Parcelables.java

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package androidx.test.core.os;

import android.os.Parcel;
import android.os.Parcelable;
import android.os.Parcelable.Creator;

/** Testing utilities for {@link Parcelable}s. */
public final class Parcelables {
  /**
   * Parcelables are lazily marshalled, meaning that in typical testing, no marshalling would occur
   * and would therefore go untested. This forces marshalling to happen for a Parcelable.
   *
   * <p>This utility will marshall the provided Parcelable, and attempt to recreate it with the
   * given CREATOR. It is up to the caller to validate the two instances are equivalent.
   *
   * @param parcelable the parcelable to marshall.
   * @param creator the CREATOR field for that parcelable.
   * @return a new instance of the parcelable that has been unmarshalled.
   */
  public static <T extends Parcelable> T forceParcel(T parcelable, Creator<T> creator) {
    Parcel parcel = Parcel.obtain();
    try {
      parcelable.writeToParcel(parcel, 0);
      parcel.setDataPosition(0);
      return creator.createFromParcel(parcel);
    } finally {
      parcel.recycle();
    }
  }

  private Parcelables() {}
}