android.os
Class ServiceManager

java.lang.Object
  android.os.ServiceManager

public final class ServiceManager
extends Object

Constructor Summary

ServiceManager()

Method Summary

static void	addService(String name, IBinder service) Place a new @a service called @a name into the service manager.
static IBinder	checkService(String name) Retrieve an existing service called @a name from the service manager.
static IBinder	getService(String name) Returns a reference to a service with the given name.
static void	initServiceCache(Map<String,IBinder> cache) This is only intended to be called when the process is first being brought up and bound by the activity manager.
static String[]	listServices() Return a list of all currently running services.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ServiceManager

public ServiceManager()

Method Detail

getService

public static IBinder getService(String name)

Returns a reference to a service with the given name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the service to get

Returns:

a reference to the service, or null if the service doesn't exist

addService

public static void addService(String name,
                              IBinder service)

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

Parameters:

name - the name of the new service

service - the service object

checkService

public static IBinder checkService(String name)

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

listServices

public static String[] listServices()
                             throws RemoteException

Return a list of all currently running services.

Throws:

RemoteException

initServiceCache

public static void initServiceCache(Map<String,IBinder> cache)

This is only intended to be called when the process is first being brought up and bound by the activity manager. There is only one thread in the process at that time, so no locking is done.

Parameters:

cache - the cache of service references