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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 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.
+ */
+
+package com.android.inputmethod.event;
+
+/**
+ * An event decoder for events out of a software keyboard.
+ *
+ * This defines the interface for an event decoder that supports events out of a software keyboard.
+ * This differs significantly from hardware keyboard event decoders in several respects. First,
+ * a software keyboard does not have a scancode/layout system; the keypresses that insert
+ * characters output unicode characters directly.
+ */
+public interface SoftwareEventDecoder extends EventDecoder {
+    public Event decodeSoftwareEvent();
+}