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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2006 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.widget;
     18 
     19 import android.annotation.Nullable;
     20 import android.database.DataSetObserver;
     21 import android.view.View;
     22 import android.view.ViewGroup;
     23 
     24 /**
     25  * An Adapter object acts as a bridge between an {@link AdapterView} and the
     26  * underlying data for that view. The Adapter provides access to the data items.
     27  * The Adapter is also responsible for making a {@link android.view.View} for
     28  * each item in the data set.
     29  *
     30  * @see android.widget.ArrayAdapter
     31  * @see android.widget.CursorAdapter
     32  * @see android.widget.SimpleCursorAdapter
     33  */
     34 public interface Adapter {
     35     /**
     36      * Register an observer that is called when changes happen to the data used by this adapter.
     37      *
     38      * @param observer the object that gets notified when the data set changes.
     39      */
     40     void registerDataSetObserver(DataSetObserver observer);
     41 
     42     /**
     43      * Unregister an observer that has previously been registered with this
     44      * adapter via {@link #registerDataSetObserver}.
     45      *
     46      * @param observer the object to unregister.
     47      */
     48     void unregisterDataSetObserver(DataSetObserver observer);
     49 
     50     /**
     51      * How many items are in the data set represented by this Adapter.
     52      *
     53      * @return Count of items.
     54      */
     55     int getCount();
     56 
     57     /**
     58      * Get the data item associated with the specified position in the data set.
     59      *
     60      * @param position Position of the item whose data we want within the adapter's
     61      * data set.
     62      * @return The data at the specified position.
     63      */
     64     Object getItem(int position);
     65 
     66     /**
     67      * Get the row id associated with the specified position in the list.
     68      *
     69      * @param position The position of the item within the adapter's data set whose row id we want.
     70      * @return The id of the item at the specified position.
     71      */
     72     long getItemId(int position);
     73 
     74     /**
     75      * Indicates whether the item ids are stable across changes to the
     76      * underlying data.
     77      *
     78      * @return True if the same id always refers to the same object.
     79      */
     80     boolean hasStableIds();
     81 
     82     /**
     83      * Get a View that displays the data at the specified position in the data set. You can either
     84      * create a View manually or inflate it from an XML layout file. When the View is inflated, the
     85      * parent View (GridView, ListView...) will apply default layout parameters unless you use
     86      * {@link android.view.LayoutInflater#inflate(int, android.view.ViewGroup, boolean)}
     87      * to specify a root view and to prevent attachment to the root.
     88      *
     89      * @param position The position of the item within the adapter's data set of the item whose view
     90      *        we want.
     91      * @param convertView The old view to reuse, if possible. Note: You should check that this view
     92      *        is non-null and of an appropriate type before using. If it is not possible to convert
     93      *        this view to display the correct data, this method can create a new view.
     94      *        Heterogeneous lists can specify their number of view types, so that this View is
     95      *        always of the right type (see {@link #getViewTypeCount()} and
     96      *        {@link #getItemViewType(int)}).
     97      * @param parent The parent that this view will eventually be attached to
     98      * @return A View corresponding to the data at the specified position.
     99      */
    100     View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent);
    101 
    102     /**
    103      * An item view type that causes the {@link AdapterView} to ignore the item
    104      * view. For example, this can be used if the client does not want a
    105      * particular view to be given for conversion in
    106      * {@link #getView(int, View, ViewGroup)}.
    107      *
    108      * @see #getItemViewType(int)
    109      * @see #getViewTypeCount()
    110      */
    111     static final int IGNORE_ITEM_VIEW_TYPE = AdapterView.ITEM_VIEW_TYPE_IGNORE;
    112 
    113     /**
    114      * Get the type of View that will be created by {@link #getView} for the specified item.
    115      *
    116      * @param position The position of the item within the adapter's data set whose view type we
    117      *        want.
    118      * @return An integer representing the type of View. Two views should share the same type if one
    119      *         can be converted to the other in {@link #getView}. Note: Integers must be in the
    120      *         range 0 to {@link #getViewTypeCount} - 1. {@link #IGNORE_ITEM_VIEW_TYPE} can
    121      *         also be returned.
    122      * @see #IGNORE_ITEM_VIEW_TYPE
    123      */
    124     int getItemViewType(int position);
    125 
    126     /**
    127      * <p>
    128      * Returns the number of types of Views that will be created by
    129      * {@link #getView}. Each type represents a set of views that can be
    130      * converted in {@link #getView}. If the adapter always returns the same
    131      * type of View for all items, this method should return 1.
    132      * </p>
    133      * <p>
    134      * This method will only be called when the adapter is set on the {@link AdapterView}.
    135      * </p>
    136      *
    137      * @return The number of types of Views that will be created by this adapter
    138      */
    139     int getViewTypeCount();
    140 
    141     static final int NO_SELECTION = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
    142 
    143      /**
    144       * @return true if this adapter doesn't contain any data.  This is used to determine
    145       * whether the empty view should be displayed.  A typical implementation will return
    146       * getCount() == 0 but since getCount() includes the headers and footers, specialized
    147       * adapters might want a different behavior.
    148       */
    149      boolean isEmpty();
    150 
    151     /**
    152      * Gets a string representation of the adapter data that can help
    153      * {@link android.service.autofill.AutofillService} autofill the view backed by the adapter.
    154      *
    155      * <p>
    156      * It should only be set (i.e., non-{@code null} if the values do not represent PII
    157      * (Personally Identifiable Information - sensitive data such as email addresses,
    158      * credit card numbers, passwords, etc...). For
    159      * example, it's ok to return a list of month names, but not a list of usernames. A good rule of
    160      * thumb is that if the adapter data comes from static resources, such data is not PII - see
    161      * {@link android.view.ViewStructure#setDataIsSensitive(boolean)} for more info.
    162      *
    163      * @return {@code null} by default, unless implementations override it.
    164      */
    165     default @Nullable CharSequence[] getAutofillOptions() {
    166         return null;
    167     }
    168 }
    169