src/com/android/quicksearchbox/ui/SuggestionViewFactory.java

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package com.android.quicksearchbox.ui;

import com.android.quicksearchbox.Suggestion;
import com.android.quicksearchbox.SuggestionCursor;

import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Factory interface for suggestion views.
 */
public interface SuggestionViewFactory {

    /**
     * Returns all the view types that are used by this factory. Each view type corresponds to a
     * specific layout that is used to display suggestions. The returned set must have at least one
     * item in it.
     *
     * View types must be unique across all suggestion view factories.
     */
    Collection<String> getSuggestionViewTypes();

    /**
     * Returns the view type to be used for displaying the given suggestion. This MUST correspond to
     * one of the view types returned by {@link #getSuggestionViewTypes()}.
     */
    String getViewType(Suggestion suggestion);

    /**
     * Gets a view corresponding to the current suggestion in the given cursor.
     *
     * @param convertView The old view to reuse, if possible. Note: You should check that this view
     *        is non-null and of an appropriate type before using. If it is not possible to convert
     *        this view to display the correct data, this method can create a new view.
     * @param parent The parent that this view will eventually be attached to
     * @return A View corresponding to the data within this suggestion.
     */
    View getView(SuggestionCursor suggestion, String userQuery, View convertView, ViewGroup parent);

    /**
     * Checks whether this factory can create views for the given suggestion.
     */
    boolean canCreateView(Suggestion suggestion);

}