xref: /frameworks/support/v4/donut/android/support/v4/view/LayoutInflaterFactory.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2014 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
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package android.support.v4.view;

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.View;

/**
 * Used with {@code LayoutInflaterCompat.setFactory()}. Offers the same API as
 * {@code LayoutInflater.Factory2}.
 */
public interface LayoutInflaterFactory {

    /**
     * Hook you can supply that is called when inflating from a LayoutInflater.
     * You can use this to customize the tag names available in your XML
     * layout files.
     *
     * @param parent The parent that the created view will be placed
     * in; <em>note that this may be null</em>.
     * @param name Tag name to be inflated.
     * @param context The context the view is being created in.
     * @param attrs Inflation attributes as specified in XML file.
     *
     * @return View Newly created view. Return null for the default
     *         behavior.
     */
    public View onCreateView(View parent, String name, Context context, AttributeSet attrs);

}