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Added in API level 1

ComponentName

public final class ComponentName
extends Object implements Parcelable, Cloneable, Comparable<ComponentName>

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.content.ComponentName


Identifier for a specific application component (Activity, Service, BroadcastReceiver, or ContentProvider) that is available. Two pieces of information, encapsulated here, are required to identify a component: the package (a String) it exists in, and the class (a String) name inside of that package.

Summary

Inherited constants

From interface android.os.Parcelable

Fields

public static final Creator<ComponentName> CREATOR

Public constructors

ComponentName(String pkg, String cls)

Create a new component identifier.

ComponentName(Context pkg, String cls)

Create a new component identifier from a Context and class name.

ComponentName(Context pkg, Class<?> cls)

Create a new component identifier from a Context and Class object.

ComponentName(Parcel in)

Instantiate a new ComponentName from the data in a Parcel that was previously written with writeToParcel(Parcel, int).

Public methods

ComponentName clone()

Creates and returns a copy of this object.

int compareTo(ComponentName that)
static ComponentName createRelative(String pkg, String cls)

Create a new component identifier where the class name may be specified as either absolute or relative to the containing package.

static ComponentName createRelative(Context pkg, String cls)

Create a new component identifier where the class name may be specified as either absolute or relative to the containing package.

int describeContents()

Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation.

boolean equals(Object obj)

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

String flattenToShortString()

The same as flattenToString(), but abbreviates the class name if it is a suffix of the package.

String flattenToString()

Return a String that unambiguously describes both the package and class names contained in the ComponentName.

String getClassName()

Return the class name of this component.

String getPackageName()

Return the package name of this component.

String getShortClassName()

Return the class name, either fully qualified or in a shortened form (with a leading '.') if it is a suffix of the package.

int hashCode()

Returns a hash code value for the object.

static ComponentName readFromParcel(Parcel in)

Read a ComponentName from a Parcel that was previously written with writeToParcel(ComponentName, Parcel), returning either a null or new object as appropriate.

String toShortString()

Return string representation of this class without the class's name as a prefix.

String toString()

Returns a string representation of the object.

static ComponentName unflattenFromString(String str)

Recover a ComponentName from a String that was previously created with flattenToString().

static void writeToParcel(ComponentName c, Parcel out)

Write a ComponentName to a Parcel, handling null pointers.

void writeToParcel(Parcel out, int flags)

Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Inherited methods

From class java.lang.Object
From interface android.os.Parcelable
From interface java.lang.Comparable

Fields

CREATOR

Added in API level 1
Creator<ComponentName> CREATOR

Public constructors

ComponentName

Added in API level 1
ComponentName (String pkg, 
                String cls)

Create a new component identifier.

Parameters
pkg String: The name of the package that the component exists in. Can not be null.
cls String: The name of the class inside of pkg that implements the component. Can not be null.

ComponentName

Added in API level 1
ComponentName (Context pkg, 
                String cls)

Create a new component identifier from a Context and class name.

Parameters
pkg Context: A Context for the package implementing the component, from which the actual package name will be retrieved.
cls String: The name of the class inside of pkg that implements the component.

ComponentName

Added in API level 1
ComponentName (Context pkg, 
                Class<?> cls)

Create a new component identifier from a Context and Class object.

Parameters
pkg Context: A Context for the package implementing the component, from which the actual package name will be retrieved.
cls Class: The Class object of the desired component, from which the actual class name will be retrieved.

ComponentName

Added in API level 1
ComponentName (Parcel in)

Instantiate a new ComponentName from the data in a Parcel that was previously written with writeToParcel(Parcel, int). Note that you must not use this with data written by writeToParcel(ComponentName, Parcel) since it is not possible to handle a null ComponentObject here.

Parameters
in Parcel: The Parcel containing the previously written ComponentName, positioned at the location in the buffer where it was written.

Public methods

clone

Added in API level 1
ComponentName clone ()

Creates and returns a copy of this object. The precise meaning of "copy" may depend on the class of the object. The general intent is that, for any object x, the expression:

 x.clone() != x
will be true, and that the expression:
 x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()
will be true, but these are not absolute requirements. While it is typically the case that:
 x.clone().equals(x)
will be true, this is not an absolute requirement.

By convention, the returned object should be obtained by calling super.clone. If a class and all of its superclasses (except Object) obey this convention, it will be the case that x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass().

By convention, the object returned by this method should be independent of this object (which is being cloned). To achieve this independence, it may be necessary to modify one or more fields of the object returned by super.clone before returning it. Typically, this means copying any mutable objects that comprise the internal "deep structure" of the object being cloned and replacing the references to these objects with references to the copies. If a class contains only primitive fields or references to immutable objects, then it is usually the case that no fields in the object returned by super.clone need to be modified.

The method clone for class Object performs a specific cloning operation. First, if the class of this object does not implement the interface Cloneable, then a CloneNotSupportedException is thrown. Note that all arrays are considered to implement the interface Cloneable and that the return type of the clone method of an array type T[] is T[] where T is any reference or primitive type. Otherwise, this method creates a new instance of the class of this object and initializes all its fields with exactly the contents of the corresponding fields of this object, as if by assignment; the contents of the fields are not themselves cloned. Thus, this method performs a "shallow copy" of this object, not a "deep copy" operation.

The class Object does not itself implement the interface Cloneable, so calling the clone method on an object whose class is Object will result in throwing an exception at run time.

Returns
ComponentName a clone of this instance.

compareTo

Added in API level 4
int compareTo (ComponentName that)

Parameters
that ComponentName
Returns
int

createRelative

Added in API level 23
ComponentName createRelative (String pkg, 
                String cls)

Create a new component identifier where the class name may be specified as either absolute or relative to the containing package.

Relative package names begin with a '.' character. For a package "com.example" and class name ".app.MyActivity" this method will return a ComponentName with the package "com.example"and class name "com.example.app.MyActivity". Fully qualified class names are also permitted.

Parameters
pkg String: the name of the package the component exists in
cls String: the name of the class inside of pkg that implements the component
Returns
ComponentName the new ComponentName

createRelative

Added in API level 23
ComponentName createRelative (Context pkg, 
                String cls)

Create a new component identifier where the class name may be specified as either absolute or relative to the containing package.

Relative package names begin with a '.' character. For a package "com.example" and class name ".app.MyActivity" this method will return a ComponentName with the package "com.example"and class name "com.example.app.MyActivity". Fully qualified class names are also permitted.

Parameters
pkg Context: a Context for the package implementing the component
cls String: the name of the class inside of pkg that implements the component
Returns
ComponentName the new ComponentName

describeContents

Added in API level 1
int describeContents ()

Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation. For example, if the object will include a file descriptor in the output of writeToParcel(Parcel, int), the return value of this method must include the CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR bit.

Returns
int a bitmask indicating the set of special object types marshaled by this Parcelable object instance.

equals

Added in API level 1
boolean equals (Object obj)

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

The equals method implements an equivalence relation on non-null object references:

  • It is reflexive: for any non-null reference value x, x.equals(x) should return true.
  • It is symmetric: for any non-null reference values x and y, x.equals(y) should return true if and only if y.equals(x) returns true.
  • It is transitive: for any non-null reference values x, y, and z, if x.equals(y) returns true and y.equals(z) returns true, then x.equals(z) should return true.
  • It is consistent: for any non-null reference values x and y, multiple invocations of x.equals(y) consistently return true or consistently return false, provided no information used in equals comparisons on the objects is modified.
  • For any non-null reference value x, x.equals(null) should return false.

The equals method for class Object implements the most discriminating possible equivalence relation on objects; that is, for any non-null reference values x and y, this method returns true if and only if x and y refer to the same object (x == y has the value true).

Note that it is generally necessary to override the hashCode method whenever this method is overridden, so as to maintain the general contract for the hashCode method, which states that equal objects must have equal hash codes.

Parameters
obj Object: the reference object with which to compare.
Returns
boolean true if this object is the same as the obj argument; false otherwise.

flattenToShortString

Added in API level 1
String flattenToShortString ()

The same as flattenToString(), but abbreviates the class name if it is a suffix of the package. The result can still be used with unflattenFromString(String).

Returns
String Returns a new String holding the package and class names. This is represented as the package name, concatenated with a '/' and then the class name.

See also:

flattenToString

Added in API level 1
String flattenToString ()

Return a String that unambiguously describes both the package and class names contained in the ComponentName. You can later recover the ComponentName from this string through unflattenFromString(String).

Returns
String Returns a new String holding the package and class names. This is represented as the package name, concatenated with a '/' and then the class name.

See also:

getClassName

Added in API level 1
String getClassName ()

Return the class name of this component.

Returns
String

getPackageName

Added in API level 1
String getPackageName ()

Return the package name of this component.

Returns
String

getShortClassName

Added in API level 1
String getShortClassName ()

Return the class name, either fully qualified or in a shortened form (with a leading '.') if it is a suffix of the package.

Returns
String

hashCode

Added in API level 1
int hashCode ()

Returns a hash code value for the object. This method is supported for the benefit of hash tables such as those provided by HashMap.

The general contract of hashCode is:

  • Whenever it is invoked on the same object more than once during an execution of a Java application, the hashCode method must consistently return the same integer, provided no information used in equals comparisons on the object is modified. This integer need not remain consistent from one execution of an application to another execution of the same application.
  • If two objects are equal according to the equals(Object) method, then calling the hashCode method on each of the two objects must produce the same integer result.
  • It is not required that if two objects are unequal according to the equals(java.lang.Object) method, then calling the hashCode method on each of the two objects must produce distinct integer results. However, the programmer should be aware that producing distinct integer results for unequal objects may improve the performance of hash tables.

As much as is reasonably practical, the hashCode method defined by class Object does return distinct integers for distinct objects. (This is typically implemented by converting the internal address of the object into an integer, but this implementation technique is not required by the JavaTM programming language.)

Returns
int a hash code value for this object.

readFromParcel

Added in API level 1
ComponentName readFromParcel (Parcel in)

Read a ComponentName from a Parcel that was previously written with writeToParcel(ComponentName, Parcel), returning either a null or new object as appropriate.

Parameters
in Parcel: The Parcel from which to read the ComponentName
Returns
ComponentName Returns a new ComponentName matching the previously written object, or null if a null had been written.

See also:

toShortString

Added in API level 1
String toShortString ()

Return string representation of this class without the class's name as a prefix.

Returns
String

toString

Added in API level 1
String toString ()

Returns a string representation of the object. In general, the toString method returns a string that "textually represents" this object. The result should be a concise but informative representation that is easy for a person to read. It is recommended that all subclasses override this method.

The toString method for class Object returns a string consisting of the name of the class of which the object is an instance, the at-sign character `@', and the unsigned hexadecimal representation of the hash code of the object. In other words, this method returns a string equal to the value of:

 getClass().getName() + '@' + Integer.toHexString(hashCode())
 

Returns
String a string representation of the object.

unflattenFromString

Added in API level 1
ComponentName unflattenFromString (String str)

Recover a ComponentName from a String that was previously created with flattenToString(). It splits the string at the first '/', taking the part before as the package name and the part after as the class name. As a special convenience (to use, for example, when parsing component names on the command line), if the '/' is immediately followed by a '.' then the final class name will be the concatenation of the package name with the string following the '/'. Thus "com.foo/.Blah" becomes package="com.foo" class="com.foo.Blah".

Parameters
str String: The String that was returned by flattenToString().
Returns
ComponentName Returns a new ComponentName containing the package and class names that were encoded in str

See also:

writeToParcel

Added in API level 1
void writeToParcel (ComponentName c, 
                Parcel out)

Write a ComponentName to a Parcel, handling null pointers. Must be read with readFromParcel(Parcel).

Parameters
c ComponentName: The ComponentName to be written.
out Parcel: The Parcel in which the ComponentName will be placed.

See also:

writeToParcel

Added in API level 1
void writeToParcel (Parcel out, 
                int flags)

Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Parameters
out Parcel: The Parcel in which the object should be written.
flags int: Additional flags about how the object should be written. May be 0 or PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE.

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