ContentUris

Class Overview

Utility methods useful for working with Uri objects that use the "content" (content://) scheme.

Content URIs have the syntax

content:// authority / path / id

content:

The scheme portion of the URI. This is always set to ContentResolver.SCHEME_CONTENT (value content:// ).

authority

A string that identifies the entire content provider. All the content URIs for the provider start with this string. To guarantee a unique authority, providers should consider using an authority that is the same as the provider class' package identifier.

path

Zero or more segments, separated by a forward slash ( / ), that identify some subset of the provider's data. Most providers use the path part to identify individual tables. Individual segments in the path are often called "directories" although they do not refer to file directories. The right-most segment in a path is often called a "twig"

id

A unique numeric identifier for a single row in the subset of data identified by the preceding path part. Most providers recognize content URIs that contain an id part and give them special handling. A table that contains a column named _ID often expects the id part to be a particular value for that column.

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From class java.lang.Object Object clone () Creates and returns a copy of this Object . boolean equals ( Object o) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal. void finalize () Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable. final Class <?> getClass () Returns the unique instance of Class that represents this object's class. int hashCode () Returns an integer hash code for this object. final void notify () Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up. final void notifyAll () Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up. String toString () Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object. final void wait () Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object. final void wait (long millis, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires. final void wait (long millis) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.