手动依赖项注入(视图)

概念和 Jetpack Compose 实现

Android 推荐应用架构建议将代码划分为多个类,以从分离关注点这一原则(其中,层次结构的每个类都具有一项已定义的责任)中受益。这就需要将更多更小的类连接在一起,以实现彼此之间的依赖关系。

Android 应用通常由许多类组成,其中有些类相互依赖。
图 1. Android 应用的应用图表模型

各个类之间的依赖关系可以表示为图表,其中每个类都连接到其所依赖的类。所有类及其依赖关系的表示法便构成了应用图表。在图 1 中,您可以看到应用图表的抽象呈现。当 A 类 (ViewModel) 依赖于 B 类 (Repository) 时,有一条从 A 指向 B 的直线表示该依赖关系。

依赖项注入有助于建立这些连接,并使您可以更换实现以进行测试。例如,在测试依赖于代码库的 ViewModel 时,您可以通过伪造或模拟传递 Repository 的不同实现,以测试不同的情形。

手动依赖项注入的基础知识

本部分介绍如何在实际 Android 应用场景中应用手动依赖项注入。本部分详细介绍了如何开始在应用中使用依赖项注入的迭代方法。该方法会不断改进,直至达到与 Dagger 自动为您生成的场景相似的程度。如需详细了解 Dagger,请参阅 Dagger 基础知识

流程视为应用中与某项功能相对应的一组屏幕。登录、注册和签出都是流程的示例。

在介绍典型 Android 应用的登录流程时,LoginActivity 依赖于 LoginViewModel,而后者又依赖于 UserRepository。然后,UserRepository 依赖于 UserLocalDataSourceUserRemoteDataSource,而后者又依赖于 Retrofit 服务。

LoginActivity 是登录流程的入口点,用户与 activity 进行交互。因此,LoginActivity 需要创建 LoginViewModel 及其所有依赖项。

该流程的 RepositoryDataSource 类如下所示:

Kotlin

class UserRepository(
   private val localDataSource: UserLocalDataSource,
   private val remoteDataSource: UserRemoteDataSource
) { ... }

class UserLocalDataSource { ... }
class UserRemoteDataSource(
   private val loginService: LoginRetrofitService
) { ... }

Java

class UserLocalDataSource {
   public UserLocalDataSource() { }
   ...
}

class UserRemoteDataSource {

   private final Retrofit retrofit;

   public UserRemoteDataSource(Retrofit retrofit) {
       this.retrofit = retrofit;
   }

   ...
}

class UserRepository {

   private final UserLocalDataSource userLocalDataSource;
   private final UserRemoteDataSource userRemoteDataSource;

   public UserRepository(UserLocalDataSource userLocalDataSource, UserRemoteDataSource userRemoteDataSource) {
       this.userLocalDataSource = userLocalDataSource;
       this.userRemoteDataSource = userRemoteDataSource;
   }

   ...
}

LoginActivity 如下所示:

Kotlin

class LoginActivity: Activity() {

   private lateinit var loginViewModel: LoginViewModel

   override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)

       // In order to satisfy the dependencies of LoginViewModel, you have to also
       // satisfy the dependencies of all of its dependencies recursively.
       // First, create retrofit which is the dependency of UserRemoteDataSource
       val retrofit = Retrofit.Builder()
           .baseUrl("https://example.com")
           .build()
           .create(LoginService::class.java)

       // Then, satisfy the dependencies of UserRepository
       val remoteDataSource = UserRemoteDataSource(retrofit)
       val localDataSource = UserLocalDataSource()

       // Now you can create an instance of UserRepository that LoginViewModel needs
       val userRepository = UserRepository(localDataSource, remoteDataSource)

       // Lastly, create an instance of LoginViewModel with userRepository
       loginViewModel = LoginViewModel(userRepository)
   }
}

Java

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

   private LoginViewModel loginViewModel;

   @Override
   protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

       // In order to satisfy the dependencies of LoginViewModel, you have to also
       // satisfy the dependencies of all of its dependencies recursively.
       // First, create retrofit which is the dependency of UserRemoteDataSource
       Retrofit retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder()
               .baseUrl("https://example.com")
               .build()
               .create(LoginService.class);

       // Then, satisfy the dependencies of UserRepository
       UserRemoteDataSource remoteDataSource = new UserRemoteDataSource(retrofit);
       UserLocalDataSource localDataSource = new UserLocalDataSource();

       // Now you can create an instance of UserRepository that LoginViewModel needs
       UserRepository userRepository = new UserRepository(localDataSource, remoteDataSource);

       // Lastly, create an instance of LoginViewModel with userRepository
       loginViewModel = new LoginViewModel(userRepository);
   }
}

这种方法存在以下问题:

  1. 有大量样板代码。如需在代码的另一部分中创建另一个 LoginViewModel 实例,则需要使用重复代码。

  2. 必须按顺序声明依赖项。必须在 LoginViewModel 之前实例化 UserRepository 才能创建它。

  3. 很难重复使用对象。如需在多项功能中重复使用 UserRepository,必须使其遵循单例模式。单例模式使测试变得更加困难,因为所有测试共享相同的单例实例。

使用容器管理依赖项

如需解决重复使用对象的问题,您可以创建自己的依赖项容器类,用于获取依赖项。此容器提供的所有实例可以是公共实例。在该示例中,由于您仅需要 UserRepository 的一个实例,您可以将其依赖项设为私有,并且可以在将来需要提供依赖项时将其公开:

Kotlin

// Container of objects shared across the whole app
class AppContainer {

   // Since you want to expose userRepository out of the container, you need to satisfy
   // its dependencies as you did before
   private val retrofit = Retrofit.Builder()
                           .baseUrl("https://example.com")
                           .build()
                           .create(LoginService::class.java)

   private val remoteDataSource = UserRemoteDataSource(retrofit)
   private val localDataSource = UserLocalDataSource()

   // userRepository is not private; it'll be exposed
   val userRepository = UserRepository(localDataSource, remoteDataSource)
}

Java

// Container of objects shared across the whole app
public class AppContainer {

   // Since you want to expose userRepository out of the container, you need to satisfy
   // its dependencies as you did before
   private Retrofit retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder()
           .baseUrl("https://example.com")
           .build()
           .create(LoginService.class);

   private UserRemoteDataSource remoteDataSource = new UserRemoteDataSource(retrofit);
   private UserLocalDataSource localDataSource = new UserLocalDataSource();

   // userRepository is not private; it'll be exposed
   public UserRepository userRepository = new UserRepository(localDataSource, remoteDataSource);
}

由于这些依赖项在整个应用中使用,因此需要将它们放置在所有 activity 都可以使用的通用位置:Application 类。创建一个包含 AppContainer 实例的自定义 Application 类。

Kotlin

// Custom Application class that needs to be specified
// in the AndroidManifest.xml file
class MyApplication : Application() {

   // Instance of AppContainer that will be used by all the Activities of the app
   val appContainer = AppContainer()
}

Java

// Custom Application class that needs to be specified
// in the AndroidManifest.xml file
public class MyApplication extends Application {

   // Instance of AppContainer that will be used by all the Activities of the app
   public AppContainer appContainer = new AppContainer();
}

现在,您可以从应用中获取 AppContainer 的实例并获取共享的 UserRepository 实例:

Kotlin

class LoginActivity: Activity() {

   private lateinit var loginViewModel: LoginViewModel

   override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)

       // Gets userRepository from the instance of AppContainer in Application
       val appContainer = (application as MyApplication).appContainer
       loginViewModel = LoginViewModel(appContainer.userRepository)
   }
}

Java

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

   private LoginViewModel loginViewModel;

   @Override
   protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

       // Gets userRepository from the instance of AppContainer in Application
       AppContainer appContainer = ((MyApplication) getApplication()).appContainer;
       loginViewModel = new LoginViewModel(appContainer.userRepository);
   }
}

这样一来,您就没有单例 UserRepository。相反,您可以在所有 activity 中共享 AppContainer,其包含图表中的对象并创建其他类可以使用的对象实例。

如果需要在应用的更多位置使用 LoginViewModel,则具有一个可创建 LoginViewModel 实例的集中位置是有必要的。 您可以将 LoginViewModel 的创建移至容器,并为工厂提供该类型的新对象。LoginViewModelFactory 的代码如下所示:

Kotlin

// Definition of a Factory interface with a function to create objects of a type
interface Factory<T> {
   fun create(): T
}

// Factory for LoginViewModel.
// Since LoginViewModel depends on UserRepository, in order to create instances of
// LoginViewModel, you need an instance of UserRepository that you pass as a parameter.
class LoginViewModelFactory(private val userRepository: UserRepository) : Factory<LoginViewModel> {
   override fun create(): LoginViewModel {
       return LoginViewModel(userRepository)
   }
}

Java

// Definition of a Factory interface with a function to create objects of a type
public interface Factory<T> {
   T create();
}

// Factory for LoginViewModel.
// Since LoginViewModel depends on UserRepository, in order to create instances of
// LoginViewModel, you need an instance of UserRepository that you pass as a parameter.
class LoginViewModelFactory implements Factory<LoginViewModel> {

   private final UserRepository userRepository;

   public LoginViewModelFactory(UserRepository userRepository) {
       this.userRepository = userRepository;
   }

   @Override
   public LoginViewModel create() {
       return new LoginViewModel(userRepository);
   }
}

您可以在 AppContainer 中添加 LoginViewModelFactory 并让 LoginActivity 使用它:

Kotlin

// AppContainer can now provide instances of LoginViewModel with LoginViewModelFactory
class AppContainer {
   ...
   val userRepository = UserRepository(localDataSource, remoteDataSource)

   val loginViewModelFactory = LoginViewModelFactory(userRepository)
}

class LoginActivity: Activity() {

   private lateinit var loginViewModel: LoginViewModel

   override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)

       // Gets LoginViewModelFactory from the application instance of AppContainer
       // to create a new LoginViewModel instance
       val appContainer = (application as MyApplication).appContainer
       loginViewModel = appContainer.loginViewModelFactory.create()
   }
}

Java

// AppContainer can now provide instances of LoginViewModel with LoginViewModelFactory
public class AppContainer {
   ...

   public UserRepository userRepository = new UserRepository(localDataSource, remoteDataSource);

   public LoginViewModelFactory loginViewModelFactory = new LoginViewModelFactory(userRepository);
}

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

   private LoginViewModel loginViewModel;

   @Override
   protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

       // Gets LoginViewModelFactory from the application instance of AppContainer
       // to create a new LoginViewModel instance
       AppContainer appContainer = ((MyApplication) getApplication()).appContainer;
       loginViewModel = appContainer.loginViewModelFactory.create();
   }
}

此方法比前一种方法更好,但仍需考虑一些挑战:

  1. 您必须自行管理 AppContainer,手动为所有依赖项创建实例。
  2. 仍然有大量样板代码。您需要手动创建工厂或参数,具体取决于是否要重复使用某个对象。

管理应用流程中的依赖项

如需在项目中添加更多功能,AppContainer 会变得非常复杂。当应用变大并且可以引入不同功能流程时,还会出现更多问题:

  1. 当您具有不同的流程时,您可能希望对象仅位于该流程的作用域内。例如,在创建 LoginUserData 时(可能包含仅在登录流程中使用的用户名和密码),您不希望保留来自其他用户的旧登录流程中的数据。您需要为每个新流程创建一个新实例。您可以通过在 AppContainer 内部创建 FlowContainer 对象实现这一目标,如下面的代码示例所示。
  2. 对应用图表和流程容器进行优化可能也非常困难。您需要记住删除不需要的实例,具体取决于您所处的流程。

假设您的登录流程由一个 activity (LoginActivity) 和多个 fragment(LoginUsernameFragmentLoginPasswordFragment)组成。这些视图需要:

  1. 访问需要共享的同一 LoginUserData 实例,直至登录流程完成。
  2. 当该流程再次开始时,创建一个新的 LoginUserData 实例。

您可以使用登录流程容器实现这一目标。此容器需要在登录流程开始时创建,并在流程结束时将其从内存中移除。

我们将 LoginContainer 添加到示例代码中。您希望能够在应用中创建多个 LoginContainer 实例,因此,请不要将其设为单例,而应使其成为具有登录流程需要从 AppContainer 中获取的依赖项的类。

Kotlin

class LoginContainer(val userRepository: UserRepository) {

   val loginData = LoginUserData()

   val loginViewModelFactory = LoginViewModelFactory(userRepository)
}

// AppContainer contains LoginContainer now
class AppContainer {
   ...
   val userRepository = UserRepository(localDataSource, remoteDataSource)

   // LoginContainer will be null when the user is NOT in the login flow
   var loginContainer: LoginContainer? = null
}

Java

// Container with Login-specific dependencies
class LoginContainer {

   private final UserRepository userRepository;

   public LoginContainer(UserRepository userRepository) {
       this.userRepository = userRepository;
       loginViewModelFactory = new LoginViewModelFactory(userRepository);
   }

   public LoginUserData loginData = new LoginUserData();

   public LoginViewModelFactory loginViewModelFactory;
}

// AppContainer contains LoginContainer now
public class AppContainer {
   ...
   public UserRepository userRepository = new UserRepository(localDataSource, remoteDataSource);

   // LoginContainer will be null when the user is NOT in the login flow
   public LoginContainer loginContainer;
}

拥有某个流程专用的容器后,必须决定何时创建和删除容器实例。由于您的登录流程在 activity (LoginActivity) 中是独立的,因此该 activity 是管理该容器生命周期的 activity。LoginActivity 可以在 onCreate 中创建实例并在 onDestroy 中将其删除。

Kotlin

class LoginActivity: Activity() {

   private lateinit var loginViewModel: LoginViewModel
   private lateinit var loginData: LoginUserData
   private lateinit var appContainer: AppContainer

   override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
       appContainer = (application as MyApplication).appContainer

       // Login flow has started. Populate loginContainer in AppContainer
       appContainer.loginContainer = LoginContainer(appContainer.userRepository)

       loginViewModel = appContainer.loginContainer.loginViewModelFactory.create()
       loginData = appContainer.loginContainer.loginData
   }

   override fun onDestroy() {
       // Login flow is finishing
       // Removing the instance of loginContainer in the AppContainer
       appContainer.loginContainer = null
       super.onDestroy()
   }
}

Java

public class LoginActivity extends Activity {

   private LoginViewModel loginViewModel;
   private LoginData loginData;
   private AppContainer appContainer;

   @Override
   protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

       appContainer = ((MyApplication) getApplication()).appContainer;

       // Login flow has started. Populate loginContainer in AppContainer
       appContainer.loginContainer = new LoginContainer(appContainer.userRepository);

       loginViewModel = appContainer.loginContainer.loginViewModelFactory.create();
       loginData = appContainer.loginContainer.loginData;
   }

   @Override
   protected void onDestroy() {
       // Login flow is finishing
       // Removing the instance of loginContainer in the AppContainer
       appContainer.loginContainer = null;

       super.onDestroy();
   }
}

LoginActivity 一样,登录 fragment 可以从 AppContainer 访问 LoginContainer 并使用共享的 LoginUserData 实例。

因为在这种情况下,您需要处理视图生命周期逻辑,因此使用生命周期观察较为合理。