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/* * Copyright (C) 2007 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 android.database; /** * A specialization of {@link Observable} for {@link DataSetObserver} * that provides methods for sending notifications to a list of * {@link DataSetObserver} objects. */ public class DataSetObservable extends Observable<DataSetObserver> { /** * Invokes {@link DataSetObserver#onChanged} on each observer. * Called when the contents of the data set have changed. The recipient * will obtain the new contents the next time it queries the data set. */ public void notifyChanged() { synchronized (mObservers) { // since onChanged() is implemented by the app, it could do anything, including // removing itself from {@link mObservers} - and that could cause problems if // an iterator is used on the ArrayList {@link mObservers}. // to avoid such problems, just march thru the list in the reverse order. for (int i = mObservers.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) { mObservers.get(i).onChanged(); } } } /** * Invokes {@link DataSetObserver#onInvalidated} on each observer. * Called when the data set is no longer valid and cannot be queried again, * such as when the data set has been closed. */ public void notifyInvalidated() { synchronized (mObservers) { for (int i = mObservers.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) { mObservers.get(i).onInvalidated(); } } } }