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+package com.android.dialer.dialpad;
+
+/**
+ * Note: These methods currently take characters as arguments. For future planned language support,
+ * they will need to be changed to use codepoints instead of characters.
+ *
+ * http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html#codePointAt(int)
+ *
+ * If/when this change is made, LatinSmartDialMap(which operates on chars) will continue to work
+ * by simply casting from a codepoint to a character.
+ */
+public interface SmartDialMap {
+    /*
+     * Returns true if the provided character can be mapped to a key on the dialpad
+     */
+    public boolean isValidDialpadCharacter(char ch);
+
+    /*
+     * Returns true if the provided character is a letter, and can be mapped to a key on the dialpad
+     */
+    public boolean isValidDialpadAlphabeticChar(char ch);
+
+    /*
+     * Returns true if the provided character is a digit, and can be mapped to a key on the dialpad
+     */
+    public boolean isValidDialpadNumericChar(char ch);
+
+    /*
+     * Get the index of the key on the dialpad which the character corresponds to
+     */
+    public byte getDialpadIndex(char ch);
+
+    /*
+     * Get the actual numeric character on the dialpad which the character corresponds to
+     */
+    public char getDialpadNumericCharacter(char ch);
+
+    /*
+     * Converts uppercase characters to lower case ones, and on a best effort basis, strips accents
+     * from accented characters.
+     */
+    public char normalizeCharacter(char ch);
+}