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Android APIs
public class

ContentProviderClient

extends Object
java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.content.ContentProviderClient

Class Overview

The public interface object used to interact with a ContentProvider. This is obtained by calling acquireContentProviderClient(Uri). This object must be released using release() in order to indicate to the system that the ContentProvider is no longer needed and can be killed to free up resources.

Note that you should generally create a new ContentProviderClient instance for each thread that will be performing operations. Unlike ContentResolver, the methods here such as query(Uri, String[], String, String[], String) and openFile(Uri, String) are not thread safe -- you must not call release() on the ContentProviderClient those calls are made from until you are finished with the data they have returned.

Summary

Public Methods
ContentProviderResult[] applyBatch(ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation> operations)
int bulkInsert(Uri url, ContentValues[] initialValues)
Bundle call(String method, String arg, Bundle extras)
final Uri canonicalize(Uri url)
int delete(Uri url, String selection, String[] selectionArgs)
ContentProvider getLocalContentProvider()
Get a reference to the ContentProvider that is associated with this client.
String[] getStreamTypes(Uri url, String mimeTypeFilter)
String getType(Uri url)
Uri insert(Uri url, ContentValues initialValues)
AssetFileDescriptor openAssetFile(Uri url, String mode, CancellationSignal signal)
AssetFileDescriptor openAssetFile(Uri url, String mode)
ParcelFileDescriptor openFile(Uri url, String mode)
ParcelFileDescriptor openFile(Uri url, String mode, CancellationSignal signal)
final AssetFileDescriptor openTypedAssetFileDescriptor(Uri uri, String mimeType, Bundle opts, CancellationSignal signal)
final AssetFileDescriptor openTypedAssetFileDescriptor(Uri uri, String mimeType, Bundle opts)
Cursor query(Uri url, String[] projection, String selection, String[] selectionArgs, String sortOrder)
Cursor query(Uri url, String[] projection, String selection, String[] selectionArgs, String sortOrder, CancellationSignal cancellationSignal)
boolean release()
Call this to indicate to the system that the associated ContentProvider is no longer needed by this ContentProviderClient.
final Uri uncanonicalize(Uri url)
int update(Uri url, ContentValues values, String selection, String[] selectionArgs)
Protected Methods
void finalize()
Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

Public Methods

public int bulkInsert (Uri url, ContentValues[] initialValues)

Added in API level 5

public Bundle call (String method, String arg, Bundle extras)

Added in API level 17

public final Uri canonicalize (Uri url)

Added in API level 19

public int delete (Uri url, String selection, String[] selectionArgs)

Added in API level 5

public ContentProvider getLocalContentProvider ()

Added in API level 5

Get a reference to the ContentProvider that is associated with this client. If the ContentProvider is running in a different process then null will be returned. This can be used if you know you are running in the same process as a provider, and want to get direct access to its implementation details.

Returns
  • If the associated ContentProvider is local, returns it. Otherwise returns null.

public String[] getStreamTypes (Uri url, String mimeTypeFilter)

Added in API level 11

public String getType (Uri url)

Added in API level 5

public Uri insert (Uri url, ContentValues initialValues)

Added in API level 5

public AssetFileDescriptor openAssetFile (Uri url, String mode, CancellationSignal signal)

Added in API level 19

See ContentProvider.openAssetFile. Note that this does not take care of non-content: URIs such as file:. It is strongly recommended you use the ContentResolver.openAssetFileDescriptor API instead.

public AssetFileDescriptor openAssetFile (Uri url, String mode)

Added in API level 5

See ContentProvider.openAssetFile. Note that this does not take care of non-content: URIs such as file:. It is strongly recommended you use the ContentResolver.openAssetFileDescriptor API instead.

public ParcelFileDescriptor openFile (Uri url, String mode)

Added in API level 5

See ContentProvider.openFile. Note that this does not take care of non-content: URIs such as file:. It is strongly recommended you use the ContentResolver.openFileDescriptor API instead.

public ParcelFileDescriptor openFile (Uri url, String mode, CancellationSignal signal)

Added in API level 19

See ContentProvider.openFile. Note that this does not take care of non-content: URIs such as file:. It is strongly recommended you use the ContentResolver.openFileDescriptor API instead.

public final AssetFileDescriptor openTypedAssetFileDescriptor (Uri uri, String mimeType, Bundle opts, CancellationSignal signal)

Added in API level 19

public final AssetFileDescriptor openTypedAssetFileDescriptor (Uri uri, String mimeType, Bundle opts)

Added in API level 11

public Cursor query (Uri url, String[] projection, String selection, String[] selectionArgs, String sortOrder)

Added in API level 5

public Cursor query (Uri url, String[] projection, String selection, String[] selectionArgs, String sortOrder, CancellationSignal cancellationSignal)

Added in API level 16

public boolean release ()

Added in API level 5

Call this to indicate to the system that the associated ContentProvider is no longer needed by this ContentProviderClient.

Returns
  • true if this was release, false if it was already released

public final Uri uncanonicalize (Uri url)

Added in API level 19

public int update (Uri url, ContentValues values, String selection, String[] selectionArgs)

Added in API level 5

Protected Methods

protected void finalize ()

Added in API level 5

Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable. The default implementation does nothing, but this method can be overridden to free resources.

Note that objects that override finalize are significantly more expensive than objects that don't. Finalizers may be run a long time after the object is no longer reachable, depending on memory pressure, so it's a bad idea to rely on them for cleanup. Note also that finalizers are run on a single VM-wide finalizer thread, so doing blocking work in a finalizer is a bad idea. A finalizer is usually only necessary for a class that has a native peer and needs to call a native method to destroy that peer. Even then, it's better to provide an explicit close method (and implement Closeable), and insist that callers manually dispose of instances. This works well for something like files, but less well for something like a BigInteger where typical calling code would have to deal with lots of temporaries. Unfortunately, code that creates lots of temporaries is the worst kind of code from the point of view of the single finalizer thread.

If you must use finalizers, consider at least providing your own ReferenceQueue and having your own thread process that queue.

Unlike constructors, finalizers are not automatically chained. You are responsible for calling super.finalize() yourself.

Uncaught exceptions thrown by finalizers are ignored and do not terminate the finalizer thread. See Effective Java Item 7, "Avoid finalizers" for more.

Throws
Throwable