core/java/android/text/method/MovementMethod.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2006 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.
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package android.text.method;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.view.KeyEvent;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.text.*;

public interface MovementMethod
{
    public void initialize(TextView widget, Spannable text);
    public boolean onKeyDown(TextView widget, Spannable text, int keyCode, KeyEvent event);
    public boolean onKeyUp(TextView widget, Spannable text, int keyCode, KeyEvent event);
    
    /**
     * If the key listener wants to other kinds of key events, return true,
     * otherwise return false and the caller (i.e. the widget host)
     * will handle the key.
     */
    public boolean onKeyOther(TextView view, Spannable text, KeyEvent event);
    
    public void onTakeFocus(TextView widget, Spannable text, int direction);
    public boolean onTrackballEvent(TextView widget, Spannable text,
                                    MotionEvent event);
    public boolean onTouchEvent(TextView widget, Spannable text,
                                MotionEvent event);

    /**
     * Returns true if this movement method allows arbitrary selection
     * of any text; false if it has no selection (like a movement method
     * that only scrolls) or a constrained selection (for example
     * limited to links.  The "Select All" menu item is disabled
     * if arbitrary selection is not allowed.
     */
    public boolean canSelectArbitrarily();
}