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UserDictionary.javaAPI DocAndroid 1.5 API4899Wed May 06 22:41:56 BST 2009android.provider

UserDictionary.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2008 The Android Open Source Project
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 * 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
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package android.provider;

import java.util.Locale;

import android.content.ContentResolver;
import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.content.Context;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.text.TextUtils;

/**
 * A provider of user defined words for input methods to use for predictive text input.
 * Applications and input methods may add words into the dictionary. Words can have associated
 * frequency information and locale information.
 */
public class UserDictionary {

    /** Authority string for this provider. */
    public static final String AUTHORITY = "user_dictionary";

    /**
     * The content:// style URL for this provider
     */
    public static final Uri CONTENT_URI =
        Uri.parse("content://" + AUTHORITY);

    /**
     * Contains the user defined words.
     */
    public static class Words implements BaseColumns {
        /**
         * The content:// style URL for this table
         */
        public static final Uri CONTENT_URI =
                Uri.parse("content://" + AUTHORITY + "/words");

        /**
         * The MIME type of {@link #CONTENT_URI} providing a directory of words.
         */
        public static final String CONTENT_TYPE = "vnd.android.cursor.dir/vnd.google.userword";

        /**
         * The MIME type of a {@link #CONTENT_URI} sub-directory of a single word.
         */
        public static final String CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE = "vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.google.userword";

        public static final String _ID = BaseColumns._ID;

        /**
         * The word column.
         * <p>TYPE: TEXT</p>
         */
        public static final String WORD = "word";

        /**
         * The frequency column. A value between 1 and 255. Higher values imply higher frequency.
         * <p>TYPE: INTEGER</p>
         */
        public static final String FREQUENCY = "frequency";

        /**
         * The locale that this word belongs to. Null if it pertains to all
         * locales. Locale is as defined by the string returned by Locale.toString().
         * <p>TYPE: TEXT</p>
         */
        public static final String LOCALE = "locale";

        /**
         * The uid of the application that inserted the word.
         * <p>TYPE: INTEGER</p>
         */
        public static final String APP_ID = "appid";

        /** The locale type to specify that the word is common to all locales. */
        public static final int LOCALE_TYPE_ALL = 0;
        
        /** The locale type to specify that the word is for the current locale. */
        public static final int LOCALE_TYPE_CURRENT = 1;
        
        /**
         * Sort by descending order of frequency.
         */
        public static final String DEFAULT_SORT_ORDER = FREQUENCY + " DESC";

        /** Adds a word to the dictionary, with the given frequency and the specified
         *  specified locale type.
         *  @param context the current application context
         *  @param word the word to add to the dictionary. This should not be null or
         *  empty.
         *  @param localeType the locale type for this word. It should be one of
         *  {@link #LOCALE_TYPE_ALL} or {@link #LOCALE_TYPE_CURRENT}.
         */
        public static void addWord(Context context, String word, 
                int frequency, int localeType) {
            final ContentResolver resolver = context.getContentResolver();

            if (TextUtils.isEmpty(word) || localeType < 0 || localeType > 1) {
                return;
            }
            
            if (frequency < 0) frequency = 0;
            if (frequency > 255) frequency = 255;

            String locale = null;

            // TODO: Verify if this is the best way to get the current locale
            if (localeType == LOCALE_TYPE_CURRENT) {
                locale = Locale.getDefault().toString();
            }
            ContentValues values = new ContentValues(4);

            values.put(WORD, word);
            values.put(FREQUENCY, frequency);
            values.put(LOCALE, locale);
            values.put(APP_ID, 0); // TODO: Get App UID

            Uri result = resolver.insert(CONTENT_URI, values);
            // It's ok if the insert doesn't succeed because the word
            // already exists.
        }
    }
}