epoc32/include/app/MVPbkViewContact.h
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     1.4 +/*
     1.5 +* Copyright (c) 2004-2007 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
     1.6 +* All rights reserved.
     1.7 +* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
     1.8 +* under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
     1.9 +* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
    1.10 +* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
    1.11 +*
    1.12 +* Initial Contributors:
    1.13 +* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
    1.14 +*
    1.15 +* Contributors:
    1.16 +*
    1.17 +* Description:  An interface for a view contact
    1.18 +*
    1.19 +*/
    1.20 +
    1.21 +
    1.22 +#ifndef MVPBKVIEWCONTACT_H
    1.23 +#define MVPBKVIEWCONTACT_H
    1.24 +
    1.25 +
    1.26 +// INCLUDES
    1.27 +#include <e32def.h>
    1.28 +#include <mvpbkbasecontact.h>
    1.29 +
    1.30 +
    1.31 +// FORWARD DECLARATIONS
    1.32 +class MVPbkContactViewBase;
    1.33 +class MVPbkContactStore;
    1.34 +class MVPbkExpandable;
    1.35 +
    1.36 +// CLASS DECLARATIONS
    1.37 +
    1.38 +/**
    1.39 + * An interface for a view contact.
    1.40 + *
    1.41 + * As the name already says the view contact is a contact in a view.
    1.42 + * It contains the fields that were defined in the sort order of the view.
    1.43 + * However, a store implementation possibly have limitations of field types
    1.44 + * that can be used in the sort order. If the store doesn't support the given
    1.45 + * field type in a view contact it sets the data of those fields to zero length.
    1.46 + * The order of the fields are same as in a sort order.
    1.47 + *
    1.48 + * @see MVPbkContactViewBase
    1.49 + */
    1.50 +class MVPbkViewContact : public MVPbkBaseContact
    1.51 +    {
    1.52 +    protected:  // destructor
    1.53 +        /**
    1.54 +         * Destructor.
    1.55 +         */
    1.56 +        virtual ~MVPbkViewContact() { }
    1.57 +
    1.58 +    public:  // New functions
    1.59 +        /**
    1.60 +         * Returns the parent view of the contact.
    1.61 +         *
    1.62 +         * @return The parent view of the contact.
    1.63 +         */
    1.64 +        virtual MVPbkContactViewBase& ParentView() const = 0;
    1.65 +
    1.66 +        /**
    1.67 +         * Reads the whole contact from the store asynchronously.
    1.68 +         *
    1.69 +         * A client can use this if it has a reference of the view contact but
    1.70 +         * it needs all the data fields instead of only those that are included
    1.71 +         * in the view contact.
    1.72 +         *
    1.73 +         * The contact is returned in a call back.
    1.74 +         *
    1.75 +         * @param aObserver An observer to call back when this operation 
    1.76 +         *                  completes. The observer will not be called if this
    1.77 +         *                  function leaves.
    1.78 +         * @exception KErrInUse If another asynchronous operation is already 
    1.79 +         *                      in progress.
    1.80 +         */
    1.81 +        virtual void ReadL( MVPbkContactObserver& aObserver ) const = 0;
    1.82 +
    1.83 +        /**
    1.84 +         * Reads the whole contact and locks it for modification 
    1.85 +         * asynchronously.
    1.86 +         *
    1.87 +         * A client can use this if it has a reference of the view contact and
    1.88 +         * it needs to modify the contact.
    1.89 +         *
    1.90 +         * The contact is returned in a call back.
    1.91 +         *
    1.92 +         * @param aObserver An observer to call back when this operation 
    1.93 +         *                  completes. The observer will not be called if this
    1.94 +         *                  function leaves.
    1.95 +         * @exception KErrInUse If another asynchronous operation is already 
    1.96 +         *                      in progress.
    1.97 +         * @exception KErrAccessDenied if contact is read-only
    1.98 +         */
    1.99 +        virtual void ReadAndLockL( MVPbkContactObserver& aObserver ) const = 0;
   1.100 +
   1.101 +        /**
   1.102 +         * Returns expandable interface for this object or NULL if expanding is 
   1.103 +         * not supported.
   1.104 +         *
   1.105 +         * Examples are a contact group that can be expanded to its members view
   1.106 +         * or a folding view that can be extended to its internals. Client can
   1.107 +         * get the type of the view from MVPbkContactViewBase::Type which is useful
   1.108 +         * for knowing the type of expansion.
   1.109 +         *
   1.110 +         * @return An expansion or NULL.
   1.111 +         */
   1.112 +        virtual MVPbkExpandable* Expandable() const = 0;
   1.113 +
   1.114 +        /**
   1.115 +         * Returns ETrue if two contacts are same.
   1.116 +         *
   1.117 +         * @param aOtherContact A contact to be compared.
   1.118 +         * @param aContactStore The store of the aOtherContact.
   1.119 +         * @return ETrue if two contacts are same.
   1.120 +         */
   1.121 +        virtual TBool IsSame( const MVPbkViewContact& aOtherContact, 
   1.122 +                              const MVPbkContactStore* aContactStore ) const = 0;
   1.123 +        
   1.124 +        /**
   1.125 +         * Returns ETrue if two contacts are same.
   1.126 +         *
   1.127 +         * @param aOtherContact A contact to be compared.
   1.128 +         * @param aContactStore The store of the aOtherContact.
   1.129 +         * @return ETrue if two contacts are same.
   1.130 +         */                    
   1.131 +        virtual TBool IsSame( const MVPbkStoreContact& aOtherContact, 
   1.132 +                              const MVPbkContactStore* aContactStore ) const = 0;
   1.133 +       
   1.134 +        /**
   1.135 +         * Returns an extension point for this interface or NULL.
   1.136 +         *
   1.137 +         * @param aExtensionUid no extensions defined currently.
   1.138 +         * @return An extension point for this interface or NULL.
   1.139 +         */
   1.140 +        virtual TAny* ViewContactExtension( TUid /*aExtensionUid*/ ) 
   1.141 +                { return NULL; }
   1.142 +
   1.143 +    public:  // from MVPbkBaseContact
   1.144 +        /// Do not override
   1.145 +        virtual TBool IsSame( const MVPbkBaseContact& aOtherContact ) const
   1.146 +            {
   1.147 +            return aOtherContact.IsSame(*this);
   1.148 +            }
   1.149 +
   1.150 +    };
   1.151 +
   1.152 +
   1.153 +#endif  // MVPBKVIEWCONTACT_H
   1.154 +
   1.155 +//End of file
   1.156 +
   1.157 +