1 page.title=<path-permission> 2 @jd:body 3 4 <dl class="xml"> 5 <dt>syntax:</dt> 6 <dd><pre class="stx"> 7 <path-permission android:<a href="#path">path</a>="<i>string</i>" 8 android:<a href="#pathPrefix">pathPrefix</a>="<i>string</i>" 9 android:<a href="#pathPattern">pathPattern</a>="<i>string</i>" 10 android:<a href="#permission">permission</a>="<i>string</i>" 11 android:<a href="#readPermission">readPermission</a>="<i>string</i>" 12 android:<a href="#writePermission">writePermission</a>="<i>string</i>" /> 13 </pre></dd> 14 15 <dt>contained in:</dt> 16 <dd><code><a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/provider-element.html"><provider></a></code></dd> 17 18 <!-- 19 <dt>can contain:</dt> 20 </dd> 21 --> 22 23 <dt>description:</dt> 24 <dd>Defines the path and required permissions for a specific subset of data 25 within a content provider. This element can be 26 specified multiple times to supply multiple paths. 27 28 </dd> 29 30 <dt>attributes:</dt> 31 32 <dd><dl class="attr"> 33 <dt><a name="path"></a>{@code android:path}</dt> 34 <dd>A complete URI path for a subset of content provider data. 35 Permission can be granted only to the particular data identified by this path. 36 When used to provide search suggestion content, it must be appended 37 with "/search_suggest_query". 38 </dd> 39 40 <dt><a name="pathPrefix"></a>{@code android:pathPrefix}</dt> 41 <dd>The initial part of a URI path for a subset of content provider data. 42 Permission can be granted to all data subsets with paths that share this initial part. 43 </dd> 44 45 <dt><a name="pathPattern"></a>{@code android:pathPattern}</dt> 46 <dd>A complete URI path for a subset of content provider data, 47 but one that can use the following wildcards: 48 49 <ul> 50 <li>An asterisk ('<code class="Code prettyprint">*</code>'). This matches a sequence of 0 to many occurrences of 51 the immediately preceding character.</li> 52 53 <li>A period followed by an asterisk ("<code class="Code prettyprint">.*</code>"). This matches any sequence of 54 0 or more characters.</li> 55 </ul> 56 57 <p> 58 Because '<code class="Code prettyprint">\</code>' is used as an escape character when the string is read 59 from XML (before it is parsed as a pattern), you will need to double-escape. 60 For example, a literal '<code class="Code prettyprint">*</code>' would be written as "<code class="Code prettyprint">\\*</code>" and a 61 literal '<code class="Code prettyprint">\</code>' would be written as "<code class="Code prettyprint">\\</code>". This is basically 62 the same as what you would need to write if constructing the string in Java code. 63 </p> 64 <p> 65 For more information on these types of patterns, see the descriptions of 66 <a href="/reference/android/os/PatternMatcher.html#PATTERN_LITERAL">PATTERN_LITERAL</a>, 67 <a href="/reference/android/os/PatternMatcher.html#PATTERN_PREFIX">PATTERN_PREFIX</a>, and 68 <a href="/reference/android/os/PatternMatcher.html#PATTERN_SIMPLE_GLOB">PATTERN_SIMPLE_GLOB</a> in the 69 <a href="/reference/android/os/PatternMatcher.html">PatternMatcher</a> class. 70 </p> 71 </dd> 72 73 <dt><a name="permission"></a>{@code android:permission}</dt> 74 <dd>The name of a permission that clients must have in order to read or write the 75 content provider's data. This attribute is a convenient way of setting a 76 single permission for both reading and writing. However, the 77 <code>readPermission</code> and 78 <code>writePermission</code> attributes take precedence 79 over this one. 80 </dd> 81 82 <dt><a name="readPermission"></a>{@code android:readPermission}</dt> 83 <dd>A permission that clients must have in order to query the content provider. 84 </dd> 85 86 <dt><a name="writePermission"></a>{@code android:writePermission}</dt> 87 <dd>A permission that clients must have in order to make changes to the data controlled by the content provider. 88 </dd> 89 90 91 92 </dl></dd> 93 94 <!-- ##api level indication## --> 95 <dt>introduced in:</dt> 96 <dd>API Level 4</dd> 97 98 <dt>see also:</dt> 99 <dd>{@link android.app.SearchManager}</dd> 100 <dd>{@link android.Manifest.permission}</dd> 101 <dd><a href="/guide/topics/security/security.html">Security and 102 Permissions</a></dd> 103 104 </dl> 105
