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package android.os;


Reference to a Handler, which others can use to send messages to it.
This allows for the implementation of message-based communication across
processes, by creating a Messenger pointing to a Handler in one process,
and handing that Messenger to another process.

Note: the implementation underneath is just a simple wrapper around a Binder that is used to perform the communication. This means semantically you should treat it as such: this class does not impact process lifecycle management (you must be using some higher-level component to tell the system that your process needs to continue running), the connection will break if your process goes away for any reason, etc.


/**
 * Reference to a Handler, which others can use to send messages to it.
 * This allows for the implementation of message-based communication across
 * processes, by creating a Messenger pointing to a Handler in one process,
 * and handing that Messenger to another process.
 *
 * <p>Note: the implementation underneath is just a simple wrapper around
 * a {@link Binder} that is used to perform the communication.  This means
 * semantically you should treat it as such: this class does not impact process
 * lifecycle management (you must be using some higher-level component to tell
 * the system that your process needs to continue running), the connection will
 * break if your process goes away for any reason, etc.</p>
 */
public final class Messenger implements Parcelable {
    private final IMessenger mTarget;

    
Create a new Messenger pointing to the given Handler. Any Message objects sent through this Messenger will appear in the Handler as if Handler.sendMessage(Message) had been called directly. 
Params:
  • target – The Handler that will receive sent messages.
/**
     * Create a new Messenger pointing to the given Handler.  Any Message
     * objects sent through this Messenger will appear in the Handler as if
     * {@link Handler#sendMessage(Message) Handler.sendMessage(Message)} had
     * been called directly.
     * 
     * @param target The Handler that will receive sent messages.
     */
    public Messenger(Handler target) {
        mTarget = target.getIMessenger();
    }
    
    
Send a Message to this Messenger's Handler.

Params:
Throws:
  • RemoteException – Throws DeadObjectException if the target
Handler no longer exists.
/**
     * Send a Message to this Messenger's Handler.
     * 
     * @param message The Message to send.  Usually retrieved through
     * {@link Message#obtain() Message.obtain()}.
     * 
     * @throws RemoteException Throws DeadObjectException if the target
     * Handler no longer exists.
     */
    public void send(Message message) throws RemoteException {
        mTarget.send(message);
    }
    
    
Retrieve the IBinder that this Messenger is using to communicate with
its associated Handler.

Returns:Returns the IBinder backing this Messenger.
/**
     * Retrieve the IBinder that this Messenger is using to communicate with
     * its associated Handler.
     * 
     * @return Returns the IBinder backing this Messenger.
     */
    public IBinder getBinder() {
        return mTarget.asBinder();
    }
    
    
Comparison operator on two Messenger objects, such that true
is returned then they both point to the same Handler.

/**
     * Comparison operator on two Messenger objects, such that true
     * is returned then they both point to the same Handler.
     */
    public boolean equals(Object otherObj) {
        if (otherObj == null) {
            return false;
        }
        try {
            return mTarget.asBinder().equals(((Messenger)otherObj)
                    .mTarget.asBinder());
        } catch (ClassCastException e) {
        }
        return false;
    }

    public int hashCode() {
        return mTarget.asBinder().hashCode();
    }
    
    public int describeContents() {
        return 0;
    }

    public void writeToParcel(Parcel out, int flags) {
        out.writeStrongBinder(mTarget.asBinder());
    }

    public static final Parcelable.Creator<Messenger> CREATOR
            = new Parcelable.Creator<Messenger>() {
        public Messenger createFromParcel(Parcel in) {
            IBinder target = in.readStrongBinder();
            return target != null ? new Messenger(target) : null;
        }

        public Messenger[] newArray(int size) {
            return new Messenger[size];
        }
    };

    
Convenience function for writing either a Messenger or null pointer to a Parcel. You must use this with readMessengerOrNullFromParcel for later reading it. 
Params:
  • messenger – The Messenger to write, or null.
  • out – Where to write the Messenger.
/**
     * Convenience function for writing either a Messenger or null pointer to
     * a Parcel.  You must use this with {@link #readMessengerOrNullFromParcel}
     * for later reading it.
     * 
     * @param messenger The Messenger to write, or null.
     * @param out Where to write the Messenger.
     */
    public static void writeMessengerOrNullToParcel(Messenger messenger,
            Parcel out) {
        out.writeStrongBinder(messenger != null ? messenger.mTarget.asBinder()
                : null);
    }
    
    
Convenience function for reading either a Messenger or null pointer from a Parcel. You must have previously written the Messenger with writeMessengerOrNullToParcel. 
Params:
  • in – The Parcel containing the written Messenger.
Returns:Returns the Messenger read from the Parcel, or null if null had
been written.
/**
     * Convenience function for reading either a Messenger or null pointer from
     * a Parcel.  You must have previously written the Messenger with
     * {@link #writeMessengerOrNullToParcel}.
     * 
     * @param in The Parcel containing the written Messenger.
     * 
     * @return Returns the Messenger read from the Parcel, or null if null had
     * been written.
     */
    public static Messenger readMessengerOrNullFromParcel(Parcel in) {
        IBinder b = in.readStrongBinder();
        return b != null ? new Messenger(b) : null;
    }
    
    
Create a Messenger from a raw IBinder, which had previously been retrieved with getBinder. 
Params:
  • target – The IBinder this Messenger should communicate with.
/**
     * Create a Messenger from a raw IBinder, which had previously been
     * retrieved with {@link #getBinder}.
     * 
     * @param target The IBinder this Messenger should communicate with.
     */
    public Messenger(IBinder target) {
        mTarget = IMessenger.Stub.asInterface(target);
    }
}