/* * Copyright (C) 2012 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.android.inputmethod.event; /** * Class representing a generic input event as handled by Latin IME. * * This contains information about the origin of the event, but it is generalized and should * represent a software keypress, hardware keypress, or d-pad move alike. * Very importantly, this does not necessarily result in inputting one character, or even anything * at all - it may be a dead key, it may be a partial input, it may be a special key on the * keyboard, it may be a cancellation of a keypress (e.g. in a soft keyboard the finger of the * user has slid out of the key), etc. It may also be a batch input from a gesture or handwriting * for example. * The combiner should figure out what to do with this. */ public class Event { // Should the types below be represented by separate classes instead? It would be cleaner // but probably a bit too much // An event we don't handle in Latin IME, for example pressing Ctrl on a hardware keyboard. final public static int EVENT_NOT_HANDLED = 0; // A character that is already final, for example pressing an alphabetic character on a // hardware qwerty keyboard. final public static int EVENT_COMMITTABLE = 1; // A dead key, which means a character that should combine with what is coming next. Examples // include the "^" character on an azerty keyboard which combines with "e" to make "ê", or // AltGr+' on a dvorak international keyboard which combines with "e" to make "é". This is // true regardless of the language or combining mode, and should be seen as a property of the // key - a dead key followed by another key with which it can combine should be regarded as if // the keyboard actually had such a key. final public static int EVENT_DEAD = 2; // A toggle event is triggered by a key that affects the previous character. An example would // be a numeric key on a 10-key keyboard, which would toggle between 1 - a - b - c with // repeated presses. final public static int EVENT_TOGGLE = 3; // A mode event instructs the combiner to change modes. The canonical example would be the // hankaku/zenkaku key on a Japanese keyboard, or even the caps lock key on a qwerty keyboard // if handled at the combiner level. final public static int EVENT_MODE_KEY = 4; final private static int NOT_A_CODE_POINT = 0; final private int mType; // The type of event - one of the constants above // The code point associated with the event, if relevant. This is a unicode code point, and // has nothing to do with other representations of the key. It is only relevant if this event // is the right type: COMMITTABLE or DEAD or TOGGLE, but for a mode key like hankaku/zenkaku or // ctrl, there is no code point associated so this should be NOT_A_CODE_POINT to avoid // unintentional use of its value when it's not relevant. final public int mCodePoint; // The next event, if any. Null if there is no next event yet. final public Event mNextEvent; // This method is private - to create a new event, use one of the create* utility methods. private Event(final int type, final int codePoint, final Event next) { mType = type; mCodePoint = codePoint; mNextEvent = next; } public static Event createDeadEvent(final int codePoint, final Event next) { return new Event(EVENT_DEAD, codePoint, next); } public static Event createCommittableEvent(final int codePoint, final Event next) { return new Event(EVENT_COMMITTABLE, codePoint, next); } public static Event createNotHandledEvent() { return new Event(EVENT_NOT_HANDLED, NOT_A_CODE_POINT, null); } public boolean isCommittable() { return EVENT_COMMITTABLE == mType; } public boolean isDead() { return EVENT_DEAD == mType; } }