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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 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.latin.makedict;
+
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.FusionDictionary.WeightedString;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+/**
+ * An interface of a binary dictionary updater.
+ */
+public interface DictUpdater {
+
+    /**
+     * Deletes the word from the binary dictionary.
+     *
+     * @param word the word to be deleted.
+     */
+    public void deleteWord(final String word) throws IOException, UnsupportedFormatException;
+
+    /**
+     * Inserts a word into a binary dictionary.
+     *
+     * @param word the word to be inserted.
+     * @param frequency the frequency of the new word.
+     * @param bigramStrings bigram list, or null if none.
+     * @param shortcuts shortcut list, or null if none.
+     * @param isBlackListEntry whether this should be a blacklist entry.
+     */
+    // TODO: Support batch insertion.
+    public void insertWord(final String word, final int frequency,
+            final ArrayList<WeightedString> bigramStrings,
+            final ArrayList<WeightedString> shortcuts, final boolean isNotAWord,
+            final boolean isBlackListEntry) throws IOException, UnsupportedFormatException;
+}