entry>
+</row>
+<row>
+<entry><p> <codeph>static void ParseInvalidChars(TDes&amp; aNumber, const
+                     TDesC&amp; aInvalidChars)</codeph>  </p> </entry>
+<entry><p>Removes the specified invalid characters from the supplied phone
+number string. </p> </entry>
+</row>
+</tbody>
+</tgroup>
+</table> <p><b>Example</b> </p> <p>The following example shows how to use
+the <codeph>TulPhoneNumberUtils</codeph> class parsing methods: </p> <codeblock id="GUID-BE0A3654-7CDF-536E-9392-D884E557163D-GENID-1-10-1-6-1-1-4-1-7-1-6-1-2-3-7" xml:space="preserve">TBuf&lt;50&gt; number = _L("+358 (40) 123 132");
+TBool validNumber = TulPhoneNumberUtils::ParsePhoneNumber(number,
+                        TulPhoneNumberUtils::EPlainPhoneNumber );
+// validNumber == ETrue;
+// number == "+35840123132"
+
+SendSMS(number) // etc..
+
+// OR
+
+TBuf&lt;50&gt; number = _L("+358 (40) 123p132"); // note 'p'
+TBool validNumber = TulPhoneNumberUtils::ParsePhoneNumber(number,
+                        TulPhoneNumberUtils::EPlainPhoneNumber );
+
+// validNumber == EFalse;
+// number == "+358 (40) 123p132" // unchanged
+</codeblock> <p>For more information on individual methods, please see the
+reference API for <xref href="GUID-2ABFC65A-FA52-36AB-8910-99D3A10A2D66.dita"><apiname>TulPhoneNumberUtils</apiname></xref>  </p> </section>
+</conbody></concept>
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