Android Filter类--线程间的通信

Filter与AsyncQueryHander实现基本类似，它包含两个Hander：RequestHandler和 ResultHandler，以及一个HandlerThread：名为Filter的线程。RequestHandler与Filter线程绑定，过滤请求都是通过 RequestHandler发送给Filter线程。当过滤产生后，通过mResultHandler将数据push给UI显示。

首先看下Filter的构造方法

public Filter() {
        mResultHandler = new ResultsHandler();
    }

private class ResultsHandler extends Handler {
        /**
         * <p>Messages received from the request handler are processed in the
         * UI thread. The processing involves calling
         * {@link Filter#publishResults(CharSequence,
         * android.widget.Filter.FilterResults)}
         * to post the results back in the UI and then notifying the listener,
         * if any.</p> 
         *
         * @param msg the filtering results
         */
        @Override
        public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
            RequestArguments args = (RequestArguments) msg.obj;

//push 给UI显示
            publishResults(args.constraint, args.results);
            if (args.listener != null) {
                int count = args.results != null ? args.results.count : -1;
                args.listener.onFilterComplete(count);
            }
        }
    }

上一篇文章中说到搜索的方法

adapter.getFilter.filter(*******),实际上调用的就是Filter的filter方法。如下

private static final String THREAD_NAME = "Filter";

public final void filter(CharSequence constraint, F