core/java/android/content/ServiceConnection.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2006 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.
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package android.content;

import android.os.IBinder;

/**
 * Interface for monitoring the state of an application service.  See
 * {@link android.app.Service} and
 * {@link Context#bindService Context.bindService()} for more information.
 * <p>Like many callbacks from the system, the methods on this class are called
 * from the main thread of your process.
 */
public interface ServiceConnection {
    /**
     * Called when a connection to the Service has been established, with
     * the {@link android.os.IBinder} of the communication channel to the
     * Service.
     *
     * @param name The concrete component name of the service that has
     * been connected.
     *
     * @param service The IBinder of the Service's communication channel,
     * which you can now make calls on.
     */
    public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName name, IBinder service);

    /**
     * Called when a connection to the Service has been lost.  This typically
     * happens when the process hosting the service has crashed or been killed.
     * This does <em>not</em> remove the ServiceConnection itself -- this
     * binding to the service will remain active, and you will receive a call
     * to {@link #onServiceConnected} when the Service is next running.
     *
     * @param name The concrete component name of the service whose
     * connection has been lost.
     */
    public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName name);
}