BackupDataInput

public class BackupDataInput
extends Object

Provides the structured interface through which a BackupAgent reads information from the backup data set, via its onRestore() method. The data is presented as a set of "entities," each representing one named record as previously stored by the agent's onBackup() implementation. An entity is composed of a descriptive header plus a byte array that holds the raw data saved in the remote backup.

The agent must consume every entity in the data stream, otherwise the restored state of the application will be incomplete.

Example

A typical onRestore() implementation might be structured something like this:

 public void onRestore(BackupDataInput data, int appVersionCode,
                       ParcelFileDescriptor newState) {
     while (data.readNextHeader()) {
         String key = data.getKey();
         int dataSize = data.getDataSize();

         if (key.equals(MY_BACKUP_KEY_ONE)) {
             // process this kind of record here
             byte[] buffer = new byte[dataSize];
             data.readEntityData(buffer, 0, dataSize); // reads the entire entity at once

             // now 'buffer' holds the raw data and can be processed however
             // the agent wishes
             processBackupKeyOne(buffer);
         } else if (key.equals(MY_BACKUP_KEY_TO_IGNORE) {
             // a key we recognize but wish to discard
             data.skipEntityData();
         } // ... etc.
    }
 }

Summary

Inherited methods

From class java.lang.Object Object clone() Creates and returns a copy of this object. boolean equals(Object obj) Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. void finalize() Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object. final Class<?> getClass() Returns the runtime class of this Object. int hashCode() Returns a hash code value for the object. final void notify() Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor. final void notifyAll() Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor. String toString() Returns a string representation of the object. final void wait(long millis, int nanos) Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the notify() method or the notifyAll() method for this object, or some other thread interrupts the current thread, or a certain amount of real time has elapsed. final void wait(long millis) Causes the current thread to wait until either another thread invokes the notify() method or the notifyAll() method for this object, or a specified amount of time has elapsed. final void wait() Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the notify() method or the notifyAll() method for this object.

Public methods

int getDataSize ()

String getKey ()

int readEntityData (byte[] data, 
                int offset, 
                int size)

boolean readNextHeader ()

void skipEntityData ()