上源码

代码略显复杂，随意看看

public final class MessageQueue {
    boolean enqueueMessage(Message msg, long when) {//插入消息
        if (msg.target == null) {//handler对象
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Message must have a target.");
        }
        if (msg.isInUse()) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(msg + " This message is already in use.");
        }
        synchronized (this) {
            if (mQuitting) {
                IllegalStateException e = new IllegalStateException(msg.target + " sending message to a Handler on a dead thread");
                msg.recycle();
                return false;
            }
            msg.markInUse();
            msg.when = when;
            Message p = mMessages;
            boolean needWake;
            if (p == null || when == 0 || when < p.when) {
                // New head, wake up the event queue if blocked.
                msg.next = p;
                mMessages = msg;
                needWake = mBlocked;
            } else {
                needWake = mBlocked && p.target == null && msg.isAsynchronous();
                Message prev;
                for (;;) {
                    prev = p;
                    p = p.next;
                    if (p == null || when < p.when) {
                        break;
                    }
                    if (needWake && p.isAsynchronous()) {
                        needWake = false;
                    }
                }
                msg.next = p; // invariant: p == prev.next
                prev.next = msg;
            }
            if (needWake) {
                nativeWake(mPtr);
            }
        }
        return true;
    }

     Message next() {//取出消息
        final long ptr = mPtr;
        if (ptr == 0) {
            return null;
        }
        int pendingIdleHandlerCount = -1; // -1 only during first iteration
        int nextPollTimeoutMillis = 0;
        for (;;) {
            if (nextPollTimeoutMillis != 0) {
                Binder.flushPendingCommands();
            }
            nativePollOnce(ptr, nextPollTimeoutMillis);
            synchronized (this) {
                final long now = SystemClock.uptimeMillis();
                Message prevMsg = null;
                Message msg = mMessages;
                if (msg != null && msg.target == null) {
                    do {
                        prevMsg = msg;
                        msg = msg.next;
                    } while (msg != null && !msg.isAsynchronous());
                }
                if (msg != null) {
                    if (now < msg.when) {
                        nextPollTimeoutMillis = (int) Math.min(msg.when - now, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
                    } else {
                        mBlocked = false;
                        if (prevMsg != null) {
                            prevMsg.next = msg.next;
                        } else {
                            mMessages = msg.next;
                        }
                        msg.next = null;
                        msg.markInUse();
                        return msg;
                    }
                } else {
                    nextPollTimeoutMillis = -1;
                }
                if (mQuitting) {
                    dispose();
                    return null;
                }
                if (pendingIdleHandlerCount < 0 && (mMessages == null || now < mMessages.when)) {
                    pendingIdleHandlerCount = mIdleHandlers.size();
                }
                if (pendingIdleHandlerCount <= 0) {
                    mBlocked = true;
                    continue;
                }
                if (mPendingIdleHandlers == null) {
                    mPendingIdleHandlers = new IdleHandler[Math.max(pendingIdleHandlerCount, 4)];
                }
                mPendingIdleHandlers = mIdleHandlers.toArray(mPendingIdleHandlers);
            }
            for (int i = 0; i < pendingIdleHandlerCount; i++) {
                final IdleHandler idler = mPendingIdleHandlers[i];
                mPendingIdleHandlers[i] = null; // release the reference to the handler
                boolean keep = false;
                try {
                    keep = idler.queueIdle();
                } catch (Throwable t) {
                    Log.wtf(TAG, "IdleHandler threw exception", t);
                }
                if (!keep) {
                    synchronized (this) {
                        mIdleHandlers.remove(idler);
                    }
                }
            }
            pendingIdleHandlerCount = 0;
            nextPollTimeoutMillis = 0;
        }
    }
}

分析

• 以上代码略显复杂，但是最关键就是enqueueMessage方法和next方法，一个是插入数据，另一个是取出数据，数据保存在变量mMessages上；
• 不用深究代码，查看关键信息不难发现：这里是跨线程的关键点，局部变量mMessages可以在多个线程访问，next运行在当前线程，enqueueMessage方法可以在新线程中访问，我们可以在新线程中调用enqueueMessage方法插入消息，next则会在当前线程不断轮询是否有新消息加入，若加入则返回Message对象，在当前线程接收消息；