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* Copyright (C) 2006 The Android Open Source Project
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
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*/
package android.os;
/**
* Interface for classes whose instances can be written to
* and restored from a {@link Parcel}. Classes implementing the Parcelable
* interface must also have a static field called <code>CREATOR</code>, which
* is an object implementing the {@link Parcelable.Creator Parcelable.Creator}
* interface.
*
* <p>A typical implementation of Parcelable is:</p>
*
* <pre>
* public class MyParcelable implements Parcelable {
* private int mData;
*
* public void writeToParcel(Parcel out, int flags) {
* out.writeInt(mData);
* }
*
* public static final Parcelable.Creator<MyParcelable> CREATOR
* = new Parcelable.Creator<MyParcelable>() {
* public MyParcelable createFromParcel(Parcel in) {
* return new MyParcelable(in);
* }
*
* public MyParcelable[] newArray(int size) {
* return new MyParcelable[size];
* }
* }
*
* private MyParcelable(Parcel in) {
* mData = in.readInt();
* }
* }</pre>
*/
public interface Parcelable {
/**
* Flag for use with {@link #writeToParcel}: the object being written
* is a return value, that is the result of a function such as
* "<code>Parcelable someFunction()</code>",
* "<code>void someFunction(out Parcelable)</code>", or
* "<code>void someFunction(inout Parcelable)</code>". Some implementations
* may want to release resources at this point.
*/
public static final int PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE = 0x0001;
/**
* Bit masks for use with {@link #describeContents}: each bit represents a
* kind of object considered to have potential special significance when
* marshalled.
*/
public static final int CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR = 0x0001;
/**
* Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable's
* marshalled representation.
*
* @return a bitmask indicating the set of special object types marshalled
* by the Parcelable.
*/
public int describeContents();
/**
* Flatten this object in to a Parcel.
*
* @param dest The Parcel in which the object should be written.
* @param flags Additional flags about how the object should be written.
* May be 0 or {@link #PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE}.
*/
public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags);
/**
* Interface that must be implemented and provided as a public CREATOR
* field that generates instances of your Parcelable class from a Parcel.
*/
public interface Creator<T> {
/**
* Create a new instance of the Parcelable class, instantiating it
* from the given Parcel whose data had previously been written by
* {@link Parcelable#writeToParcel Parcelable.writeToParcel()}.
*
* @param source The Parcel to read the object's data from.
* @return Returns a new instance of the Parcelable class.
*/
public T createFromParcel(Parcel source);
/**
* Create a new array of the Parcelable class.
*
* @param size Size of the array.
* @return Returns an array of the Parcelable class, with every entry
* initialized to null.
*/
public T[] newArray(int size);
}
}