Added in API level 34

PropertyPath


open class PropertyPath : MutableIterable<PropertyPath.PathSegment!>
kotlin.Any
   ↳ android.app.appsearch.PropertyPath

Represents a property path returned from searching the AppSearch Database.

One of the use cases for this class is when searching the AppSearch Database for the snippet matching use case. In this case you will get back SearchResult.MatchInfo objects that contain a property path signifying the location of a match within the database. This is a string that may look something like "foo.bar[0]". PropertyPath parses this string and breaks it up into a List of PathSegments. These may represent either a property or a property and a 0-based index into the property. For instance, "foo.bar[1]" would be parsed into a PathSegment with a property name of foo and a PathSegment with a property name of bar and an index of 1. This allows for easier manipulation of the property path.

This class won't perform any retrievals, it will only parse the path string. As such, it may not necessarily refer to a valid path in the database.

Summary

Nested classes
open

A segment of a PropertyPath, which includes the name of the property and a 0-based index into this property.

Public constructors

Constructor directly accepting a path list

Constructor that parses a string representing the path to populate a List of PathSegments

Public methods
open Boolean
equals(other: Any?)

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

open PropertyPath.PathSegment
get(index: Int)

Returns the PathSegment at a specified index of the PropertyPath.

open Int

open MutableIterator<PropertyPath.PathSegment!>

Returns an iterator over the PathSegments within the PropertyPath

open Int

Returns the number of PathSegments in the PropertyPath.

open String

Returns a valid path string representing this PropertyPath

Public constructors

PropertyPath

Added in API level 34
PropertyPath(pathList: MutableList<PropertyPath.PathSegment!>)

Constructor directly accepting a path list

Parameters
pathList MutableList<PropertyPath.PathSegment!>: a list of PathSegments This value cannot be null.

PropertyPath

Added in API level 34
PropertyPath(path: String)

Constructor that parses a string representing the path to populate a List of PathSegments

Parameters
path String: the string to be validated and parsed into PathSegments This value cannot be null.
Exceptions
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException when the path is invalid or malformed

Public methods

equals

Added in API level 34
open fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

The equals method implements an equivalence relation on non-null object references:

  • It is reflexive: for any non-null reference value x, x.equals(x) should return true.
  • It is symmetric: for any non-null reference values x and y, x.equals(y) should return true if and only if y.equals(x) returns true.
  • It is transitive: for any non-null reference values x, y, and z, if x.equals(y) returns true and y.equals(z) returns true, then x.equals(z) should return true.
  • It is consistent: for any non-null reference values x and y, multiple invocations of x.equals(y) consistently return true or consistently return false, provided no information used in equals comparisons on the objects is modified.
  • For any non-null reference value x, x.equals(null) should return false.

An equivalence relation partitions the elements it operates on into equivalence classes; all the members of an equivalence class are equal to each other. Members of an equivalence class are substitutable for each other, at least for some purposes.

Parameters
obj the reference object with which to compare.
o This value may be null.
Return
Boolean true if this object is the same as the obj argument; false otherwise.

get

Added in API level 34
open fun get(index: Int): PropertyPath.PathSegment

Returns the PathSegment at a specified index of the PropertyPath.

Calling get(1) on a PropertyPath representing "foo.bar[1]" will return a PathSegment representing "bar[1]". PathSegments both with and without a property index of PathSegment#NON_REPEATED_CARDINALITY are retrieved the same.

Parameters
index Int: the position into the PropertyPath
Return
PropertyPath.PathSegment This value cannot be null.
Exceptions
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if index is not a valid index in the path list

hashCode

Added in API level 34
open fun hashCode(): Int
Return
Int a hash code value for this object.

iterator

Added in API level 34
open fun iterator(): MutableIterator<PropertyPath.PathSegment!>

Returns an iterator over the PathSegments within the PropertyPath

Return
MutableIterator<PropertyPath.PathSegment!> This value cannot be null.

size

Added in API level 34
open fun size(): Int

Returns the number of PathSegments in the PropertyPath.

Paths representing "foo.bar" and "foo[1].bar[1]" will have the same size, as a property and an index into that property are stored in one PathSegment.

toString

Added in API level 34
open fun toString(): String

Returns a valid path string representing this PropertyPath

Return
String This value cannot be null.