android中AdapterView的观察者模式

首先介绍一下Observer类和Observable类

public abstract class DataSetObserver {
    /**
     * This method is called when the entire data set has changed,
     * most likely through a call to {@link Cursor#requery()} on a {@link Cursor}.
     */
    public void onChanged() {
        // Do nothing
    }

    /**
     * This method is called when the entire data becomes invalid,
     * most likely through a call to {@link Cursor#deactivate()} or {@link Cursor#close()} on a
     * {@link Cursor}.
     */
    public void onInvalidated() {
        // Do nothing
    }
}

public abstract class Observable<T> {
    /**
     * The list of observers.  An observer can be in the list at most
     * once and will never be null.
     */
    protected final ArrayList<T> mObservers = new ArrayList<T>();

    /**
     * Adds an observer to the list. The observer cannot be null and it must not already
     * be registered.
     * @param observer the observer to register
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException the observer is null
     * @throws IllegalStateException the observer is already registered
     */
    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);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Removes a previously registered observer. The observer must not be null and it
     * must already have been registered.
     * @param observer the observer to unregister
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException the observer is null
     * @throws IllegalStateException the observer is not yet registered
     */
    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);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Remove all registered observers.
     */
    public void unregisterAll() {
        synchronized(mObservers) {
            mObservers.clear();
        }
    }
}

观察者模式中 有两个角色，通知者和观察者（被通知者），Observable可以认为是一个通知者，里面维护了一个存放观察者对象的ArrayList，DataSetObserver是一个观察者，观察者模式的目的就是当需要发生改变时，通知者会通知每个观察者做出改变，通知者与观察者是一对多的关系。

在android开发中ListView经常用到，而notifyDataSetChanged（）方法常用于数据集改变的时候刷新listview，下面结合观察者模式分析一下notifyDataSetChanged实现机制。

一般我们会自定义一个adapter继承自BaseAdapter，看看BaseAdapter里面的notifyDataSetChanged

public abstract class BaseAdapter implements ListAdapter, SpinnerAdapter {
    private final DataSetObservable mDataSetObservable = new DataSetObservable();

    public boolean hasStableIds() {
        return false;
    }
    
    public void registerDataSetObserver(DataSetObserver observer) {
        mDataSetObservable.registerObserver(observer);
    }

    public void unregisterDataSetObserver(DataSetObserver observer) {
        mDataSetObservable.unregisterObserver(observer);
    }
    
    /**
     * Notifies the attached observers that the underlying data has been changed
     * and any View reflecting the data set should refresh itself.
     */
    public void notifyDataSetChanged() {
        mDataSetObservable.notifyChanged();
    }

调用了DataSetObservable的notifyChanged方法，从命名上可以看出来DataSetObservable应该是个通知者

public class DataSetObservable extends Observable<DataSetObserver> {
    /**
     * Invokes {@link DataSetObserver#onChanged} on each observer.
     * Called when the contents of the data set have changed.  The recipient
     * will obtain the new contents the next time it queries the data set.
     */
    public void notifyChanged() {
        synchronized(mObservers) {
            // since onChanged() is implemented by the app, it could do anything, including
            // removing itself from {@link mObservers} - and that could cause problems if
            // an iterator is used on the ArrayList {@link mObservers}.
            // to avoid such problems, just march thru the list in the reverse order.
            for (int i = mObservers.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
                mObservers.get(i).onChanged();
            }
        }
    }

果然，遍历了Observable中的ArrayList，逐个调用onChange方法，就像之前说的一样，观察者逐个做出改变。至于如何改变，看看ListView的setAdapter方法。

@Override
    public void setAdapter(ListAdapter adapter) {
        if (mAdapter != null && mDataSetObserver != null) {
            mAdapter.unregisterDataSetObserver(mDataSetObserver);
        }

        resetList();
        mRecycler.clear();

        if (mHeaderViewInfos.size() > 0|| mFooterViewInfos.size() > 0) {
            mAdapter = new HeaderViewListAdapter(mHeaderViewInfos, mFooterViewInfos, adapter);
        } else {
            mAdapter = adapter;
        }

        mOldSelectedPosition = INVALID_POSITION;
        mOldSelectedRowId = INVALID_ROW_ID;

        // AbsListView#setAdapter will update choice mode states.
        super.setAdapter(adapter);

        if (mAdapter != null) {
            mAreAllItemsSelectable = mAdapter.areAllItemsEnabled();
            mOldItemCount = mItemCount;
            mItemCount = mAdapter.getCount();
            checkFocus();

            mDataSetObserver = new AdapterDataSetObserver();
            mAdapter.registerDataSetObserver(mDataSetObserver);

            mRecycler.setViewTypeCount(mAdapter.getViewTypeCount());

            int position;
            if (mStackFromBottom) {
                position = lookForSelectablePosition(mItemCount - 1, false);
            } else {
                position = lookForSelectablePosition(0, true);
            }
            setSelectedPositionInt(position);
            setNextSelectedPositionInt(position);

            if (mItemCount == 0) {
                // Nothing selected
                checkSelectionChanged();
            }
        } else {
            mAreAllItemsSelectable = true;
            checkFocus();
            // Nothing selected
            checkSelectionChanged();
        }

        requestLayout();
    }

看下这两句mDataSetObserver = new AdapterDataSetObserver();  ，mAdapter.registerDataSetObserver(mDataSetObserver);也就是说每次setAdapter的时候都会把一个类型为AdapterDataSetObserver的观察者注册进去，这里的mAdapter就是BaseAdapter的实现类类型。所以notifyDataSetChanged应该就是调用AdapterDataSetObserver的onChange方法，来看看

class AdapterDataSetObserver extends DataSetObserver {

        private Parcelable mInstanceState = null;

        @Override
        public void onChanged() {
            mDataChanged = true;
            mOldItemCount = mItemCount;
            mItemCount = getAdapter().getCount();

            // Detect the case where a cursor that was previously invalidated has
            // been repopulated with new data.
            if (AdapterView.this.getAdapter().hasStableIds() && mInstanceState != null
                    && mOldItemCount == 0 && mItemCount > 0) {
                AdapterView.this.onRestoreInstanceState(mInstanceState);
                mInstanceState = null;
            } else {
                rememberSyncState();
            }
            checkFocus();
            requestLayout();
        }

这是一个AdapterView的内部类，最终会调用到requestLayout（）方法，这是一个View类的方法，会使view重新布局。个人猜测会触发重写的getView方法所以达到刷新的作用。希望高手指正。