diff -r dec420019252 -r 4f111d64a341 videocollection/videocollectionwrapper/inc/videocollectionutils.h
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+++ b/videocollection/videocollectionwrapper/inc/videocollectionutils.h	Thu Apr 01 22:38:49 2010 +0300
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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2009 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:   VideoCollectionUtils class definition*
+*/
+
+#ifndef __VIDEOCOLLECTIONUTILS_H__
+#define __VIDEOCOLLECTIONUTILS_H__
+
+
+// INCLUDES
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QString>
+#include <mpxmedia.h>
+
+class VideoCollectionUtils
+{    
+    
+    /**
+     * disable copy-constructor and assignment operator
+     */
+	Q_DISABLE_COPY(VideoCollectionUtils) 
+
+public: 
+
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns singleton instance for this class.
+     * 
+     * @return The singleton instance.
+     */
+    static VideoCollectionUtils& instance();
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets QString value from provided media -object based on attribute provided
+     * 
+     * @param CMPXMedia* pointer to media object from where to get data
+     * @param TMPXAttributeData& attribute to look for
+     * @param QString& wanted value
+     * 
+     * @return bool true data value gotten ok
+     */
+    template<class T>
+    bool mediaValue(const CMPXMedia *media, const TMPXAttributeData& attribute, QString& result)
+    {
+        bool status = false;
+        if( media && media->IsSupported(attribute))
+        {
+            HBufC* valueText = NULL;        
+            valueText = media->ValueText( attribute ).Alloc();
+            if (valueText && valueText->Length() > 0)
+            {
+                // temp QString needed to make sure string is initialized correctly (Error  #424)
+                QString text((QChar*)valueText->Des().Ptr(),valueText->Length());
+                result = text;
+                status = true;
+            }
+            delete valueText;
+        }
+        return status;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets typed value from provided media -object based on attribute provided
+     * 
+     * @param CMPXMedia* pointer to media object from where to get data
+     * @param TMPXAttributeData& attribute to look for
+     * @param T& wanted value
+     * 
+     * @return bool true data value gotten ok
+     */
+    template<class T>
+    bool mediaValue(const CMPXMedia *media, const TMPXAttributeData& attribute, T& result)
+    {
+        bool status = false;
+        if(media && media->IsSupported(attribute))
+        {
+            T *pointer = 0;
+            pointer = media->Value<T>(attribute);
+            if(pointer)
+            {
+                result = *pointer;
+                status = true;
+            }
+        }          
+        return status;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets typed pointer from provided media -object based on attribute provided
+     * 
+     * @param CMPXMedia* pointer to media object from where to get data
+     * @param TMPXAttributeData& attribute to look for
+     * 
+     * @return T* pointer to wanted data (NULL if does not succeed)
+     */
+    template<class T>
+    T* mediaValuePtr(const CMPXMedia *media, const TMPXAttributeData& attribute)
+    {
+        T *pointer = 0;
+        if(media && media->IsSupported(attribute))
+        {
+            pointer = media->Value<T>(attribute);
+        }          
+        return pointer;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Prepares length string from given value.
+     * 
+     * @param length Length value in seconds.
+     * @return Length as string (for example "1min 45sec").
+     */
+    QString prepareLengthString(quint32 length);
+    
+    /**
+     * Prepares size string from the given value.
+     * 
+     * @param size Size value in bytes
+     * @return Size as string (for example "450 kB").
+     */
+    QString prepareSizeString(quint32 size);
+    
+
+private: 
+
+	/**
+	 * Default constructor
+     */
+    VideoCollectionUtils();	
+	
+	/**
+     * Destructor
+     */
+	~VideoCollectionUtils();	
+	
+ 
+    
+};
+#endif  // __VIDEOCOLLECTIONUTILS_H__
+
+// End of file
+    
+
+