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     15  */
     16 
     17 package com.android.inputmethod.latin;
     18 
     19 /**
     20  * Abstract base class for a dictionary that can do a fuzzy search for words based on a set of key
     21  * strokes.
     22  */
     23 abstract public class Dictionary {
     24 
     25     /**
     26      * Whether or not to replicate the typed word in the suggested list, even if it's valid.
     27      */
     28     protected static final boolean INCLUDE_TYPED_WORD_IF_VALID = false;
     29 
     30     /**
     31      * The weight to give to a word if it's length is the same as the number of typed characters.
     32      */
     33     protected static final int FULL_WORD_FREQ_MULTIPLIER = 2;
     34 
     35     /**
     36      * Interface to be implemented by classes requesting words to be fetched from the dictionary.
     37      * @see #getWords(WordComposer, WordCallback)
     38      */
     39     public interface WordCallback {
     40         /**
     41          * Adds a word to a list of suggestions. The word is expected to be ordered based on
     42          * the provided frequency.
     43          * @param word the character array containing the word
     44          * @param wordOffset starting offset of the word in the character array
     45          * @param wordLength length of valid characters in the character array
     46          * @param frequency the frequency of occurence. This is normalized between 1 and 255, but
     47          * can exceed those limits
     48          * @return true if the word was added, false if no more words are required
     49          */
     50         boolean addWord(char[] word, int wordOffset, int wordLength, int frequency);
     51     }
     52 
     53     /**
     54      * Searches for words in the dictionary that match the characters in the composer. Matched
     55      * words are added through the callback object.
     56      * @param composer the key sequence to match
     57      * @param callback the callback object to send matched words to as possible candidates
     58      * @param nextLettersFrequencies array of frequencies of next letters that could follow the
     59      *        word so far. For instance, "bracke" can be followed by "t", so array['t'] will have
     60      *        a non-zero value on returning from this method.
     61      *        Pass in null if you don't want the dictionary to look up next letters.
     62      * @see WordCallback#addWord(char[], int, int)
     63      */
     64     abstract public void getWords(final WordComposer composer, final WordCallback callback,
     65             int[] nextLettersFrequencies);
     66 
     67     /**
     68      * Checks if the given word occurs in the dictionary
     69      * @param word the word to search for. The search should be case-insensitive.
     70      * @return true if the word exists, false otherwise
     71      */
     72     abstract public boolean isValidWord(CharSequence word);
     73 
     74     /**
     75      * Compares the contents of the character array with the typed word and returns true if they
     76      * are the same.
     77      * @param word the array of characters that make up the word
     78      * @param length the number of valid characters in the character array
     79      * @param typedWord the word to compare with
     80      * @return true if they are the same, false otherwise.
     81      */
     82     protected boolean same(final char[] word, final int length, final CharSequence typedWord) {
     83         if (typedWord.length() != length) {
     84             return false;
     85         }
     86         for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
     87             if (word[i] != typedWord.charAt(i)) {
     88                 return false;
     89             }
     90         }
     91         return true;
     92     }
     93 
     94     /**
     95      * Override to clean up any resources.
     96      */
     97     public void close() {
     98     }
     99 }
    100