plugin/com/android/im/plugin/ImPlugin.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2008 Esmertec AG.
 * Copyright (C) 2008 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.android.im.plugin;

import java.util.Map;

public interface ImPlugin {
    /**
     * Gets a map of branding resources for the provider. The keys are defined
     * in {@link com.android.im.plugin.BrandingResourceIDs}. The values are the
     * resource identifiers generated by the aapt tool.
     *
     * @return The map of branding resources.
     */
    Map<Integer, Integer> getResourceMap();

    /**
     * Gets an array of IDs of the smiley icons. The sequence of the IDs must
     * much the strings defined in {@link BrandingResourceIDs#STRING_ARRAY_SMILEY_TEXTS}.
     *
     * The IDs are generated by the aapt tool.
     *
     * @return An array of the IDs of the smiley icons.
     */
    int[] getSmileyIconIds();

    /**
     * Gets the configuration for the provider. The keys MUST match the values
     * defined in {@link ImConfigNames} and {@link ImpsConfigNames}
     *
     * @return the configuration for the provider.
     */
    Map<String, String> getProviderConfig();
}