am f947930e: Merge "Document ContentProvider\'s API a bit more explicitly"

* commit 'f947930ed2e7aa4b7cc9f2d9aad0b25ef002c0c7':
  Document ContentProvider's API a bit more explicitly
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Christopher Tate
2013-01-03 12:26:25 -08:00
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@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ public abstract class ContentProvider implements ComponentCallbacks2 {
*
* @param abstractInterface The ContentProvider interface that is to be
* coerced.
* @return If the IContentProvider is non-null and local, returns its actual
* ContentProvider instance. Otherwise returns null.
* @return If the IContentProvider is non-{@code null} and local, returns its actual
* ContentProvider instance. Otherwise returns {@code null}.
* @hide
*/
public static ContentProvider coerceToLocalContentProvider(
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ public abstract class ContentProvider implements ComponentCallbacks2 {
/**
* Retrieves the Context this provider is running in. Only available once
* {@link #onCreate} has been called -- this will return null in the
* {@link #onCreate} has been called -- this will return {@code null} in the
* constructor.
*/
public final Context getContext() {
@@ -570,15 +570,15 @@ public abstract class ContentProvider implements ComponentCallbacks2 {
* that the implementation should parse and add to a WHERE or HAVING clause, specifying
* that _id value.
* @param projection The list of columns to put into the cursor. If
* null all columns are included.
* {@code null} all columns are included.
* @param selection A selection criteria to apply when filtering rows.
* If null then all rows are included.
* If {@code null} then all rows are included.
* @param selectionArgs You may include ?s in selection, which will be replaced by
* the values from selectionArgs, in order that they appear in the selection.
* The values will be bound as Strings.
* @param sortOrder How the rows in the cursor should be sorted.
* If null then the provider is free to define the sort order.
* @return a Cursor or null.
* If {@code null} then the provider is free to define the sort order.
* @return a Cursor or {@code null}.
*/
public abstract Cursor query(Uri uri, String[] projection,
String selection, String[] selectionArgs, String sortOrder);
@@ -633,18 +633,18 @@ public abstract class ContentProvider implements ComponentCallbacks2 {
* that the implementation should parse and add to a WHERE or HAVING clause, specifying
* that _id value.
* @param projection The list of columns to put into the cursor. If
* null all columns are included.
* {@code null} all columns are included.
* @param selection A selection criteria to apply when filtering rows.
* If null then all rows are included.
* If {@code null} then all rows are included.
* @param selectionArgs You may include ?s in selection, which will be replaced by
* the values from selectionArgs, in order that they appear in the selection.
* The values will be bound as Strings.
* @param sortOrder How the rows in the cursor should be sorted.
* If null then the provider is free to define the sort order.
* @param cancellationSignal A signal to cancel the operation in progress, or null if none.
* If {@code null} then the provider is free to define the sort order.
* @param cancellationSignal A signal to cancel the operation in progress, or {@code null} if none.
* If the operation is canceled, then {@link OperationCanceledException} will be thrown
* when the query is executed.
* @return a Cursor or null.
* @return a Cursor or {@code null}.
*/
public Cursor query(Uri uri, String[] projection,
String selection, String[] selectionArgs, String sortOrder,
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ public abstract class ContentProvider implements ComponentCallbacks2 {
* to retrieve the MIME type for a URI when dispatching intents.
*
* @param uri the URI to query.
* @return a MIME type string, or null if there is no type.
* @return a MIME type string, or {@code null} if there is no type.
*/
public abstract String getType(Uri uri);
@@ -679,8 +679,9 @@ public abstract class ContentProvider implements ComponentCallbacks2 {
* This method can be called from multiple threads, as described in
* <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/fundamentals/processes-and-threads.html#Threads">Processes
* and Threads</a>.
* @param uri The content:// URI of the insertion request.
* @param uri The content:// URI of the insertion request. This must not be {@code null}.
* @param values A set of column_name/value pairs to add to the database.
* This must not be {@code null}.
* @return The URI for the newly inserted item.
*/
public abstract Uri insert(Uri uri, ContentValues values);
@@ -697,6 +698,7 @@ public abstract class ContentProvider implements ComponentCallbacks2 {
*
* @param uri The content:// URI of the insertion request.
* @param values An array of sets of column_name/value pairs to add to the database.
* This must not be {@code null}.
* @return The number of values that were inserted.
*/
public int bulkInsert(Uri uri, ContentValues[] values) {
@@ -741,8 +743,8 @@ public abstract class ContentProvider implements ComponentCallbacks2 {
*
* @param uri The URI to query. This can potentially have a record ID if this
* is an update request for a specific record.
* @param values A Bundle mapping from column names to new column values (NULL is a
* valid value).
* @param values A set of column_name/value pairs to update in the database.
* This must not be {@code null}.
* @param selection An optional filter to match rows to update.
* @return the number of rows affected.
*/
@@ -875,7 +877,7 @@ public abstract class ContentProvider implements ComponentCallbacks2 {
/**
* Called by a client to determine the types of data streams that this
* content provider supports for the given URI. The default implementation
* returns null, meaning no types. If your content provider stores data
* returns {@code null}, meaning no types. If your content provider stores data
* of a particular type, return that MIME type if it matches the given
* mimeTypeFilter. If it can perform type conversions, return an array
* of all supported MIME types that match mimeTypeFilter.
@@ -883,7 +885,7 @@ public abstract class ContentProvider implements ComponentCallbacks2 {
* @param uri The data in the content provider being queried.
* @param mimeTypeFilter The type of data the client desires. May be
* a pattern, such as *\/* to retrieve all possible data types.
* @return Returns null if there are no possible data streams for the
* @return Returns {@code null} if there are no possible data streams for the
* given mimeTypeFilter. Otherwise returns an array of all available
* concrete MIME types.
*
@@ -1091,10 +1093,10 @@ public abstract class ContentProvider implements ComponentCallbacks2 {
* interfaces that are cheaper and/or unnatural for a table-like
* model.
*
* @param method method name to call. Opaque to framework, but should not be null.
* @param arg provider-defined String argument. May be null.
* @param extras provider-defined Bundle argument. May be null.
* @return provider-defined return value. May be null. Null is also
* @param method method name to call. Opaque to framework, but should not be {@code null}.
* @param arg provider-defined String argument. May be {@code null}.
* @param extras provider-defined Bundle argument. May be {@code null}.
* @return provider-defined return value. May be {@code null}, which is also
* the default for providers which don't implement any call methods.
*/
public Bundle call(String method, String arg, Bundle extras) {