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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UI_KEY_CHARACTER_MAP_H
+#define _UI_KEY_CHARACTER_MAP_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <utils/Vector.h>
+
+using namespace android;
+
+class KeyCharacterMap
+{
+public:
+    ~KeyCharacterMap();
+
+    // see the javadoc for android.text.method.KeyCharacterMap for what
+    // these do
+    unsigned short get(int keycode, int meta);
+    unsigned short getNumber(int keycode);
+    unsigned short getMatch(int keycode, const unsigned short* chars,
+                            int charsize, uint32_t modifiers);
+    unsigned short getDisplayLabel(int keycode);
+    bool getKeyData(int keycode, unsigned short *displayLabel,
+                    unsigned short *number, unsigned short* results);
+    inline unsigned int getKeyboardType() { return m_type; }
+    bool getEvents(uint16_t* chars, size_t len,
+                   Vector<int32_t>* keys, Vector<uint32_t>* modifiers);
+
+    static KeyCharacterMap* load(int id);
+
+    enum {
+        NUMERIC = 1,
+        Q14 = 2,
+        QWERTY = 3 // or AZERTY or whatever
+    };
+
+#define META_MASK 3
+
+private:
+    struct Key
+    {
+        int32_t keycode;
+        uint16_t display_label;
+        uint16_t number;
+        uint16_t data[META_MASK + 1];
+    };
+
+    KeyCharacterMap();
+    static KeyCharacterMap* try_file(const char* filename);
+    Key* find_key(int keycode);
+    bool find_char(uint16_t c, uint32_t* key, uint32_t* mods);
+
+    unsigned int m_type;
+    unsigned int m_keyCount;
+    Key* m_keys;
+};
+
+#endif // _UI_KEY_CHARACTER_MAP_H