SQLiteContentHelper.java

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 * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
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package android.database.sqlite;

import android.content.res.AssetFileDescriptor;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.os.MemoryFile;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Some helper functions for using SQLite database to implement content providers.
 *
 * @hide
 */
public class SQLiteContentHelper {

    /**
     * Runs an SQLite query and returns an AssetFileDescriptor for the
     * blob in column 0 of the first row. If the first column does
     * not contain a blob, an unspecified exception is thrown.
     *
     * @param db Handle to a readable database.
     * @param sql SQL query, possibly with query arguments.
     * @param selectionArgs Query argument values, or {@code null} for no argument.
     * @return If no exception is thrown, a non-null AssetFileDescriptor is returned.
     * @throws FileNotFoundException If the query returns no results or the
     *         value of column 0 is NULL, or if there is an error creating the
     *         asset file descriptor.
     */
    public static AssetFileDescriptor getBlobColumnAsAssetFile(SQLiteDatabase db, String sql,
            String[] selectionArgs) throws FileNotFoundException {
        try {
            MemoryFile file = simpleQueryForBlobMemoryFile(db, sql, selectionArgs);
            if (file == null) {
                throw new FileNotFoundException("No results.");
            }
            return AssetFileDescriptor.fromMemoryFile(file);
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new FileNotFoundException(ex.toString());
        }
    }

    /**
     * Runs an SQLite query and returns a MemoryFile for the
     * blob in column 0 of the first row. If the first column does
     * not contain a blob, an unspecified exception is thrown.
     *
     * @return A memory file, or {@code null} if the query returns no results
     *         or the value column 0 is NULL.
     * @throws IOException If there is an error creating the memory file.
     */
    // TODO: make this native and use the SQLite blob API to reduce copying
    private static MemoryFile simpleQueryForBlobMemoryFile(SQLiteDatabase db, String sql,
            String[] selectionArgs) throws IOException {
        Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(sql, selectionArgs);
        if (cursor == null) {
            return null;
        }
        try {
            if (!cursor.moveToFirst()) {
                return null;
            }
            byte[] bytes = cursor.getBlob(0);
            if (bytes == null) {
                return null;
            }
            MemoryFile file = new MemoryFile(null, bytes.length);
            file.writeBytes(bytes, 0, 0, bytes.length);
            file.deactivate();
            return file;
        } finally {
            cursor.close();
        }
    }

}