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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project
      3  *
      4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
      7  *
      8  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
      9  *
     10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
     11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
     13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     14  * limitations under the License.
     15  */
     16 
     17 package android.database;
     18 
     19 import java.util.ArrayList;
     20 
     21 /**
     22  * Provides methods for registering or unregistering arbitrary observers in an {@link ArrayList}.
     23  *
     24  * This abstract class is intended to be subclassed and specialized to maintain
     25  * a registry of observers of specific types and dispatch notifications to them.
     26  *
     27  * @param T The observer type.
     28  */
     29 public abstract class Observable<T> {
     30     /**
     31      * The list of observers.  An observer can be in the list at most
     32      * once and will never be null.
     33      */
     34     protected final ArrayList<T> mObservers = new ArrayList<T>();
     35 
     36     /**
     37      * Adds an observer to the list. The observer cannot be null and it must not already
     38      * be registered.
     39      * @param observer the observer to register
     40      * @throws IllegalArgumentException the observer is null
     41      * @throws IllegalStateException the observer is already registered
     42      */
     43     public void registerObserver(T observer) {
     44         if (observer == null) {
     45             throw new IllegalArgumentException("The observer is null.");
     46         }
     47         synchronized(mObservers) {
     48             if (mObservers.contains(observer)) {
     49                 throw new IllegalStateException("Observer " + observer + " is already registered.");
     50             }
     51             mObservers.add(observer);
     52         }
     53     }
     54 
     55     /**
     56      * Removes a previously registered observer. The observer must not be null and it
     57      * must already have been registered.
     58      * @param observer the observer to unregister
     59      * @throws IllegalArgumentException the observer is null
     60      * @throws IllegalStateException the observer is not yet registered
     61      */
     62     public void unregisterObserver(T observer) {
     63         if (observer == null) {
     64             throw new IllegalArgumentException("The observer is null.");
     65         }
     66         synchronized(mObservers) {
     67             int index = mObservers.indexOf(observer);
     68             if (index == -1) {
     69                 throw new IllegalStateException("Observer " + observer + " was not registered.");
     70             }
     71             mObservers.remove(index);
     72         }
     73     }
     74 
     75     /**
     76      * Remove all registered observers.
     77      */
     78     public void unregisterAll() {
     79         synchronized(mObservers) {
     80             mObservers.clear();
     81         }
     82     }
     83 }
     84