# Entity

Added in[API level 8](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)  
Summary:[Nested Classes](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Entity#nestedclasses)\|[Ctors](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Entity#pubctors)\|[Methods](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Entity#pubmethods)\|[Inherited Methods](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Entity#inhmethods)  

# Entity

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[Kotlin](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/content/Entity "View this page in Kotlin")\|Java

`
public

final

class
Entity
`  
`

extends `[Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object)`


``


`

|---|------------------------|
| [java.lang.Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object) ||
| ↳ | android.content.Entity |

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A representation of a item using ContentValues. It contains one top level ContentValue plus a collection of Uri, ContentValues tuples as subvalues. One example of its use is in Contacts, where the top level ContentValue contains the columns from the RawContacts table and the subvalues contain a ContentValues object for each row from the Data table that corresponds to that RawContact. The uri refers to the Data table uri for each row.

## Summary

|                                                       ### Nested classes                                                        ||
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ` class` | [Entity.NamedContentValues](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Entity.NamedContentValues) <br /> |

|                                                                                                 ### Public constructors                                                                                                  ||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---|
| ` `[Entity](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Entity#Entity(android.content.ContentValues))`(`[ContentValues](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/ContentValues)` values) ` |

|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ### Public methods                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ||
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| ` void`                                                                                                                                                                                         | ` `[addSubValue](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Entity#addSubValue(android.net.Uri,%20android.content.ContentValues))`(`[Uri](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/Uri)` uri, `[ContentValues](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/ContentValues)` values) ` |
| ` `[ContentValues](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/ContentValues)                                                                                                       | ` `[getEntityValues](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Entity#getEntityValues())`() `                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| ` `[ArrayList](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/ArrayList)`<`[Entity.NamedContentValues](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Entity.NamedContentValues)`>` | ` `[getSubValues](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Entity#getSubValues())`() `                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| ` `[String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String)                                                                                                                           | ` `[toString](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Entity#toString())`() ` Returns a string representation of the object.                                                                                                                                                                             |

| ### Inherited methods |
|-----------------------|---|
| From class` `[java.lang.Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object)` ` |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ` `[Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object)          | ` `[clone](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#clone())`() ` Creates and returns a copy of this object.                                                                                                                                                      | | ` boolean`                                                                     | ` `[equals](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#equals(java.lang.Object))`(`[Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object)` obj) ` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.                                           | | ` void`                                                                        | ` `[finalize](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#finalize())`() ` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.                                                          | | ` final `[Class](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Class)`<?>` | ` `[getClass](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#getClass())`() ` Returns the runtime class of this`Object`.                                                                                                                                                | | ` int`                                                                         | ` `[hashCode](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#hashCode())`() ` Returns a hash code value for the object.                                                                                                                                                 | | ` final void`                                                                  | ` `[notify](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#notify())`() ` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.                                                                                                                            | | ` final void`                                                                  | ` `[notifyAll](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#notifyAll())`() ` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.                                                                                                                         | | ` `[String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String)          | ` `[toString](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#toString())`() ` Returns a string representation of the object.                                                                                                                                            | | ` final void`                                                                  | ` `[wait](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#wait(long,%20int))`(long timeoutMillis, int nanos) ` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being*notified* or*interrupted*, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed. | | ` final void`                                                                  | ` `[wait](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#wait(long))`(long timeoutMillis) ` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being*notified* or*interrupted*, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.                   | | ` final void`                                                                  | ` `[wait](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#wait())`() ` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being*notified* or*interrupted*.                                                                                             | ||

## Public constructors

### Entity

Added in[API level 8](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)  

```
public Entity (ContentValues values)
```

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|            Parameters            ||
|----------|------------------------|
| `values` | `ContentValues` <br /> |

## Public methods

### addSubValue

Added in[API level 8](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)  

```
public void addSubValue (Uri uri, 
                ContentValues values)
```

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|            Parameters            ||
|----------|------------------------|
| `uri`    | `Uri` <br />           |
| `values` | `ContentValues` <br /> |

### getEntityValues

Added in[API level 8](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)  

```
public ContentValues getEntityValues ()
```

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|                                            Returns                                             ||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| [ContentValues](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/ContentValues) | <br /> |

### getSubValues

Added in[API level 8](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)  

```
public ArrayList<Entity.NamedContentValues> getSubValues ()
```

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|                                                                                               Returns                                                                                                ||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| [ArrayList](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/ArrayList)`<`[Entity.NamedContentValues](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Entity.NamedContentValues)`>` | <br /> |

### toString

Added in[API level 8](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)  

```
public String toString ()
```

Returns a string representation of the object.

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|                                                      Returns                                                      ||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| [String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String) | a string representation of the object. <br /> |