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      1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
      2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
      3 // found in the LICENSE file.
      4 
      5 #ifndef CHROME_BROWSER_AUTOCOMPLETE_AUTOCOMPLETE_PROVIDER_H_
      6 #define CHROME_BROWSER_AUTOCOMPLETE_AUTOCOMPLETE_PROVIDER_H_
      7 
      8 #include <string>
      9 
     10 #include "base/basictypes.h"
     11 #include "base/memory/ref_counted.h"
     12 #include "base/strings/string16.h"
     13 #include "chrome/browser/autocomplete/autocomplete_match.h"
     14 #include "chrome/common/metrics/proto/omnibox_event.pb.h"
     15 
     16 class AutocompleteInput;
     17 class AutocompleteProviderListener;
     18 class GURL;
     19 class Profile;
     20 
     21 typedef std::vector<metrics::OmniboxEventProto_ProviderInfo> ProvidersInfo;
     22 
     23 // The AutocompleteProviders each return different kinds of matches,
     24 // such as history or search matches.  These matches are given
     25 // "relevance" scores.  Higher scores are better matches than lower
     26 // scores.  The relevance scores and classes providing the respective
     27 // matches are as listed below.
     28 //
     29 // IMPORTANT CAVEAT: The tables below are NOT COMPLETE.  Developers
     30 // often forget to keep these tables in sync with the code when they
     31 // change scoring algorithms or add new providers.  For example,
     32 // neither the HistoryQuickProvider (which is a provider that appears
     33 // often) nor the ShortcutsProvider are listed here.  For the best
     34 // idea of how scoring works and what providers are affecting which
     35 // queries, play with chrome://omnibox/ for a while.  While the tables
     36 // below may have some utility, nothing compares with first-hand
     37 // investigation and experience.
     38 //
     39 // UNKNOWN input type:
     40 // --------------------------------------------------------------------|-----
     41 // Keyword (non-substituting or in keyword UI mode, exact match)       | 1500
     42 // Extension App (exact match)                                         | 1425
     43 // HistoryURL (good exact or inline autocomplete matches, some inexact)| 1410++
     44 // HistoryURL (intranet url never visited match, some inexact matches) | 1400++
     45 // Search Primary Provider (past query in history within 2 days)       | 1399**
     46 // Search Primary Provider (what you typed)                            | 1300
     47 // HistoryURL (what you typed, some inexact matches)                   | 1200++
     48 // Extension App (inexact match)                                       | 1175*~
     49 // Keyword (substituting, exact match)                                 | 1100
     50 // Search Primary Provider (past query in history older than 2 days)   | 1050--
     51 // HistoryURL (some inexact matches)                                   |  900++
     52 // BookmarkProvider (prefix match in bookmark title)                   |  900+-
     53 // Built-in                                                            |  860++
     54 // Search Primary Provider (navigational suggestion)                   |  800++
     55 // Search Primary Provider (suggestion)                                |  600++
     56 // Keyword (inexact match)                                             |  450
     57 // Search Secondary Provider (what you typed)                          |  250
     58 // Search Secondary Provider (past query in history)                   |  200--
     59 // Search Secondary Provider (navigational suggestion)                 |  150++
     60 // Search Secondary Provider (suggestion)                              |  100++
     61 //
     62 // URL input type:
     63 // --------------------------------------------------------------------|-----
     64 // Keyword (non-substituting or in keyword UI mode, exact match)       | 1500
     65 // Extension App (exact match)                                         | 1425
     66 // HistoryURL (good exact or inline autocomplete matches, some inexact)| 1410++
     67 // HistoryURL (intranet url never visited match, some inexact matches) | 1400++
     68 // HistoryURL (what you typed, some inexact matches)                   | 1200++
     69 // Extension App (inexact match)                                       | 1175*~
     70 // Keyword (substituting, exact match)                                 | 1100
     71 // HistoryURL (some inexact matches)                                   |  900++
     72 // Built-in                                                            |  860++
     73 // Search Primary Provider (what you typed)                            |  850
     74 // Search Primary Provider (navigational suggestion)                   |  800++
     75 // Search Primary Provider (past query in history)                     |  750--
     76 // Keyword (inexact match)                                             |  700
     77 // Search Primary Provider (suggestion)                                |  300++
     78 // Search Secondary Provider (what you typed)                          |  250
     79 // Search Secondary Provider (past query in history)                   |  200--
     80 // Search Secondary Provider (navigational suggestion)                 |  150++
     81 // Search Secondary Provider (suggestion)                              |  100++
     82 //
     83 // QUERY input type:
     84 // --------------------------------------------------------------------|-----
     85 // Search Primary or Secondary (past query in history within 2 days)   | 1599**
     86 // Keyword (non-substituting or in keyword UI mode, exact match)       | 1500
     87 // Keyword (substituting, exact match)                                 | 1450
     88 // Extension App (exact match)                                         | 1425
     89 // Search Primary Provider (past query in history within 2 days)       | 1399**
     90 // Search Primary Provider (what you typed)                            | 1300
     91 // Extension App (inexact match)                                       | 1175*~
     92 // Search Primary Provider (past query in history older than 2 days)   | 1050--
     93 // HistoryURL (inexact match)                                          |  900++
     94 // BookmarkProvider (prefix match in bookmark title)                   |  900+-
     95 // Search Primary Provider (navigational suggestion)                   |  800++
     96 // Search Primary Provider (suggestion)                                |  600++
     97 // Keyword (inexact match)                                             |  450
     98 // Search Secondary Provider (what you typed)                          |  250
     99 // Search Secondary Provider (past query in history)                   |  200--
    100 // Search Secondary Provider (navigational suggestion)                 |  150++
    101 // Search Secondary Provider (suggestion)                              |  100++
    102 //
    103 // FORCED_QUERY input type:
    104 // --------------------------------------------------------------------|-----
    105 // Extension App (exact match on title only, not url)                  | 1425
    106 // Search Primary Provider (past query in history within 2 days)       | 1399**
    107 // Search Primary Provider (what you typed)                            | 1300
    108 // Extension App (inexact match on title only, not url)                | 1175*~
    109 // Search Primary Provider (past query in history older than 2 days)   | 1050--
    110 // Search Primary Provider (navigational suggestion)                   |  800++
    111 // Search Primary Provider (suggestion)                                |  600++
    112 //
    113 // (A search keyword is a keyword with a replacement string; a bookmark keyword
    114 // is a keyword with no replacement string, that is, a shortcut for a URL.)
    115 //
    116 // There are two possible providers for search suggestions. If the user has
    117 // typed a keyword, then the primary provider is the keyword provider and the
    118 // secondary provider is the default provider. If the user has not typed a
    119 // keyword, then the primary provider corresponds to the default provider.
    120 //
    121 // Search providers may supply relevance values along with their results to be
    122 // used in place of client-side calculated values.
    123 //
    124 // The value column gives the ranking returned from the various providers.
    125 // ++: a series of matches with relevance from n up to (n + max_matches).
    126 // --: relevance score falls off over time (discounted 50 points @ 15 minutes,
    127 //     450 points @ two weeks)
    128 // **: relevance score falls off over two days (discounted 99 points after two
    129 //     days).
    130 // *~: Partial matches get a score on a sliding scale from about 575-1125 based
    131 //     on how many times the URL for the Extension App has been typed and how
    132 //     many of the letters match.
    133 // +-: A base score that the provider will adjust upward or downward based on
    134 //     provider-specific metrics.
    135 //
    136 // A single result provider for the autocomplete system.  Given user input, the
    137 // provider decides what (if any) matches to return, their relevance, and their
    138 // classifications.
    139 class AutocompleteProvider
    140     : public base::RefCountedThreadSafe<AutocompleteProvider> {
    141  public:
    142   // Different AutocompleteProvider implementations.
    143   enum Type {
    144     TYPE_BOOKMARK         = 1 << 0,
    145     TYPE_BUILTIN          = 1 << 1,
    146     TYPE_CONTACT          = 1 << 2,
    147     TYPE_EXTENSION_APP    = 1 << 3,
    148     TYPE_HISTORY_QUICK    = 1 << 4,
    149     TYPE_HISTORY_URL      = 1 << 5,
    150     TYPE_KEYWORD          = 1 << 6,
    151     TYPE_SEARCH           = 1 << 7,
    152     TYPE_SHORTCUTS        = 1 << 8,
    153     TYPE_ZERO_SUGGEST     = 1 << 9,
    154   };
    155 
    156   AutocompleteProvider(AutocompleteProviderListener* listener,
    157                        Profile* profile,
    158                        Type type);
    159 
    160   // Returns a string describing a particular AutocompleteProvider type.
    161   static const char* TypeToString(Type type);
    162 
    163   // Called to start an autocomplete query.  The provider is responsible for
    164   // tracking its matches for this query and whether it is done processing the
    165   // query.  When new matches are available or the provider finishes, it
    166   // calls the controller's OnProviderUpdate() method.  The controller can then
    167   // get the new matches using the provider's accessors.
    168   // Exception: Matches available immediately after starting the query (that
    169   // is, synchronously) do not cause any notifications to be sent.  The
    170   // controller is expected to check for these without prompting (since
    171   // otherwise, starting each provider running would result in a flurry of
    172   // notifications).
    173   //
    174   // Once Stop() has been called, no more notifications should be sent.
    175   //
    176   // |minimal_changes| is an optimization that lets the provider do less work
    177   // when the |input|'s text hasn't changed.  See the body of
    178   // OmniboxPopupModel::StartAutocomplete().
    179   virtual void Start(const AutocompleteInput& input, bool minimal_changes) = 0;
    180 
    181   // Called when a provider must not make any more callbacks for the current
    182   // query. This will be called regardless of whether the provider is already
    183   // done.  If the provider caches any results, it should clear the cache based
    184   // on the value of |clear_cached_results|.
    185   virtual void Stop(bool clear_cached_results);
    186 
    187   // Returns the enum equivalent to the name of this provider.
    188   // TODO(derat): Make metrics use AutocompleteProvider::Type directly, or at
    189   // least move this method to the metrics directory.
    190   metrics::OmniboxEventProto_ProviderType AsOmniboxEventProviderType() const;
    191 
    192   // Called to delete a match and the backing data that produced it.  This
    193   // match should not appear again in this or future queries.  This can only be
    194   // called for matches the provider marks as deletable.  This should only be
    195   // called when no query is running.
    196   // NOTE: Remember to call OnProviderUpdate() if matches_ is updated.
    197   virtual void DeleteMatch(const AutocompleteMatch& match);
    198 
    199   // Called when an omnibox event log entry is generated.  This gives
    200   // a provider the opportunity to add diagnostic information to the
    201   // logs.  A provider is expected to append a single entry of whatever
    202   // information it wants to |provider_info|.
    203   virtual void AddProviderInfo(ProvidersInfo* provider_info) const;
    204 
    205   // Called when a new omnibox session starts or the current session ends.
    206   // This gives the opportunity to reset the internal state, if any, associated
    207   // with the previous session.
    208   virtual void ResetSession();
    209 
    210   // A convenience function to call net::FormatUrl() with the current set of
    211   // "Accept Languages" when check_accept_lang is true.  Otherwise, it's called
    212   // with an empty list.
    213   string16 StringForURLDisplay(const GURL& url,
    214                                bool check_accept_lang,
    215                                bool trim_http) const;
    216 
    217   // Returns the set of matches for the current query.
    218   const ACMatches& matches() const { return matches_; }
    219 
    220   // Returns whether the provider is done processing the query.
    221   bool done() const { return done_; }
    222 
    223   // Returns this provider's type.
    224   Type type() const { return type_; }
    225 
    226   // Returns a string describing this provider's type.
    227   const char* GetName() const;
    228 
    229 #ifdef UNIT_TEST
    230   void set_listener(AutocompleteProviderListener* listener) {
    231     listener_ = listener;
    232   }
    233 #endif
    234   // A suggested upper bound for how many matches a provider should return.
    235   // TODO(pkasting): http://b/1111299 , http://b/933133 This should go away once
    236   // we have good relevance heuristics; the controller should handle all
    237   // culling.
    238   static const size_t kMaxMatches;
    239 
    240  protected:
    241   friend class base::RefCountedThreadSafe<AutocompleteProvider>;
    242 
    243   virtual ~AutocompleteProvider();
    244 
    245   // Returns whether |input| begins "http:" or "view-source:http:".
    246   static bool HasHTTPScheme(const string16& input);
    247 
    248   // Updates the starred state of each of the matches in matches_ from the
    249   // profile's bookmark bar model.
    250   void UpdateStarredStateOfMatches();
    251 
    252   // The profile associated with the AutocompleteProvider.  Reference is not
    253   // owned by us.
    254   Profile* profile_;
    255 
    256   AutocompleteProviderListener* listener_;
    257   ACMatches matches_;
    258   bool done_;
    259 
    260   Type type_;
    261 
    262  private:
    263   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(AutocompleteProvider);
    264 };
    265 
    266 typedef std::vector<AutocompleteProvider*> ACProviders;
    267 
    268 #endif  // CHROME_BROWSER_AUTOCOMPLETE_AUTOCOMPLETE_PROVIDER_H_
    269