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package com.android.ide.common.api;
import com.android.annotations.Nullable;
/**
* A Client Rules Engine is a set of methods that {@link IViewRule}s can use to
* access the client public API of the Rules Engine. Rules can access it via
* the property "_rules_engine" which is dynamically added to {@link IViewRule}
* instances on creation.
* <p>
* <b>NOTE: This is not a public or final API; if you rely on this be prepared
* to adjust your code for the next tools release.</b>
* </p>
*/
public interface IClientRulesEngine {
/**
* Returns the FQCN for which the rule was loaded.
*
* @return the fully qualified name of the rule
*/
String getFqcn();
/**
* Prints a debug line in the Eclipse console using the ADT formatter.
*
* @param msg A String format message.
* @param params Optional parameters for the message.
*/
void debugPrintf(String msg, Object...params);
/**
* Loads and returns an {@link IViewRule} for the given FQCN.
*
* @param fqcn A non-null, non-empty FQCN for the rule to load.
* @return The rule that best matches the given FQCN according to the
* inheritance chain. Rules are cached and requesting the same FQCN twice
* is fast and will return the same rule instance.
*/
IViewRule loadRule(String fqcn);
/**
* Returns the metadata associated with the given fully qualified class name.
*
* @param fqcn a fully qualified class name for an Android view class
* @return the metadata associated with the given fully qualified class name.
*/
IViewMetadata getMetadata(String fqcn);
/**
* Displays the given message string in an alert dialog with an "OK" button.
*
* @param message the message to be shown
*/
void displayAlert(String message);
/**
* Displays a simple input alert dialog with an OK and Cancel buttons.
*
* @param message The message to display in the alert dialog.
* @param value The initial value to display in the input field. Can be null.
* @param filter An optional filter to validate the input. Specify null (or
* a validator which always returns true) if you do not want
* input validation.
* @return Null if canceled by the user. Otherwise the possibly-empty input string.
* @null Return value is null if dialog was canceled by the user.
*/
@Nullable
String displayInput(String message, @Nullable String value, @Nullable IValidator filter);
/**
* Returns the minimum API level that the current Android project is targeting.
*
* @return the minimum API level to be supported, or -1 if it cannot be determined
*/
int getMinApiLevel();
/**
* Returns a resource name validator for the current project
*
* @return an {@link IValidator} for validating new resource name in the current
* project
*/
IValidator getResourceValidator();
/**
* Displays an input dialog where the user can enter an Android reference value
*
* @param currentValue the current reference to select
* @return the reference selected by the user, or null
*/
String displayReferenceInput(String currentValue);
/**
* Displays an input dialog where the user can enter an Android resource name of the
* given resource type ("id", "string", "drawable", and so on.)
*
* @param currentValue the current reference to select
* @param resourceTypeName resource type, such as "id", "string", and so on (never
* null)
* @return the margins selected by the user in the same order as the input arguments,
* or null
*/
String displayResourceInput(String resourceTypeName, String currentValue);
/**
* Displays an input dialog tailored for editing margin properties.
*
* @param all The current, initial value display for "all" margins (applied to all
* sides)
* @param left The current, initial value to display for the "left" margin
* @param right The current, initial value to display for the "right" margin
* @param top The current, initial value to display for the "top" margin
* @param bottom The current, initial value to display for the "bottom" margin
* @return an array of length 5 containing the user entered values for the all, left,
* right, top and bottom margins respectively
*/
String[] displayMarginInput(String all, String left, String right, String top, String bottom);
}