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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2002-2007 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+* All rights reserved.
+* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+* under the terms of "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:  Virtual Phonebook base interface for contact fields.
+*
+*/
+
+
+#ifndef MVPBKBASECONTACTFIELD_H
+#define MVPBKBASECONTACTFIELD_H
+
+// INCLUDES
+#include <e32cmn.h>
+#include <e32std.h>
+#include <mvpbkobjecthierarchy.h>
+
+// FORWARD DECLARATIONS
+class MVPbkBaseContact;
+class MVPbkFieldType;
+class MVPbkFieldTypeList;
+class MVPbkContactFieldData;
+
+// CLASS DECLARATIONS
+
+/**
+ * Virtual Phonebook Base contact field interface.
+ * An abstract interface Virtual Phonebook read-only contact fields.
+ */
+class MVPbkBaseContactField
+    {
+    public:  // Destructor
+        /**
+         * Destructor.
+         */
+        virtual ~MVPbkBaseContactField() { }
+
+    public:  // Interface
+        /**
+         * Returns the parent contact where this field is from.
+         *
+         * @return The parent contact where this field is from.
+         */
+        virtual MVPbkBaseContact& ParentContact() const = 0;
+
+        /**
+         * Returns this field's type or NULL if no mapping exists
+         * between the native type and virtual phonebook type.
+         *
+         * @param aMatchPriority    matching priority to use.
+         * @return The field type or NULL
+         * @postcond !FieldType(list) || list.ContainsSame(*FieldType(list))
+         */
+        virtual const MVPbkFieldType* MatchFieldType(
+                TInt aMatchPriority) const =0;
+        
+        /**
+         * Returns the best matching type of the field or NULL 
+         * if no mapping exists between the native type and 
+         * virtual phonebook type. This is the same as looping 
+         * MatchFieldType from priority 0 and getting the first 
+         * matched type.
+         *
+         * @return The field type or NULL
+         * @postcond !FieldType(list) || list.ContainsSame(*FieldType(list))
+         */
+        virtual const MVPbkFieldType* BestMatchingFieldType() const = 0;
+
+        /**
+         * Returns this field's data storage (read-only). The actual
+         * data type can be get using the static Cast functions in actual
+         * classes.
+         * 
+         * @see MVPbkContactFieldTextData
+         * @see MVPbkContactFieldBinaryData
+         * @see MVPbkContactFieldDateTimeData
+         * @return This field's data storage (read-only).
+         */
+        virtual const MVPbkContactFieldData& FieldData() const = 0;
+
+        /**
+         * Returns true if this field is the same as another field in the
+         * contact instance. 
+         * Doesn't work for fields from different contact instances.
+         * Always use this method instead of direct pointer comparison.
+         *
+         * @param aOther another field inside the contact
+         * @return ETrue if contact is same
+         */
+        virtual TBool IsSame(const MVPbkBaseContactField& aOther) const = 0;
+
+        /**
+         * Returns an extension point for this interface or NULL.
+         * @param aExtensionUid Uid of extension
+         * @return Extension point or NULL
+         */
+        virtual TAny* BaseContactFieldExtension(
+                TUid /*aExtensionUid*/) { return NULL; }
+
+    };
+
+#endif  // MVPBKBASECONTACTFIELD_H
+
+// End of file