+#ifndef DALI_TOOLKIT_TEXT_EDITABLE_CONTROL_INTERFACE_H
+#define DALI_TOOLKIT_TEXT_EDITABLE_CONTROL_INTERFACE_H
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+// INTERNAL INCLUDES
+#include <dali-toolkit/internal/text/input-style.h>
+
+namespace Dali
+{
+
+class Actor;
+
+namespace Toolkit
+{
+
+namespace Text
+{
+
+/**
+ * @brief An interface that the Text::Controller uses to notify about text changes and add decoration to the text control.
+ */
+class EditableControlInterface
+{
+public:
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Virtual destructor.
+ */
+ virtual ~EditableControlInterface()
+ {}
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Called to signal that text has been inserted or deleted.
+ */
+ virtual void TextChanged() = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Called when the number of characters to be inserted exceeds the maximum limit
+ */
+ virtual void MaxLengthReached() = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Called to signal that input style has been changed.
+ *
+ * @param[in] inputStyleMask Mask with the bits of the input style that has changed.
+ */
+ virtual void InputStyleChanged( InputStyle::Mask inputStyleMask ) = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Add a decoration.
+ *
+ * @param[in] decoration The actor displaying a decoration.
+ * @param[in] needsClipping Whether the actor needs clipping.
+ */
+ virtual void AddDecoration( Actor& actor, bool needsClipping ) = 0;
+};
+
+} // namespace Text
+
+} // namespace Toolkit
+
+} // namespace Dali
+
+#endif // DALI_TOOLKIT_TEXT_EDITABLE_CONTROL_INTERFACE_H