added in version 1.1.0

android.arch.persistence.room

Room is a Database Object Mapping library that makes it easy to access database on Android applications.

Rather than hiding the detail of SQLite, Room tries to embrace them by providing convenient APIs to query the database and also verify such queries at compile time. This allows you to access the full power of SQLite while having the type safety provided by Java SQL query builders.

There are 3 major components in Room.

  • Database: This annotation marks a class as a database. It should be an abstract class that extends RoomDatabase. At runtime, you can acquire an instance of it via Room.databaseBuilder or Room.inMemoryDatabaseBuilder.

    This class defines the list of entities and data access objects in the database. It is also the main access point for the underlying connection.

  • Entity: This annotation marks a class as a database row. For each Entity, a database table is created to hold the items. The Entity class must be referenced in the Database#entities array. Each field of the Entity (and its super class) is persisted in the database unless it is denoted otherwise (see Entity docs for details).
  • Dao: This annotation marks a class or interface as a Data Access Object. Data access objects are the main component of Room that are responsible for defining the methods that access the database. The class that is annotated with Database must have an abstract method that has 0 arguments and returns the class that is annotated with Dao. While generating the code at compile time, Room will generate an implementation of this class. 
         Using Dao classes for database access rather than query builders or direct queries allows you
     to keep a separation between different components and easily mock the database access while
     testing your application.
Below is a sample of a simple database. 
 // File: User.java
 @Entity
 public class User {
   @PrimaryKey
   private int uid;
   private String name;
   @ColumnInfo(name = "last_name")
   private String lastName;
   // getters and setters are ignored for brevity but they are required for Room to work.
 }
 // File: UserDao.java
 @Dao
 public interface UserDao {
   @Query("SELECT * FROM user")
   List<User> loadAll();
   @Query("SELECT * FROM user WHERE uid IN (:userIds)")
   List<User> loadAllByUserId(int... userIds);
   @Query("SELECT * FROM user where name LIKE :first AND last_name LIKE :last LIMIT 1")
   User loadOneByNameAndLastName(String first, String last);
   @Insert
   void insertAll(User... users);
   @Delete
   void delete(User user);
 }
 // File: AppDatabase.java
 @Database(entities = {User.java})
 public abstract class AppDatabase extends RoomDatabase {
   public abstract UserDao userDao();
 }
You can create an instance of AppDatabase as follows: 
 AppDatabase db = Room
     .databaseBuilder(getApplicationContext(), AppDatabase.class, "database-name")
     .build();
Since Room verifies your queries at compile time, it also detects information about which tables are accessed by the query or what columns are present in the response.

You can observe a particular table for changes using the InvalidationTracker class which you can acquire via RoomDatabase.getInvalidationTracker.

For convenience, Room allows you to return LiveData from Query methods. It will automatically observe the related tables as long as the LiveData has active observers. 

 // This live data will automatically dispatch changes as the database changes.
 @Query("SELECT * FROM user ORDER BY name LIMIT 5")
 LiveData<User> loadFirstFiveUsers();

You can also return arbitrary Java objects from your query results as long as the fields in the object match the list of columns in the query response. This makes it very easy to write applications that drive the UI from persistent storage. 

 class IdAndFullName {
     public int uid;
     @ColumnInfo(name = "full_name")
     public String fullName;
 }
 // DAO
 @Query("SELECT uid, name || lastName as full_name FROM user")
 public IdAndFullName[] loadFullNames();
If there is a mismatch between the query result and the POJO, Room will print a warning during compilation.

Please see the documentation of individual classes for details.

Annotations

ColumnInfo Allows specific customization about the column associated with this field. 
ColumnInfo.Collate  
ColumnInfo.SQLiteTypeAffinity The SQLite column type constants that can be used in typeAffinity()  
Dao Marks the class as a Data Access Object. 
Database Marks a class as a RoomDatabase. 
Delete Marks a method in a Dao annotated class as a delete method. 
Embedded Can be used as an annotation on a field of an Entity or Pojo to signal that nested fields (i.e. 
Entity Marks a class as an entity. 
ForeignKey Declares a foreign key on another Entity. 
ForeignKey.Action Constants definition for values that can be used in onDelete() and onUpdate(). 
Ignore Ignores the marked element from Room's processing logic. 
Index Declares an index on an Entity. 
Insert Marks a method in a Dao annotated class as an insert method. 
OnConflictStrategy Set of conflict handling strategies for various Dao methods. 
PrimaryKey Marks a field in an Entity as the primary key. 
Query Marks a method in a Dao annotated class as a query method. 
RawQuery Marks a method in a Dao annotated class as a raw query method where you can pass the query as a SupportSQLiteQuery. 
Relation A convenience annotation which can be used in a Pojo to automatically fetch relation entities. 
SkipQueryVerification Skips database verification for the annotated element. 
Transaction Marks a method in a Dao class as a transaction method. 
TypeConverter Marks a method as a type converter. 
TypeConverters Specifies additional type converters that Room can use. 
Update Marks a method in a Dao annotated class as an update method. 

Classes

DatabaseConfiguration Configuration class for a RoomDatabase. 
InvalidationTracker InvalidationTracker keeps a list of tables modified by queries and notifies its callbacks about these tables. 
InvalidationTracker.Observer An observer that can listen for changes in the database. 
Room Utility class for Room. 
RoomDatabase Base class for all Room databases. 
RoomDatabase.Builder<T extends RoomDatabase> Builder for RoomDatabase. 
RoomDatabase.Callback Callback for RoomDatabase. 
RoomDatabase.MigrationContainer A container to hold migrations. 
RoomWarnings The list of warnings that are produced by Room. 
RxRoom Helper class to add RxJava2 support to Room. 

Enums

RoomDatabase.JournalMode Journal modes for SQLite database. 

Exceptions

EmptyResultSetException Thrown by Room when the query needs to return a result (e.g.