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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). 
+* All rights reserved.
+* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+* under the terms of the License "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:  
+*
+*/
+
+
+
+#ifndef SORTUTIL_H
+#define SORTUTIL_H
+
+//  INCLUDES
+#include <e32base.h>
+
+// DATA TYPES
+/**
+ * Type of a sort key.
+ */
+enum TSortKeyType
+    {
+    /// Basic sort key
+    ESortKeyBasic,
+    /// Pronounciation sort key
+    ESortKeyPronounciation
+    };
+
+// CLASS DECLARATION
+
+/**
+ * Sort key. A pair of text and TSortKeyType.
+ */
+class TSortKey
+    {
+public:
+    inline TSortKey(const TDesC& aText, TSortKeyType aType) :
+        iText(aText), iType(aType) { }
+
+    inline const TDesC& Text() const { return iText; }
+    inline TSortKeyType Type() const { return iType; }
+
+private:
+    TPtrC iText;
+    TSortKeyType iType;
+    };
+
+/**
+ * An abstract array of TSortKey objects.
+ */
+class MSortKeyArray
+    {
+public:
+    virtual ~MSortKeyArray() { }
+    virtual TInt SortKeyCount() const =0;
+    virtual TSortKey SortKeyAt(TInt aIndex) const =0;
+    };
+
+
+/**
+ * SortUtil API.
+ */
+class MSortUtil
+    {
+public:
+    /**
+     * Compares two MSortKeyArrays.
+     * @see MSortKeyArray
+     *
+     * @param aLhs  the left-hand-side sort key array.
+     * @param aRhs  the right-hand-side sort key array.
+     * @return  0  if aLhs and aRhs have equal sorting order.
+     *         >0  if aLhs is sorted after aRhs
+     *         <0  if aLhs is sorted before aRhs.
+     */
+    virtual TInt CompareItems(const MSortKeyArray& aLhs, const MSortKeyArray& aRhs) const =0;
+    };
+
+/**
+* CSortUtil instance gives access to MSortUtil interface.
+*/
+NONSHARABLE_CLASS(CSortUtil) : public CBase
+    {
+    public: // Constructors and destructor
+        IMPORT_C static CSortUtil* NewL();
+        ~CSortUtil();
+
+    public: // New functions
+        MSortUtil* Interface() {return iInterface;}
+
+    private: // Private constructors
+        CSortUtil();
+        void ConstructL();
+
+    private: // Data
+        MSortUtil* iInterface;
+        RLibrary iLib;
+    };
+
+#endif // SORTUTIL_H
+
+// End of File