Entity

public final class Entity
extends Object

A representation of a item using ContentValues. It contains one top level ContentValue plus a collection of Uri, ContentValues tuples as subvalues. One example of its use is in Contacts, where the top level ContentValue contains the columns from the RawContacts table and the subvalues contain a ContentValues object for each row from the Data table that corresponds to that RawContact. The uri refers to the Data table uri for each row.

Summary

Nested classes
`class`	`Entity.NamedContentValues`

Public constructors
`Entity(ContentValues values)`

Public methods
`void`	`addSubValue(Uri uri, ContentValues values)`
`ContentValues`	`getEntityValues()`
`ArrayList<Entity.NamedContentValues>`	`getSubValues()`
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.

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 timeoutMillis, int nanos)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

Public constructors

Added in API level 8

public Entity (ContentValues values)

Parameters
`values`	`ContentValues`

Public methods

addSubValue

Added in API level 8

public void addSubValue (Uri uri, 
                ContentValues values)

Parameters
`uri`	`Uri`
`values`	`ContentValues`

getEntityValues

Added in API level 8

public ContentValues getEntityValues ()

Returns
`ContentValues`

getSubValues

Added in API level 8

public ArrayList<Entity.NamedContentValues> getSubValues ()

Returns
`ArrayList<Entity.NamedContentValues>`

toString

Added in API level 8

public String toString ()

Returns a string representation of the object. In general, the toString method returns a string that "textually represents" this object. The result should be a concise but informative representation that is easy for a person to read. It is recommended that all subclasses override this method.

The toString method for class Object returns a string consisting of the name of the class of which the object is an instance, the at-sign character `@', and the unsigned hexadecimal representation of the hash code of the object. In other words, this method returns a string equal to the value of:

 getClass().getName() + '@' + Integer.toHexString(hashCode())

Returns
`String`	a string representation of the object.

Entity | Android Developers

Summary

Nested classes

Public constructors

Public methods

Inherited methods

Public constructors

Entity

Public methods

addSubValue

getEntityValues

getSubValues

toString