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     16 
     17 package android.view;
     18 
     19 import android.graphics.Rect;
     20 import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityEvent;
     21 
     22 /**
     23  * Defines the responsibilities for a class that will be a parent of a View.
     24  * This is the API that a view sees when it wants to interact with its parent.
     25  *
     26  */
     27 public interface ViewParent {
     28     /**
     29      * Called when something has changed which has invalidated the layout of a
     30      * child of this view parent. This will schedule a layout pass of the view
     31      * tree.
     32      */
     33     public void requestLayout();
     34 
     35     /**
     36      * Indicates whether layout was requested on this view parent.
     37      *
     38      * @return true if layout was requested, false otherwise
     39      */
     40     public boolean isLayoutRequested();
     41 
     42     /**
     43      * Called when a child wants the view hierarchy to gather and report
     44      * transparent regions to the window compositor. Views that "punch" holes in
     45      * the view hierarchy, such as SurfaceView can use this API to improve
     46      * performance of the system. When no such a view is present in the
     47      * hierarchy, this optimization in unnecessary and might slightly reduce the
     48      * view hierarchy performance.
     49      *
     50      * @param child the view requesting the transparent region computation
     51      *
     52      */
     53     public void requestTransparentRegion(View child);
     54 
     55     /**
     56      * All or part of a child is dirty and needs to be redrawn.
     57      *
     58      * @param child The child which is dirty
     59      * @param r The area within the child that is invalid
     60      */
     61     public void invalidateChild(View child, Rect r);
     62 
     63     /**
     64      * All or part of a child is dirty and needs to be redrawn.
     65      *
     66      * <p>The location array is an array of two int values which respectively
     67      * define the left and the top position of the dirty child.</p>
     68      *
     69      * <p>This method must return the parent of this ViewParent if the specified
     70      * rectangle must be invalidated in the parent. If the specified rectangle
     71      * does not require invalidation in the parent or if the parent does not
     72      * exist, this method must return null.</p>
     73      *
     74      * <p>When this method returns a non-null value, the location array must
     75      * have been updated with the left and top coordinates of this ViewParent.</p>
     76      *
     77      * @param location An array of 2 ints containing the left and top
     78      *        coordinates of the child to invalidate
     79      * @param r The area within the child that is invalid
     80      *
     81      * @return the parent of this ViewParent or null
     82      */
     83     public ViewParent invalidateChildInParent(int[] location, Rect r);
     84 
     85     /**
     86      * Returns the parent if it exists, or null.
     87      *
     88      * @return a ViewParent or null if this ViewParent does not have a parent
     89      */
     90     public ViewParent getParent();
     91 
     92     /**
     93      * Called when a child of this parent wants focus
     94      *
     95      * @param child The child of this ViewParent that wants focus. This view
     96      *        will contain the focused view. It is not necessarily the view that
     97      *        actually has focus.
     98      * @param focused The view that is a descendant of child that actually has
     99      *        focus
    100      */
    101     public void requestChildFocus(View child, View focused);
    102 
    103     /**
    104      * Tell view hierarchy that the global view attributes need to be
    105      * re-evaluated.
    106      *
    107      * @param child View whose attributes have changed.
    108      */
    109     public void recomputeViewAttributes(View child);
    110 
    111     /**
    112      * Called when a child of this parent is giving up focus
    113      *
    114      * @param child The view that is giving up focus
    115      */
    116     public void clearChildFocus(View child);
    117 
    118     /**
    119      * Compute the visible part of a rectangular region defined in terms of a child view's
    120      * coordinates.
    121      *
    122      * <p>Returns the clipped visible part of the rectangle <code>r</code>, defined in the
    123      * <code>child</code>'s local coordinate system. <code>r</code> is modified by this method to
    124      * contain the result, expressed in the global (root) coordinate system.</p>
    125      *
    126      * <p>The resulting rectangle is always axis aligned. If a rotation is applied to a node in the
    127      * View hierarchy, the result is the axis-aligned bounding box of the visible rectangle.</p>
    128      *
    129      * @param child A child View, whose rectangular visible region we want to compute
    130      * @param r The input rectangle, defined in the child coordinate system. Will be overwritten to
    131      * contain the resulting visible rectangle, expressed in global (root) coordinates
    132      * @param offset The input coordinates of a point, defined in the child coordinate system.
    133      * As with the <code>r</code> parameter, this will be overwritten to contain the global (root)
    134      * coordinates of that point.
    135      * A <code>null</code> value is valid (in case you are not interested in this result)
    136      * @return true if the resulting rectangle is not empty, false otherwise
    137      */
    138     public boolean getChildVisibleRect(View child, Rect r, android.graphics.Point offset);
    139 
    140     /**
    141      * Find the nearest view in the specified direction that wants to take focus
    142      *
    143      * @param v The view that currently has focus
    144      * @param direction One of FOCUS_UP, FOCUS_DOWN, FOCUS_LEFT, and FOCUS_RIGHT
    145      */
    146     public View focusSearch(View v, int direction);
    147 
    148     /**
    149      * Change the z order of the child so it's on top of all other children
    150      *
    151      * @param child
    152      */
    153     public void bringChildToFront(View child);
    154 
    155     /**
    156      * Tells the parent that a new focusable view has become available. This is
    157      * to handle transitions from the case where there are no focusable views to
    158      * the case where the first focusable view appears.
    159      *
    160      * @param v The view that has become newly focusable
    161      */
    162     public void focusableViewAvailable(View v);
    163 
    164     /**
    165      * Bring up a context menu for the specified view or its ancestors.
    166      *
    167      * <p>In most cases, a subclass does not need to override this.  However, if
    168      * the subclass is added directly to the window manager (for example,
    169      * {@link ViewManager#addView(View, android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams)})
    170      * then it should override this and show the context menu.</p>
    171      *
    172      * @param originalView The source view where the context menu was first invoked
    173      * @return true if a context menu was displayed
    174      */
    175     public boolean showContextMenuForChild(View originalView);
    176 
    177     /**
    178      * Have the parent populate the specified context menu if it has anything to
    179      * add (and then recurse on its parent).
    180      *
    181      * @param menu The menu to populate
    182      */
    183     public void createContextMenu(ContextMenu menu);
    184 
    185     /**
    186      * Start an action mode for the specified view.
    187      *
    188      * <p>In most cases, a subclass does not need to override this. However, if the
    189      * subclass is added directly to the window manager (for example,
    190      * {@link ViewManager#addView(View, android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams)})
    191      * then it should override this and start the action mode.</p>
    192      *
    193      * @param originalView The source view where the action mode was first invoked
    194      * @param callback The callback that will handle lifecycle events for the action mode
    195      * @return The new action mode if it was started, null otherwise
    196      */
    197     public ActionMode startActionModeForChild(View originalView, ActionMode.Callback callback);
    198 
    199     /**
    200      * This method is called on the parent when a child's drawable state
    201      * has changed.
    202      *
    203      * @param child The child whose drawable state has changed.
    204      */
    205     public void childDrawableStateChanged(View child);
    206 
    207     /**
    208      * Called when a child does not want this parent and its ancestors to
    209      * intercept touch events with
    210      * {@link ViewGroup#onInterceptTouchEvent(MotionEvent)}.
    211      *
    212      * <p>This parent should pass this call onto its parents. This parent must obey
    213      * this request for the duration of the touch (that is, only clear the flag
    214      * after this parent has received an up or a cancel.</p>
    215      *
    216      * @param disallowIntercept True if the child does not want the parent to
    217      *            intercept touch events.
    218      */
    219     public void requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(boolean disallowIntercept);
    220 
    221     /**
    222      * Called when a child of this group wants a particular rectangle to be
    223      * positioned onto the screen.  {@link ViewGroup}s overriding this can trust
    224      * that:
    225      * <ul>
    226      *   <li>child will be a direct child of this group</li>
    227      *   <li>rectangle will be in the child's coordinates</li>
    228      * </ul>
    229      *
    230      * <p>{@link ViewGroup}s overriding this should uphold the contract:</p>
    231      * <ul>
    232      *   <li>nothing will change if the rectangle is already visible</li>
    233      *   <li>the view port will be scrolled only just enough to make the
    234      *       rectangle visible</li>
    235      * <ul>
    236      *
    237      * @param child The direct child making the request.
    238      * @param rectangle The rectangle in the child's coordinates the child
    239      *        wishes to be on the screen.
    240      * @param immediate True to forbid animated or delayed scrolling,
    241      *        false otherwise
    242      * @return Whether the group scrolled to handle the operation
    243      */
    244     public boolean requestChildRectangleOnScreen(View child, Rect rectangle,
    245             boolean immediate);
    246 
    247     /**
    248      * Called by a child to request from its parent to send an {@link AccessibilityEvent}.
    249      * The child has already populated a record for itself in the event and is delegating
    250      * to its parent to send the event. The parent can optionally add a record for itself.
    251      * <p>
    252      * Note: An accessibility event is fired by an individual view which populates the
    253      *       event with a record for its state and requests from its parent to perform
    254      *       the sending. The parent can optionally add a record for itself before
    255      *       dispatching the request to its parent. A parent can also choose not to
    256      *       respect the request for sending the event. The accessibility event is sent
    257      *       by the topmost view in the view tree.</p>
    258      *
    259      * @param child The child which requests sending the event.
    260      * @param event The event to be sent.
    261      * @return True if the event was sent.
    262      */
    263     public boolean requestSendAccessibilityEvent(View child, AccessibilityEvent event);
    264 }
    265