android/database/DataSetObservable.java

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 * Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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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     * Called when the data set is no longer valid and cannot be queried again,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();
            }
        }
    }
}