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+/*
+ * 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
+ * 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_VIRTUAL_KEY_MAP_H
+#define _UI_VIRTUAL_KEY_MAP_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <ui/Input.h>
+#include <utils/Errors.h>
+#include <utils/KeyedVector.h>
+#include <utils/Tokenizer.h>
+#include <utils/String8.h>
+#include <utils/Unicode.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+/* Describes a virtual key. */
+struct VirtualKeyDefinition {
+    int32_t scanCode;
+
+    // configured position data, specified in display coords
+    int32_t centerX;
+    int32_t centerY;
+    int32_t width;
+    int32_t height;
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Describes a collection of virtual keys on a touch screen in terms of
+ * virtual scan codes and hit rectangles.
+ */
+class VirtualKeyMap {
+public:
+    ~VirtualKeyMap();
+
+    static status_t load(const String8& filename, VirtualKeyMap** outMap);
+
+    inline const Vector<VirtualKeyDefinition>& getVirtualKeys() const {
+        return mVirtualKeys;
+    }
+
+private:
+    class Parser {
+        VirtualKeyMap* mMap;
+        Tokenizer* mTokenizer;
+
+    public:
+        Parser(VirtualKeyMap* map, Tokenizer* tokenizer);
+        ~Parser();
+        status_t parse();
+
+    private:
+        bool consumeFieldDelimiterAndSkipWhitespace();
+        bool parseNextIntField(int32_t* outValue);
+    };
+
+    Vector<VirtualKeyDefinition> mVirtualKeys;
+
+    VirtualKeyMap();
+};
+
+} // namespace android
+
+#endif // _UI_KEY_CHARACTER_MAP_H