What does context mean?

Context appears so frequently in Java, but its Chinese translation "Context" is so weird and difficult to pronounce, so many people don't know much about Context. What does it mean specifically, so it is necessary to delve into the meaning of this word.

Let’s first give a few examples of using Context in JAVA

(1) A class javax.naming.InitialContext of JNDI, which reads some configurations of JNDI Information, and contains mapping information between the object and its registered name in JNDI. Please look at the following code:

InitialContext ic=new InitialContext();RMIAdaptor server=(RMIAdaptor)ic.lookup("jmx/invoker/RMIAdaptor");

This is a piece of code in JBoss to obtain the remote calling class of MBean. Here, the RMIAdaptor object is obtained through the JNDI registered name "jmx/invoker/RMIAdaptor" in the InitialContext. This is somewhat similar to the MAP in the JAVA collection. There is a String key, and the key corresponds to its object.

(2) ApplicationContext contains the information of the configuration.xml configuration file, so that the corresponding registration object can be obtained by name through getBean.

Context common methods:

// 获取应用程序包的AssetManager实例
public abstract AssetManager getAssets();
// 获取应用程序包的Resources实例
public abstract Resources getResources();
// 获取PackageManager实例，以查看全局package信息
public abstract PackageManager getPackageManager();
// 获取应用程序包的ContentResolver实例
public abstract ContentResolver getContentResolver();
// 它返回当前进程的主线程的Looper，此线程分发调用给应用组件(activities, services等)
public abstract Looper getMainLooper();
// 返回当前进程的单实例全局Application对象的Context
public abstract Context getApplicationContext();
// 从string表中获取本地化的、格式化的字符序列
public final CharSequence getText(int resId) {
return getResources().getText(resId);
}
// 从string表中获取本地化的字符串
public final String getString(int resId) {
return getResources().getString(resId);
}
public final String getString(int resId, Object... formatArgs) {
return getResources().getString(resId, formatArgs);
}
// 返回一个可用于获取包中类信息的class loader
public abstract ClassLoader getClassLoader();
// 返回应用程序包名
public abstract String getPackageName();
// 返回应用程序信息
public abstract ApplicationInfo getApplicationInfo();
// 根据文件名获取SharedPreferences
public abstract SharedPreferences getSharedPreferences(String name,
int mode);
// 其根目录为: Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
public abstract File getExternalFilesDir(String type);
// 返回应用程序obb文件路径
public abstract File getObbDir();
// 启动一个新的activity
public abstract void startActivity(Intent intent);
// 启动一个新的activity
public void startActivityAsUser(Intent intent, UserHandle user) {
throw new RuntimeException("Not implemented. Must override in a subclass.");
}
// 启动一个新的activity
// intent: 将被启动的activity的描述信息
// options: 描述activity将如何被启动
public abstract void startActivity(Intent intent, Bundle options);
// 启动多个新的activity
public abstract void startActivities(Intent[] intents);
// 启动多个新的activity
public abstract void startActivities(Intent[] intents, Bundle options);
// 广播一个intent给所有感兴趣的接收者，异步机制
public abstract void sendBroadcast(Intent intent);
// 广播一个intent给所有感兴趣的接收者，异步机制
public abstract void sendBroadcast(Intent intent,String receiverPermission);
//发送有序广播
public abstract void sendOrderedBroadcast(Intent intent,String receiverPermission);
public abstract void sendOrderedBroadcast(Intent intent,
String receiverPermission, BroadcastReceiver resultReceiver,
Handler scheduler, int initialCode, String initialData,
Bundle initialExtras);
public abstract void sendBroadcastAsUser(Intent intent, UserHandle user);
public abstract void sendBroadcastAsUser(Intent intent, UserHandle user,
String receiverPermission);
// 注册一个BroadcastReceiver，且它将在主activity线程中运行
public abstract Intent registerReceiver(BroadcastReceiver receiver,
IntentFilter filter);
//取消注册BroadcastReceiver
public abstract Intent registerReceiver(BroadcastReceiver receiver,
IntentFilter filter, String broadcastPermission, Handler scheduler);
public abstract void unregisterReceiver(BroadcastReceiver receiver);
// 请求启动一个application service
public abstract ComponentName startService(Intent service);
// 请求停止一个application service
public abstract boolean stopService(Intent service);
// 连接一个应用服务，它定义了application和service间的依赖关系
public abstract boolean bindService(Intent service, ServiceConnection conn,
int flags);
// 断开一个应用服务，当服务重新开始时，将不再接收到调用，
// 且服务允许随时停止
public abstract void unbindService(ServiceConnection conn);
// 返回系统级service
public abstract Object getSystemService(String name);
//检查权限
public abstract int checkPermission(String permission, int pid, int uid);
// 返回一个新的与application name对应的Context对象
public abstract Context createPackageContext(String packageName,
int flags) throws PackageManager.NameNotFoundException;
// 返回基于当前Context对象的新对象，其资源与display相匹配
public abstract Context createDisplayContext(Display display);

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