Observable是观察者模式的典型应用。在Android下,Observable是一个泛型的抽象类,表示一个观察者对象,提供了观察者注册、反注册及清空三个方法,其源码如下:
- public abstract class Observable<T> {
- protected final ArrayList<T> mObservers = new ArrayList<T>();
- public void registerObserver(T observer) {
- if (observer == null) {
- throw new IllegalArgumentException("The observer is null.");
- }
- synchronized(mObservers) {
- if (mObservers.contains(observer)) {
- throw new IllegalStateException("Observer " + observer + " is already registered.");
- }
- mObservers.add(observer);
- }
- }
- public void unregisterObserver(T observer) {
- if (observer == null) {
- throw new IllegalArgumentException("The observer is null.");
- }
- synchronized(mObservers) {
- int index = mObservers.indexOf(observer);
- if (index == -1) {
- throw new IllegalStateException("Observer " + observer + " was not registered.");
- }
- mObservers.remove(index);
- }
- }
- public void unregisterAll() {
- synchronized(mObservers) {
- mObservers.clear();
- }
- }
- }
DataSetObservable在很多的Adapter中都用到,像BaseAdapter。DataSetObservable使用DataSetObserver实例化了Observable。DataSetObserver表示了一个数据集对象的观察者,主要提供了两个方法:
- public abstract class DataSetObserver {
- public void onChanged() {
- // Do nothing
- }
- public void onInvalidated() {
- // Do nothing
- }
- }
DataSetObservable实现如下:
- public class DataSetObservable extends Observable<DataSetObserver> {
- public void notifyChanged() {
- synchronized(mObservers) {
- for (DataSetObserver observer : mObservers) {
- observer.onChanged();
- }
- }
- }
- public void notifyInvalidated() {
- synchronized (mObservers) {
- for (DataSetObserver observer : mObservers) {
- observer.onInvalidated();
- }
- }
- }
- }
当数据集有变化时,会调用DataSetObserver的onChanged()方法;当数据集失效时,会调用DataSetObserver的onINvalidated()方法。