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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2006 The Android Open Source Project
      3  *
      4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
      7  *
      8  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
      9  *
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     15  */
     16 
     17 package android.view;
     18 
     19 import android.graphics.Rect;
     20 
     21 /**
     22  * Defines the responsibilities for a class that will be a parent of a View.
     23  * This is the API that a view sees when it wants to interact with its parent.
     24  *
     25  */
     26 public interface ViewParent {
     27     /**
     28      * Called when something has changed which has invalidated the layout of a
     29      * child of this view parent. This will schedule a layout pass of the view
     30      * tree.
     31      */
     32     public void requestLayout();
     33 
     34     /**
     35      * Indicates whether layout was requested on this view parent.
     36      *
     37      * @return true if layout was requested, false otherwise
     38      */
     39     public boolean isLayoutRequested();
     40 
     41     /**
     42      * Called when a child wants the view hierarchy to gather and report
     43      * transparent regions to the window compositor. Views that "punch" holes in
     44      * the view hierarchy, such as SurfaceView can use this API to improve
     45      * performance of the system. When no such a view is present in the
     46      * hierarchy, this optimization in unnecessary and might slightly reduce the
     47      * view hierarchy performance.
     48      *
     49      * @param child the view requesting the transparent region computation
     50      *
     51      */
     52     public void requestTransparentRegion(View child);
     53 
     54     /**
     55      * All or part of a child is dirty and needs to be redrawn.
     56      *
     57      * @param child The child which is dirty
     58      * @param r The area within the child that is invalid
     59      */
     60     public void invalidateChild(View child, Rect r);
     61 
     62     /**
     63      * All or part of a child is dirty and needs to be redrawn.
     64      *
     65      * The location array is an array of two int values which respectively
     66      * define the left and the top position of the dirty child.
     67      *
     68      * This method must return the parent of this ViewParent if the specified
     69      * rectangle must be invalidated in the parent. If the specified rectangle
     70      * does not require invalidation in the parent or if the parent does not
     71      * exist, this method must return null.
     72      *
     73      * When this method returns a non-null value, the location array must
     74      * have been updated with the left and top coordinates of this ViewParent.
     75      *
     76      * @param location An array of 2 ints containing the left and top
     77      *        coordinates of the child to invalidate
     78      * @param r The area within the child that is invalid
     79      *
     80      * @return the parent of this ViewParent or null
     81      */
     82     public ViewParent invalidateChildInParent(int[] location, Rect r);
     83 
     84     /**
     85      * Returns the parent if it exists, or null.
     86      *
     87      * @return a ViewParent or null if this ViewParent does not have a parent
     88      */
     89     public ViewParent getParent();
     90 
     91     /**
     92      * Called when a child of this parent wants focus
     93      *
     94      * @param child The child of this ViewParent that wants focus. This view
     95      *        will contain the focused view. It is not necessarily the view that
     96      *        actually has focus.
     97      * @param focused The view that is a descendant of child that actually has
     98      *        focus
     99      */
    100     public void requestChildFocus(View child, View focused);
    101 
    102     /**
    103      * Tell view hierarchy that the global view attributes need to be
    104      * re-evaluated.
    105      *
    106      * @param child View whose attributes have changed.
    107      */
    108     public void recomputeViewAttributes(View child);
    109 
    110     /**
    111      * Called when a child of this parent is giving up focus
    112      *
    113      * @param child The view that is giving up focus
    114      */
    115     public void clearChildFocus(View child);
    116 
    117     public boolean getChildVisibleRect(View child, Rect r, android.graphics.Point offset);
    118 
    119     /**
    120      * Find the nearest view in the specified direction that wants to take focus
    121      *
    122      * @param v The view that currently has focus
    123      * @param direction One of FOCUS_UP, FOCUS_DOWN, FOCUS_LEFT, and FOCUS_RIGHT
    124      */
    125     public View focusSearch(View v, int direction);
    126 
    127     /**
    128      * Change the z order of the child so it's on top of all other children
    129      *
    130      * @param child
    131      */
    132     public void bringChildToFront(View child);
    133 
    134     /**
    135      * Tells the parent that a new focusable view has become available. This is
    136      * to handle transitions from the case where there are no focusable views to
    137      * the case where the first focusable view appears.
    138      *
    139      * @param v The view that has become newly focusable
    140      */
    141     public void focusableViewAvailable(View v);
    142 
    143     /**
    144      * Bring up a context menu for the specified view or its ancestors.
    145      * <p>
    146      * In most cases, a subclass does not need to override this.  However, if
    147      * the subclass is added directly to the window manager (for example,
    148      * {@link ViewManager#addView(View, android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams)})
    149      * then it should override this and show the context menu.
    150      *
    151      * @param originalView The source view where the context menu was first invoked
    152      * @return true if a context menu was displayed
    153      */
    154     public boolean showContextMenuForChild(View originalView);
    155 
    156     /**
    157      * Have the parent populate the specified context menu if it has anything to
    158      * add (and then recurse on its parent).
    159      *
    160      * @param menu The menu to populate
    161      */
    162     public void createContextMenu(ContextMenu menu);
    163 
    164     /**
    165      * This method is called on the parent when a child's drawable state
    166      * has changed.
    167      *
    168      * @param child The child whose drawable state has changed.
    169      */
    170     public void childDrawableStateChanged(View child);
    171 
    172     /**
    173      * Called when a child does not want this parent and its ancestors to
    174      * intercept touch events with
    175      * {@link ViewGroup#onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent)}.
    176      * <p>
    177      * This parent should pass this call onto its parents. This parent must obey
    178      * this request for the duration of the touch (that is, only clear the flag
    179      * after this parent has received an up or a cancel.
    180      *
    181      * @param disallowIntercept True if the child does not want the parent to
    182      *            intercept touch events.
    183      */
    184     public void requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(boolean disallowIntercept);
    185 
    186     /**
    187      * Called when a child of this group wants a particular rectangle to be
    188      * positioned onto the screen.  {@link ViewGroup}s overriding this can trust
    189      * that:
    190      * <ul>
    191      *   <li>child will be a direct child of this group</li>
    192      *   <li>rectangle will be in the child's coordinates</li>
    193      * </ul>
    194      *
    195      * <p>{@link ViewGroup}s overriding this should uphold the contract:</p>
    196      * <ul>
    197      *   <li>nothing will change if the rectangle is already visible</li>
    198      *   <li>the view port will be scrolled only just enough to make the
    199      *       rectangle visible</li>
    200      * <ul>
    201      *
    202      * @param child The direct child making the request.
    203      * @param rectangle The rectangle in the child's coordinates the child
    204      *        wishes to be on the screen.
    205      * @param immediate True to forbid animated or delayed scrolling,
    206      *        false otherwise
    207      * @return Whether the group scrolled to handle the operation
    208      */
    209     public boolean requestChildRectangleOnScreen(View child, Rect rectangle,
    210             boolean immediate);
    211 }
    212