android/view/textclassifier/LinksInfo.java

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package android.view.textclassifier;

import android.annotation.NonNull;

/**
 * Link information that can be applied to text. See: {@link #apply(CharSequence)}.
 * Typical implementations of this interface will annotate spannable text with e.g
 * {@link android.text.style.ClickableSpan}s or other annotations.
 * @hide
 */
public interface LinksInfo {

    /**
     * @hide
     */
    LinksInfo NO_OP = text -> false;

    /**
     * Applies link annotations to the specified text.
     * These annotations are not guaranteed to be applied. For example, the annotations may not be
     * applied if the text has changed from what it was when the link spec was generated for it.
     *
     * @return Whether or not the link annotations were successfully applied.
     */
    boolean apply(@NonNull CharSequence text);
}