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The content provider framework provides a utility for creating helper objects that are required by the default implementation of a content provider. The following code retrieves the service:

Syntax Syntax

  1. IContentProvidersUtilsService utilsService =
    (IContentProvidersUtilsService)
        m_context.getService(IContentProvidersUtilsService.KEY);
End of the code.

You can also retrieve the utility service by calling the getUtilsService() method of the AbstractContentProviderService class.

The utility service can create instances of the default implementation of the following interfaces:

  • ISourcePropertiesHandler: Retrieves property values, and sets the order of lookup when the value can be obtained from several sources.

  • IContextWrapper: Handles events in the HTMLB page context for the current request. This object is used for creating a source properties handler.

  • IDataHandler: Handles properties for an entity's corresponding portal component. This object is used for creating a source properties handler.

  • IProviderDetails: Holds information about the content provider service. The utility creates an empty object.