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package android.content;

import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.OperationCanceledException;
import android.os.SystemClock;
import android.util.Log;
import android.util.TimeUtils;

import java.io.FileDescriptor;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
import java.util.concurrent.Executor;

Abstract Loader that provides an AsyncTask to do the work. See Loader and LoaderManager for more details.

Here is an example implementation of an AsyncTaskLoader subclass that loads the currently installed applications from the package manager. This implementation takes care of retrieving the application labels and sorting its result set from them, monitoring for changes to the installed applications, and rebuilding the list when a change in configuration requires this (such as a locale change). {@sample development/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app/LoaderCustom.java loader}

An example implementation of a fragment that uses the above loader to show the currently installed applications in a list is below. {@sample development/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app/LoaderCustom.java fragment}

Type parameters:
  • <D> – the data type to be loaded.
Deprecated:Use the Support Library AsyncTaskLoader
/** * Abstract Loader that provides an {@link AsyncTask} to do the work. See * {@link Loader} and {@link android.app.LoaderManager} for more details. * * <p>Here is an example implementation of an AsyncTaskLoader subclass that * loads the currently installed applications from the package manager. This * implementation takes care of retrieving the application labels and sorting * its result set from them, monitoring for changes to the installed * applications, and rebuilding the list when a change in configuration requires * this (such as a locale change). * * {@sample development/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app/LoaderCustom.java * loader} * * <p>An example implementation of a fragment that uses the above loader to show * the currently installed applications in a list is below. * * {@sample development/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/app/LoaderCustom.java * fragment} * * @param <D> the data type to be loaded. * * @deprecated Use the <a href="{@docRoot}tools/extras/support-library.html">Support Library</a> * {@link android.support.v4.content.AsyncTaskLoader} */
@Deprecated public abstract class AsyncTaskLoader<D> extends Loader<D> { static final String TAG = "AsyncTaskLoader"; static final boolean DEBUG = false; final class LoadTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, D> implements Runnable { private final CountDownLatch mDone = new CountDownLatch(1); // Set to true to indicate that the task has been posted to a handler for // execution at a later time. Used to throttle updates. boolean waiting; /* Runs on a worker thread */ @Override protected D doInBackground(Void... params) { if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, this + " >>> doInBackground"); try { D data = AsyncTaskLoader.this.onLoadInBackground(); if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, this + " <<< doInBackground"); return data; } catch (OperationCanceledException ex) { if (!isCancelled()) { // onLoadInBackground threw a canceled exception spuriously. // This is problematic because it means that the LoaderManager did not // cancel the Loader itself and still expects to receive a result. // Additionally, the Loader's own state will not have been updated to // reflect the fact that the task was being canceled. // So we treat this case as an unhandled exception. throw ex; } if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, this + " <<< doInBackground (was canceled)", ex); return null; } } /* Runs on the UI thread */ @Override protected void onPostExecute(D data) { if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, this + " onPostExecute"); try { AsyncTaskLoader.this.dispatchOnLoadComplete(this, data); } finally { mDone.countDown(); } } /* Runs on the UI thread */ @Override protected void onCancelled(D data) { if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, this + " onCancelled"); try { AsyncTaskLoader.this.dispatchOnCancelled(this, data); } finally { mDone.countDown(); } } /* Runs on the UI thread, when the waiting task is posted to a handler. * This method is only executed when task execution was deferred (waiting was true). */ @Override public void run() { waiting = false; AsyncTaskLoader.this.executePendingTask(); } /* Used for testing purposes to wait for the task to complete. */ public void waitForLoader() { try { mDone.await(); } catch (InterruptedException e) { // Ignore } } } private final Executor mExecutor; volatile LoadTask mTask; volatile LoadTask mCancellingTask; long mUpdateThrottle; long mLastLoadCompleteTime = -10000; Handler mHandler; public AsyncTaskLoader(Context context) { this(context, AsyncTask.THREAD_POOL_EXECUTOR); }
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/** {@hide} */
public AsyncTaskLoader(Context context, Executor executor) { super(context); mExecutor = executor; }
Set amount to throttle updates by. This is the minimum time from when the last loadInBackground() call has completed until a new load is scheduled.
Params:
  • delayMS – Amount of delay, in milliseconds.
/** * Set amount to throttle updates by. This is the minimum time from * when the last {@link #loadInBackground()} call has completed until * a new load is scheduled. * * @param delayMS Amount of delay, in milliseconds. */
public void setUpdateThrottle(long delayMS) { mUpdateThrottle = delayMS; if (delayMS != 0) { mHandler = new Handler(); } } @Override protected void onForceLoad() { super.onForceLoad(); cancelLoad(); mTask = new LoadTask(); if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "Preparing load: mTask=" + mTask); executePendingTask(); } @Override protected boolean onCancelLoad() { if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "onCancelLoad: mTask=" + mTask); if (mTask != null) { if (!mStarted) { mContentChanged = true; } if (mCancellingTask != null) { // There was a pending task already waiting for a previous // one being canceled; just drop it. if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "cancelLoad: still waiting for cancelled task; dropping next"); if (mTask.waiting) { mTask.waiting = false; mHandler.removeCallbacks(mTask); } mTask = null; return false; } else if (mTask.waiting) { // There is a task, but it is waiting for the time it should // execute. We can just toss it. if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "cancelLoad: task is waiting, dropping it"); mTask.waiting = false; mHandler.removeCallbacks(mTask); mTask = null; return false; } else { boolean cancelled = mTask.cancel(false); if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "cancelLoad: cancelled=" + cancelled); if (cancelled) { mCancellingTask = mTask; cancelLoadInBackground(); } mTask = null; return cancelled; } } return false; }
Called if the task was canceled before it was completed. Gives the class a chance to clean up post-cancellation and to properly dispose of the result.
Params:
/** * Called if the task was canceled before it was completed. Gives the class a chance * to clean up post-cancellation and to properly dispose of the result. * * @param data The value that was returned by {@link #loadInBackground}, or null * if the task threw {@link OperationCanceledException}. */
public void onCanceled(D data) { } void executePendingTask() { if (mCancellingTask == null && mTask != null) { if (mTask.waiting) { mTask.waiting = false; mHandler.removeCallbacks(mTask); } if (mUpdateThrottle > 0) { long now = SystemClock.uptimeMillis(); if (now < (mLastLoadCompleteTime+mUpdateThrottle)) { // Not yet time to do another load. if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "Waiting until " + (mLastLoadCompleteTime+mUpdateThrottle) + " to execute: " + mTask); mTask.waiting = true; mHandler.postAtTime(mTask, mLastLoadCompleteTime+mUpdateThrottle); return; } } if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "Executing: " + mTask); mTask.executeOnExecutor(mExecutor, (Void[]) null); } } void dispatchOnCancelled(LoadTask task, D data) { onCanceled(data); if (mCancellingTask == task) { if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "Cancelled task is now canceled!"); rollbackContentChanged(); mLastLoadCompleteTime = SystemClock.uptimeMillis(); mCancellingTask = null; if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "Delivering cancellation"); deliverCancellation(); executePendingTask(); } } void dispatchOnLoadComplete(LoadTask task, D data) { if (mTask != task) { if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "Load complete of old task, trying to cancel"); dispatchOnCancelled(task, data); } else { if (isAbandoned()) { // This cursor has been abandoned; just cancel the new data. onCanceled(data); } else { commitContentChanged(); mLastLoadCompleteTime = SystemClock.uptimeMillis(); mTask = null; if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "Delivering result"); deliverResult(data); } } }
Called on a worker thread to perform the actual load and to return the result of the load operation. Implementations should not deliver the result directly, but should return them from this method, which will eventually end up calling Loader.deliverResult on the UI thread. If implementations need to process the results on the UI thread they may override Loader.deliverResult and do so there. To support cancellation, this method should periodically check the value of isLoadInBackgroundCanceled and terminate when it returns true. Subclasses may also override cancelLoadInBackground to interrupt the load directly instead of polling isLoadInBackgroundCanceled. When the load is canceled, this method may either return normally or throw OperationCanceledException. In either case, the Loader will call onCanceled to perform post-cancellation cleanup and to dispose of the result object, if any.
Throws:
See Also:
Returns:The result of the load operation.
/** * Called on a worker thread to perform the actual load and to return * the result of the load operation. * * Implementations should not deliver the result directly, but should return them * from this method, which will eventually end up calling {@link #deliverResult} on * the UI thread. If implementations need to process the results on the UI thread * they may override {@link #deliverResult} and do so there. * * To support cancellation, this method should periodically check the value of * {@link #isLoadInBackgroundCanceled} and terminate when it returns true. * Subclasses may also override {@link #cancelLoadInBackground} to interrupt the load * directly instead of polling {@link #isLoadInBackgroundCanceled}. * * When the load is canceled, this method may either return normally or throw * {@link OperationCanceledException}. In either case, the {@link Loader} will * call {@link #onCanceled} to perform post-cancellation cleanup and to dispose of the * result object, if any. * * @return The result of the load operation. * * @throws OperationCanceledException if the load is canceled during execution. * * @see #isLoadInBackgroundCanceled * @see #cancelLoadInBackground * @see #onCanceled */
public abstract D loadInBackground();
Calls loadInBackground(). This method is reserved for use by the loader framework. Subclasses should override loadInBackground instead of this method.
Throws:
See Also:
Returns:The result of the load operation.
/** * Calls {@link #loadInBackground()}. * * This method is reserved for use by the loader framework. * Subclasses should override {@link #loadInBackground} instead of this method. * * @return The result of the load operation. * * @throws OperationCanceledException if the load is canceled during execution. * * @see #loadInBackground */
protected D onLoadInBackground() { return loadInBackground(); }
Called on the main thread to abort a load in progress. Override this method to abort the current invocation of loadInBackground that is running in the background on a worker thread. This method should do nothing if loadInBackground has not started running or if it has already finished.
See Also:
/** * Called on the main thread to abort a load in progress. * * Override this method to abort the current invocation of {@link #loadInBackground} * that is running in the background on a worker thread. * * This method should do nothing if {@link #loadInBackground} has not started * running or if it has already finished. * * @see #loadInBackground */
public void cancelLoadInBackground() { }
Returns true if the current invocation of loadInBackground is being canceled.
See Also:
Returns:True if the current invocation of loadInBackground is being canceled.
/** * Returns true if the current invocation of {@link #loadInBackground} is being canceled. * * @return True if the current invocation of {@link #loadInBackground} is being canceled. * * @see #loadInBackground */
public boolean isLoadInBackgroundCanceled() { return mCancellingTask != null; }
Locks the current thread until the loader completes the current load operation. Returns immediately if there is no load operation running. Should not be called from the UI thread: calling it from the UI thread would cause a deadlock.

Use for testing only. Never call this from a UI thread.

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/** * Locks the current thread until the loader completes the current load * operation. Returns immediately if there is no load operation running. * Should not be called from the UI thread: calling it from the UI * thread would cause a deadlock. * <p> * Use for testing only. <b>Never</b> call this from a UI thread. * * @hide */
public void waitForLoader() { LoadTask task = mTask; if (task != null) { task.waitForLoader(); } } @Override public void dump(String prefix, FileDescriptor fd, PrintWriter writer, String[] args) { super.dump(prefix, fd, writer, args); if (mTask != null) { writer.print(prefix); writer.print("mTask="); writer.print(mTask); writer.print(" waiting="); writer.println(mTask.waiting); } if (mCancellingTask != null) { writer.print(prefix); writer.print("mCancellingTask="); writer.print(mCancellingTask); writer.print(" waiting="); writer.println(mCancellingTask.waiting); } if (mUpdateThrottle != 0) { writer.print(prefix); writer.print("mUpdateThrottle="); TimeUtils.formatDuration(mUpdateThrottle, writer); writer.print(" mLastLoadCompleteTime="); TimeUtils.formatDuration(mLastLoadCompleteTime, SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), writer); writer.println(); } } }