summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--core/java/android/widget/BaseAdapter.java11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/core/java/android/widget/BaseAdapter.java b/core/java/android/widget/BaseAdapter.java
index 532fd766ec66..401fcb83499d 100644
--- a/core/java/android/widget/BaseAdapter.java
+++ b/core/java/android/widget/BaseAdapter.java
@@ -43,13 +43,18 @@ public abstract class BaseAdapter implements ListAdapter, SpinnerAdapter {
}
/**
- * Notifies the attached View that the underlying data has been changed
- * and it should refresh itself.
+ * Notifies the attached observers that the underlying data has been changed
+ * and any View reflecting the data set should refresh itself.
*/
public void notifyDataSetChanged() {
mDataSetObservable.notifyChanged();
}
-
+
+ /**
+ * Notifies the attached observers that the underlying data is no longer valid
+ * or available. Once invoked this adapter is no longer valid and should
+ * not report further data set changes.
+ */
public void notifyDataSetInvalidated() {
mDataSetObservable.notifyInvalidated();
}