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/*!
    \group qml-contacts
    \title QML Contacts
    QML Support for the QtMobility Project Contacts API.

*/


/*!
    \page qml-contacts.html

    \title Contacts QML Plugin

    \brief A QML plugin for the QtMobility Project Contacts API.



    \section1 Overview

    The identifying string for this component is \i {"QtMobility.contacts"}.
    Use this in the QML \i {import} statement.

    The Contacts QML plugin supplies filters to search for contacts
    with particular values for various properties in the contact details. The Contact itself
    is represented by a model called a \l {ContactModel}.
    This model supplies a rich selection of properties to display or to use
    as filter criteria. We can also construct a series of filters and combine
    them using the \l {IntersectionFilter} and \l {UnionFilter}
    to represent a logical 'and' and 'or' of the results. Other properties also give
    control over the filter logic, such as \l {DetailRangeFilter::rangeFlags} {RangeFlags}
    and the \l {DetailFilter::matchFlags}{MatchFlags}.

    \section2 ContactModel element

    The \l ContactModel element is used to perform the requests on a contacts store.
    As an example consider the follow QML code which has a \l ContactModel element
    containing a filter and a list of sort orders. The contacts will be restricted 
    to those living in Australia who are either male or born between 1970 and 1984.
    
    The list of contacts in this ContactModel will firstly sort on the contacts' organization name
    and then sort on the contacts' first name.

    \code
        import QtMobility.contacts 1.1

        ...

        model: ContactModel {

            filter: IntersectionFilter {
                DetailFilter {
                    detail:ContactDetail.Address
                    field: Address.Country
                    value: "Australia"
                }
                UnionFilter {
                    DetailRangeFilter {
                        detail:ContactDetail.Birthday
                        field:Birthday.Birthday
                        min: '1970-01-01'
                        max: '1984-12-31'
                    }
                    DetailFilter {
                        detail:ContactDetail.Gender
                        field:Gender.Gender
                        value:Gender.Male
                    }
                }
            }
            sortOrders: [
               SortOrder {
                  detail:ContactDetail.Organization
                  field:Organization.Name
                  direction:Qt.AscendingOrder
               },
               SortOrder {
                  detail:ContactDetail.Name
                  field:Name.FirstName
                  direction:Qt.AscendingOrder
               }
            ]
        }
    \endcode

    \section2 Contact element

    The \l {Contact} element represents a single contact instance from a the contacts store. 
    All contact details are organized as group properties. The following snippet shows how 
    you can construct a Contact object in QML:
    \code

    Rectangle {
        id: topItem
        width: 360
        height: 640
        x: 0
        y: 0

        Contact {
            id: myContact
            Name {
                firstName:"John"
                lastName:"Gates"
            }

            EmailAddress {
                emailAddress:"john@example.com"
            }
            EmailAddress {
                emailAddress:"mygmailaccount@gmail.com"
            }

            address.street:"53 Mysteet St"
            address.locality: "My City"
            address.region: "My Region"
            address.postcode:"1111"
            address.country:"My Country"
            address.subTypes:[Address.Postal, Address.Domestic]
            address.postOfficeBox:"1111"

            Nickname {
                nickname:"John"
            }

            PhoneNumber {
                number: "1111111111"
                subTypes:[PhoneNumber.Mobile]
            }

            PhoneNumber {
                number: "2222222222"
                subTypes:[PhoneNumber.Fax]
            }

            PhoneNumber {
                number: "3333333333"
                subTypes:[PhoneNumber.Landline]
            }
        }


        Column {
            spacing:4

            //access the same property with different syntaxes
            Text { text:"Name(from property name):" + myContact.name.firstName + " " + myContact.name.lastName }
            Text { text:"Name(from detail type):" + myContact.detail(ContactDetail.Name).firstName + " " + myContact.name.lastName }
            Text { text:"Name(from detail name):" + myContact.detail("Name").firstName + " " + myContact.name.lastName }

            Text { text:"Address:" + myContact.address.street + " " + myContact.address.locality + " " + myContact.address.region + " " + myContact.address.postcode }

            //If a contact contains multiple details for the same detail type, you can access them with the dynamic property names.
            Text { text:"How many email accounts?:" + myContact.emails.length }
            Text { text:"Email[0]:" + myContact.emails[0].emailAddress }

            Text { text:"How many phone numbers?:" + myContact.phoneNumbers.length }
            Text { text:"phone number[0]:" + myContact.phoneNumbers[0].number }
            Text { text:"phone number[1]:" + myContact.phoneNumbers[1].number }
            Text { text:"phone number[2]:" + myContact.phoneNumbers[2].number }
        }
    }

    \endcode

    \section1 Contacts Elements

    \annotatedlist  qml-contacts

*/