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public class

ContentObservable

extends Observable<T>
java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.database.Observable<T>
     ↳ android.database.ContentObservable

Class Overview

A specialization of Observable for ContentObserver that provides methods for sending notifications to a list of ContentObserver objects.

Summary

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Inherited Fields
From class android.database.Observable
Public Constructors
ContentObservable()
Public Methods
void dispatchChange(boolean selfChange, Uri uri)
Invokes dispatchChange(boolean, Uri) on each observer.
void dispatchChange(boolean selfChange)
This method is deprecated. Use dispatchChange(boolean, Uri) instead.
void notifyChange(boolean selfChange)
This method is deprecated. Use dispatchChange(boolean) instead.
void registerObserver(ContentObserver observer)
Adds an observer to the list.
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Inherited Methods
From class android.database.Observable
From class java.lang.Object

Public Constructors

public ContentObservable ()

Since: API Level 1

Public Methods

public void dispatchChange (boolean selfChange, Uri uri)

Since: API Level 16

Invokes dispatchChange(boolean, Uri) on each observer. Includes the changed content Uri when available.

If selfChange is true, only delivers the notification to the observer if it has indicated that it wants to receive self-change notifications by implementing deliverSelfNotifications() to return true.

Parameters
selfChange True if this is a self-change notification.
uri The Uri of the changed content, or null if unknown.

public void dispatchChange (boolean selfChange)

Since: API Level 1

This method is deprecated.
Use dispatchChange(boolean, Uri) instead.

Invokes dispatchChange(boolean) on each observer.

If selfChange is true, only delivers the notification to the observer if it has indicated that it wants to receive self-change notifications by implementing deliverSelfNotifications() to return true.

Parameters
selfChange True if this is a self-change notification.

public void notifyChange (boolean selfChange)

Since: API Level 1

This method is deprecated.
Use dispatchChange(boolean) instead.

Invokes onChange(boolean) on each observer.

Parameters
selfChange True if this is a self-change notification.

public void registerObserver (ContentObserver observer)

Since: API Level 1

Adds an observer to the list. The observer cannot be null and it must not already be registered.

Parameters
observer the observer to register