该类其实就是普通使用的Adapter的一个包装类，就是为了添加header和footer而定义的。
该类一般不直接使用，当ListView有header和footer时，ListView中会自动把Adapter封装成一个HeaderViewListAdapter。
源码很简单，相信都能看懂的。下面是android-23版本的源码

/**
 * ListAdapter used when a ListView has header views. This ListAdapter
 * wraps another one and also keeps track of the header views and their
 * associated data objects.
 *<p>This is intended as a base class; you will probably not need to
 * use this class directly in your own code.
 */
public class HeaderViewListAdapter implements WrapperListAdapter, Filterable {

    private final ListAdapter mAdapter;

    // These two ArrayList are assumed to NOT be null.
    // They are indeed created when declared in ListView and then shared.
    ArrayList<ListView.FixedViewInfo> mHeaderViewInfos;
    ArrayList<ListView.FixedViewInfo> mFooterViewInfos;

    // Used as a placeholder in case the provided info views are indeed null.
    // Currently only used by some CTS tests, which may be removed.
    static final ArrayList<ListView.FixedViewInfo> EMPTY_INFO_LIST =
        new ArrayList<ListView.FixedViewInfo>();

    boolean mAreAllFixedViewsSelectable;

    private final boolean mIsFilterable;

    public HeaderViewListAdapter(ArrayList<ListView.FixedViewInfo> headerViewInfos,
                                 ArrayList<ListView.FixedViewInfo> footerViewInfos,
                                 ListAdapter adapter) {
        mAdapter = adapter;
        mIsFilterable = adapter instanceof Filterable;

        if (headerViewInfos == null) {
            mHeaderViewInfos = EMPTY_INFO_LIST;
        } else {
            mHeaderViewInfos = headerViewInfos;
        }

        if (footerViewInfos == null) {
            mFooterViewInfos = EMPTY_INFO_LIST;
        } else {
            mFooterViewInfos = footerViewInfos;
        }

        mAreAllFixedViewsSelectable =
                areAllListInfosSelectable(mHeaderViewInfos)
                && areAllListInfosSelectable(mFooterViewInfos);
    }

    public int getHeadersCount() {
        return mHeaderViewInfos.size();
    }

    public int getFootersCount() {
        return mFooterViewInfos.size();
    }

    public boolean isEmpty() {
        return mAdapter == null || mAdapter.isEmpty();
    }

    private boolean areAllListInfosSelectable(ArrayList<ListView.FixedViewInfo> infos) {
        if (infos != null) {
            for (ListView.FixedViewInfo info : infos) {
                if (!info.isSelectable) {
                    return false;
                }
            }
        }
        return true;
    }

    public boolean removeHeader(View v) {
        for (int i = 0; i < mHeaderViewInfos.size(); i++) {
            ListView.FixedViewInfo info = mHeaderViewInfos.get(i);
            if (info.view == v) {
                mHeaderViewInfos.remove(i);

                mAreAllFixedViewsSelectable =
                        areAllListInfosSelectable(mHeaderViewInfos)
                        && areAllListInfosSelectable(mFooterViewInfos);

                return true;
            }
        }

        return false;
    }

    public boolean removeFooter(View v) {
        for (int i = 0; i < mFooterViewInfos.size(); i++) {
            ListView.FixedViewInfo info = mFooterViewInfos.get(i);
            if (info.view == v) {
                mFooterViewInfos.remove(i);

                mAreAllFixedViewsSelectable =
                        areAllListInfosSelectable(mHeaderViewInfos)
                        && areAllListInfosSelectable(mFooterViewInfos);

                return true;
            }
        }

        return false;
    }

    public int getCount() {
        if (mAdapter != null) {
            return getFootersCount() + getHeadersCount() + mAdapter.getCount();
        } else {
            return getFootersCount() + getHeadersCount();
        }
    }

    public boolean areAllItemsEnabled() {
        if (mAdapter != null) {
            return mAreAllFixedViewsSelectable && mAdapter.areAllItemsEnabled();
        } else {
            return true;
        }
    }

    public boolean isEnabled(int position) {
        // Header (negative positions will throw an IndexOutOfBoundsException)
        int numHeaders = getHeadersCount();
        if (position < numHeaders) {
            return mHeaderViewInfos.get(position).isSelectable;
        }

        // Adapter
        final int adjPosition = position - numHeaders;
        int adapterCount = 0;
        if (mAdapter != null) {
            adapterCount = mAdapter.getCount();
            if (adjPosition < adapterCount) {
                return mAdapter.isEnabled(adjPosition);
            }
        }

        // Footer (off-limits positions will throw an IndexOutOfBoundsException)
        return mFooterViewInfos.get(adjPosition - adapterCount).isSelectable;
    }

    public Object getItem(int position) {
        // Header (negative positions will throw an IndexOutOfBoundsException)
        int numHeaders = getHeadersCount();
        if (position < numHeaders) {
            return mHeaderViewInfos.get(position).data;
        }

        // Adapter
        final int adjPosition = position - numHeaders;
        int adapterCount = 0;
        if (mAdapter != null) {
            adapterCount = mAdapter.getCount();
            if (adjPosition < adapterCount) {
                return mAdapter.getItem(adjPosition);
            }
        }

        // Footer (off-limits positions will throw an IndexOutOfBoundsException)
        return mFooterViewInfos.get(adjPosition - adapterCount).data;
    }

    public long getItemId(int position) {
        int numHeaders = getHeadersCount();
        if (mAdapter != null && position >= numHeaders) {
            int adjPosition = position - numHeaders;
            int adapterCount = mAdapter.getCount();
            if (adjPosition < adapterCount) {
                return mAdapter.getItemId(adjPosition);
            }
        }
        return -1;
    }

    public boolean hasStableIds() {
        if (mAdapter != null) {
            return mAdapter.hasStableIds();
        }
        return false;
    }

    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        // Header (negative positions will throw an IndexOutOfBoundsException)
        int numHeaders = getHeadersCount();
        if (position < numHeaders) {
            return mHeaderViewInfos.get(position).view;
        }

        // Adapter
        final int adjPosition = position - numHeaders;
        int adapterCount = 0;
        if (mAdapter != null) {
            adapterCount = mAdapter.getCount();
            if (adjPosition < adapterCount) {
                return mAdapter.getView(adjPosition, convertView, parent);
            }
        }

        // Footer (off-limits positions will throw an IndexOutOfBoundsException)
        return mFooterViewInfos.get(adjPosition - adapterCount).view;
    }

    public int getItemViewType(int position) {
        int numHeaders = getHeadersCount();
        if (mAdapter != null && position >= numHeaders) {
            int adjPosition = position - numHeaders;
            int adapterCount = mAdapter.getCount();
            if (adjPosition < adapterCount) {
                return mAdapter.getItemViewType(adjPosition);
            }
        }

        return AdapterView.ITEM_VIEW_TYPE_HEADER_OR_FOOTER;
    }

    public int getViewTypeCount() {
        if (mAdapter != null) {
            return mAdapter.getViewTypeCount();
        }
        return 1;
    }

    public void registerDataSetObserver(DataSetObserver observer) {
        if (mAdapter != null) {
            mAdapter.registerDataSetObserver(observer);
        }
    }

    public void unregisterDataSetObserver(DataSetObserver observer) {
        if (mAdapter != null) {
            mAdapter.unregisterDataSetObserver(observer);
        }
    }

    public Filter getFilter() {
        if (mIsFilterable) {
            return ((Filterable) mAdapter).getFilter();
        }
        return null;
    }

    public ListAdapter getWrappedAdapter() {
        return mAdapter;
    }
}