IAlphaJumpAdapter.java

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package androidx.car.widget;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * An interface that you can implement on your Adapter to enable support for Alpha-Jump.
 */
public interface IAlphaJumpAdapter {
    /**
     * A bucket represents a "button" in the alpha-jump menu.
     */
    interface Bucket {
        /**
         * Return true if the bucket is empty (and therefore the button should be displayed
         * disabled).
         */
        boolean isEmpty();

        /**
         * Return the label for this bucket, that is displayed at the text to the user.
         */
        CharSequence getLabel();

        /**
         * Return the index of the first item that this bucket matches in the list.
         */
        int getIndex();
    }

    /**
     * Generate and populate the buckets used to populate the alpha-jump menu.
     */
    Collection<Bucket> getAlphaJumpBuckets();

    /**
     * Called every time the alpha-jump menu is entered.
     */
    void onAlphaJumpEnter();

    /**
     * Called every time the alpha-jump menu is left.
     *
     * @param bucket The {@link Bucket} that the user clicked on, and should be jumped to.
     */
    void onAlphaJumpLeave(Bucket bucket);
}