android.os
Interface IServiceManager

All Superinterfaces:

IInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:

ServiceManagerNative, ServiceManagerProxy

public interface IServiceManager
extends IInterface

Basic interface for finding and publishing system services. An implementation of this interface is usually published as the global context object, which can be retrieved via BinderNative.getContextObject(). An easy way to retrieve this is with the static method BnServiceManager.getDefault().

Field Summary

static int	ADD_SERVICE_TRANSACTION
static int	CHECK_SERVICE_TRANSACTION
static int	CHECK_SERVICES_TRANSACTION
static String	descriptor
static int	GET_SERVICE_TRANSACTION
static int	LIST_SERVICES_TRANSACTION
static int	SET_PERMISSION_CONTROLLER_TRANSACTION

Method Summary

void	addService(String name, IBinder service) Place a new @a service called @a name into the service manager.
IBinder	checkService(String name) Retrieve an existing service called @a name from the service manager.
IBinder	getService(String name) Retrieve an existing service called @a name from the service manager.
String[]	listServices() Return a list of all currently running services.
void	setPermissionController(IPermissionController controller) Assign a permission controller to the service manager.

Methods inherited from interface android.os.IInterface

asBinder

Field Detail

descriptor

static final String descriptor

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Constant Field Values

GET_SERVICE_TRANSACTION

static final int GET_SERVICE_TRANSACTION

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CHECK_SERVICE_TRANSACTION

static final int CHECK_SERVICE_TRANSACTION

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ADD_SERVICE_TRANSACTION

static final int ADD_SERVICE_TRANSACTION

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LIST_SERVICES_TRANSACTION

static final int LIST_SERVICES_TRANSACTION

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CHECK_SERVICES_TRANSACTION

static final int CHECK_SERVICES_TRANSACTION

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SET_PERMISSION_CONTROLLER_TRANSACTION

static final int SET_PERMISSION_CONTROLLER_TRANSACTION

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Method Detail

getService

IBinder getService(String name)
                   throws RemoteException

Retrieve an existing service called @a name from the service manager. Blocks for a few seconds waiting for it to be published if it does not already exist.

Throws:

RemoteException

checkService

IBinder checkService(String name)
                     throws RemoteException

Retrieve an existing service called @a name from the service manager. Non-blocking.

Throws:

RemoteException

addService

void addService(String name,
                IBinder service)
                throws RemoteException

Place a new @a service called @a name into the service manager.

Throws:

RemoteException

listServices

String[] listServices()
                      throws RemoteException

Return a list of all currently running services.

Throws:

RemoteException

setPermissionController

void setPermissionController(IPermissionController controller)
                             throws RemoteException

Assign a permission controller to the service manager. After set, this interface is checked before any services are added.

Throws:

RemoteException