core/java/android/text/method/KeyListener.java

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 * Copyright (C) 2006 The Android Open Source Project
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package android.text.method;

import android.text.Editable;
import android.view.KeyEvent;
import android.view.View;

/**
 * Interface for converting text key events into edit operations on an
 * Editable class.  Note that for must cases this interface has been
 * superceded by general soft input methods as defined by
 * {@link android.view.inputmethod.InputMethod}; it should only be used
 * for cases where an application has its own on-screen keypad and also wants
 * to process hard keyboard events to match it.
 */
public interface KeyListener {
    /**
     * Return the type of text that this key listener is manipulating,
     * as per {@link android.text.InputType}.  This is used to
     * determine the mode of the soft keyboard that is shown for the editor.
     * 
     * <p>If you return
     * {@link android.text.InputType#TYPE_NULL}
     * then <em>no</em> soft keyboard will provided.  In other words, you
     * must be providing your own key pad for on-screen input and the key
     * listener will be used to handle input from a hard keyboard.
     * 
     * <p>If you
     * return any other value, a soft input method will be created when the
     * user puts focus in the editor, which will provide a keypad and also
     * consume hard key events.  This means that the key listener will generally
     * not be used, instead the soft input method will take care of managing
     * key input as per the content type returned here.
     */
    public int getInputType();
    
    /**
     * If the key listener wants to handle this key, return true,
     * otherwise return false and the caller (i.e. the widget host)
     * will handle the key.
     */
    public boolean onKeyDown(View view, Editable text,
                             int keyCode, KeyEvent event);

    /**
     * If the key listener wants to handle this key release, return true,
     * otherwise return false and the caller (i.e. the widget host)
     * will handle the key.
     */
    public boolean onKeyUp(View view, Editable text,
                           int keyCode, KeyEvent event);
    
    /**
     * If the key listener wants to other kinds of key events, return true,
     * otherwise return false and the caller (i.e. the widget host)
     * will handle the key.
     */
    public boolean onKeyOther(View view, Editable text, KeyEvent event);
    
    /**
     * Remove the given shift states from the edited text.
     */
    public void clearMetaKeyState(View view, Editable content, int states);
}