1 /* 2 * Copyright (C) 2008-2012 OMRON SOFTWARE Co., Ltd. 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 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package jp.co.omronsoft.openwnn; 18 19 import android.content.SharedPreferences; 20 21 /** 22 * The interface of the text converter accessed from OpenWnn. 23 * <br> 24 * The realization class of this interface should be an singleton class. 25 * 26 * @author Copyright (C) 2009, OMRON SOFTWARE CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved. 27 */ 28 public interface WnnEngine { 29 /* 30 * DEFINITION OF CONSTANTS 31 */ 32 /** The identifier of the learning dictionary */ 33 public static final int DICTIONARY_TYPE_LEARN = 1; 34 /** The identifier of the user dictionary */ 35 public static final int DICTIONARY_TYPE_USER = 2; 36 37 /* 38 * DEFINITION OF METHODS 39 */ 40 /** 41 * Initialize parameters. 42 */ 43 public void init(); 44 45 /** 46 * Close the converter. 47 * <br> 48 * 49 * OpenWnn calls this method when it is destroyed. 50 */ 51 public void close(); 52 53 /** 54 * Predict words/phrases. 55 * <br> 56 * @param text The input string 57 * @param minLen The minimum length of a word to predict (0 : no limit) 58 * @param maxLen The maximum length of a word to predict (-1 : no limit) 59 * @return Plus value if there are candidates; 0 if there is no candidate; minus value if a error occurs. 60 */ 61 public int predict(ComposingText text, int minLen, int maxLen); 62 63 /** 64 * Convert a string. 65 * <br> 66 * This method is used to consecutive/single clause convert in 67 * Japanese, Pinyin to Kanji convert in Chinese, Hangul to Hanja 68 * convert in Korean, etc. 69 * 70 * The result of conversion is set into the layer 2 in the {@link ComposingText}. 71 * To get other candidates of each clause, call {@link #makeCandidateListOf(int)}. 72 * 73 * @param text The input string 74 * @return Plus value if there are candidates; 0 if there is no candidate; minus value if a error occurs. 75 */ 76 public int convert(ComposingText text); 77 78 /** 79 * Search words from the dictionaries. 80 * <br> 81 * @param key The search key (stroke) 82 * @return Plus value if there are candidates; 0 if there is no candidate; minus value if a error occurs. 83 */ 84 public int searchWords(String key); 85 86 /** 87 * Search words from the dictionaries. 88 * <br> 89 * @param word A word to search 90 * @return Plus value if there are candidates; 0 if there is no candidate; minus value if a error occurs. 91 */ 92 public int searchWords(WnnWord word); 93 94 /** 95 * Get a candidate. 96 * <br> 97 * After {@link #predict(ComposingText, int, int)} or {@link #makeCandidateListOf(int)} or 98 * {@code searchWords()}, call this method to get the 99 * results. This method will return a candidate in decreasing 100 * frequency order for {@link #predict(ComposingText, int, int)} and 101 * {@link #makeCandidateListOf(int)}, in increasing character code order for 102 * {@code searchWords()}. 103 * 104 * @return The candidate; {@code null} if there is no more candidate. 105 */ 106 public WnnWord getNextCandidate(); 107 108 /** 109 * Retrieve the list of registered words. 110 * <br> 111 * @return {@code null} if no word is registered; the array of {@link WnnWord} if some words is registered. 112 */ 113 public WnnWord[] getUserDictionaryWords(); 114 115 /** 116 * Learn a word. 117 * <br> 118 * This method is used to register the word selected from 119 * candidates to the learning dictionary or update the frequency 120 * of the word. 121 * 122 * @param word The selected word 123 * @return {@code true} if success; {@code false} if fail or not supported. 124 */ 125 public boolean learn(WnnWord word); 126 127 /** 128 * Register a word to the user's dictionary. 129 * <br> 130 * @param word A word to register 131 * @return Number of registered words in the user's dictionary after the operation; minus value if a error occurs. 132 */ 133 public int addWord(WnnWord word); 134 135 /** 136 * Delete a word from the user's dictionary. 137 * <br> 138 * @param word A word to delete 139 * @return {@code true} if success; {@code false} if fail or not supported. 140 */ 141 public boolean deleteWord(WnnWord word); 142 143 /** 144 * Delete all words from the user's dictionary. 145 * <br> 146 * @param dictionary {@code DICTIONARY_TYPE_LEARN} or {@code DICTIONARY_TYPE_USER} 147 * @return {@code true} if success; {@code false} if fail or not supported. 148 */ 149 public boolean initializeDictionary(int dictionary); 150 151 /** 152 * Delete all words from the user's dictionary of the specified language. 153 * <br> 154 * @param dictionary {@code DICTIONARY_TYPE_LEARN} or {@code DICTIONARY_TYPE_USER} 155 * @param type Dictionary type (language, etc...) 156 * @return {@code true} if success; {@code false} if fail or not supported. 157 */ 158 public boolean initializeDictionary(int dictionary, int type); 159 160 /** 161 * Reflect the preferences in the converter. 162 * 163 * @param pref The preferences 164 */ 165 public void setPreferences(SharedPreferences pref); 166 167 /** 168 * Break the sequence of words. 169 * <br> 170 * This method is used to notice breaking the sequence of input 171 * words to the converter. The converter will stop learning 172 * collocation between previous input words and words which will 173 * input after this break. 174 */ 175 public void breakSequence(); 176 177 /** 178 * Makes the candidate list. 179 * <br> 180 * This method is used when to make a list of other candidates of 181 * the clause which is in the result of consecutive clause 182 * conversion({@link #convert(ComposingText)}). 183 * To get the elements of the list, call {@link #getNextCandidate()}. 184 * 185 * @param clausePosition The position of a clause 186 * @return Plus value if there are candidates; 0 if there is no candidate; minus value if a error occurs. 187 */ 188 public int makeCandidateListOf(int clausePosition); 189 } 190
