/* * Copyright (C) 2006 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package android.content; import android.net.Uri; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import java.util.regex.Pattern; /** Utility class to aid in matching URIs in content providers.
To use this class, build up a tree of UriMatcher objects. Typically, it looks something like this:
    private static final int PEOPLE = 1;
    private static final int PEOPLE_ID = 2;
    private static final int PEOPLE_PHONES = 3;
    private static final int PEOPLE_PHONES_ID = 4;
    private static final int PEOPLE_CONTACTMETHODS = 7;
    private static final int PEOPLE_CONTACTMETHODS_ID = 8;
    private static final int DELETED_PEOPLE = 20;
    private static final int PHONES = 9;
    private static final int PHONES_ID = 10;
    private static final int PHONES_FILTER = 14;
    private static final int CONTACTMETHODS = 18;
    private static final int CONTACTMETHODS_ID = 19;
    private static final int CALLS = 11;
    private static final int CALLS_ID = 12;
    private static final int CALLS_FILTER = 15;
    private static final UriMatcher sURIMatcher = new UriMatcher();
    static
    {
        sURIMatcher.addURI("contacts", "/people", PEOPLE);
        sURIMatcher.addURI("contacts", "/people/#", PEOPLE_ID);
        sURIMatcher.addURI("contacts", "/people/#/phones", PEOPLE_PHONES);
        sURIMatcher.addURI("contacts", "/people/#/phones/#", PEOPLE_PHONES_ID);
        sURIMatcher.addURI("contacts", "/people/#/contact_methods", PEOPLE_CONTACTMETHODS);
        sURIMatcher.addURI("contacts", "/people/#/contact_methods/#", PEOPLE_CONTACTMETHODS_ID);
        sURIMatcher.addURI("contacts", "/deleted_people", DELETED_PEOPLE);
        sURIMatcher.addURI("contacts", "/phones", PHONES);
        sURIMatcher.addURI("contacts", "/phones/filter/*", PHONES_FILTER);
        sURIMatcher.addURI("contacts", "/phones/#", PHONES_ID);
        sURIMatcher.addURI("contacts", "/contact_methods", CONTACTMETHODS);
        sURIMatcher.addURI("contacts", "/contact_methods/#", CONTACTMETHODS_ID);
        sURIMatcher.addURI("call_log", "/calls", CALLS);
        sURIMatcher.addURI("call_log", "/calls/filter/*", CALLS_FILTER);
        sURIMatcher.addURI("call_log", "/calls/#", CALLS_ID);
    }
Then when you need to match match against a URI, call {@link #match}, providing the tokenized url you've been given, and the value you want if there isn't a match. You can use the result to build a query, return a type, insert or delete a row, or whatever you need, without duplicating all of the if-else logic you'd otherwise need. Like this:
    public String getType(String[] url)
    {
        int match = sURIMatcher.match(url, NO_MATCH);
        switch (match)
        {
            case PEOPLE:
                return "vnd.android.cursor.dir/person";
            case PEOPLE_ID:
                return "vnd.android.cursor.item/person";
... snip ...
                return "vnd.android.cursor.dir/snail-mail";
            case PEOPLE_ADDRESS_ID:
                return "vnd.android.cursor.item/snail-mail";
            default:
                return null;
        }
    }
instead of
    public String getType(String[] url)
    {
        if (url.length >= 2) {
            if (url[1].equals("people")) {
                if (url.length == 2) {
                    return "vnd.android.cursor.dir/person";
                } else if (url.length == 3) {
                    return "vnd.android.cursor.item/person";
... snip ...
                    return "vnd.android.cursor.dir/snail-mail";
                } else if (url.length == 3) {
                    return "vnd.android.cursor.item/snail-mail";
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
*/
public class UriMatcher
{
    public static final int NO_MATCH = -1;
    /**
     * Creates the root node of the URI tree.
     *
     * @param code the code to match for the root URI
     */
    public UriMatcher(int code)
    {
        mCode = code;
        mWhich = -1;
        mChildren = new ArrayList