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/*** Copyright (c) 2016 CommonsWare, LLC 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. Covered in detail in the book _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ https://commonsware.com/Android */ package com.commonsware.android.retrofit; import android.content.Context; import android.os.OperationCanceledException; import android.support.v4.content.AsyncTaskLoader; import android.util.Log; import java.io.IOException; import retrofit2.Retrofit; import retrofit2.converter.gson.GsonConverterFactory; public class QuestionsLoader extends AsyncTaskLoader<SOQuestions> { final private StackOverflowInterface so; private SOQuestions lastResult; public QuestionsLoader(Context context) { super(context); Retrofit retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder().baseUrl("https://api.stackexchange.com") .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create()).build(); so = retrofit.create(StackOverflowInterface.class); } @Override protected void onStartLoading() { super.onStartLoading(); if (lastResult != null) { deliverResult(lastResult); } else { forceLoad(); } } @Override synchronized public SOQuestions loadInBackground() { if (isLoadInBackgroundCanceled()) { throw new OperationCanceledException(); } try { return (so.questions("android").execute().body()); } catch (IOException e) { Log.e(getClass().getSimpleName(), "Exception loading questions", e); throw new OperationCanceledException(); } } @Override public void deliverResult(SOQuestions data) { if (isReset()) { // actual cleanup, if any } lastResult = data; if (isStarted()) { super.deliverResult(data); } } @Override protected void onStopLoading() { super.onStopLoading(); cancelLoad(); } @Override protected void onReset() { super.onReset(); onStopLoading(); // plus any actual cleanup } }