/*
* Copyright (C) 2010 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
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*/
package com.android.browser.search;
import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.os.Bundle;
/**
* Interface for search engines.
*/
public interface SearchEngine {
// Used if the search engine is Google
static final String GOOGLE = "google";
/**
* Gets the unique name of this search engine.
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Gets the human-readable name of this search engine.
*/
public CharSequence getLabel();
/**
* Starts a search.
*/
public void startSearch(Context context, String query, Bundle appData, String extraData);
/**
* Gets search suggestions.
*/
public Cursor getSuggestions(Context context, String query);
/**
* Checks whether this search engine supports search suggestions.
*/
public boolean supportsSuggestions();
/**
* Closes this search engine.
*/
public void close();
/**
* Checks whether this search engine should be sent zero char query.
*/
public boolean wantsEmptyQuery();
}