diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 mobile/android/base/background/announcements/Announcement.java
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+++ b/mobile/android/base/background/announcements/Announcement.java	Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
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+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+package org.mozilla.gecko.background.announcements;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+
+import org.mozilla.gecko.background.common.log.Logger;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.sync.ExtendedJSONObject;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a retrieved product announcement.
+ *
+ * Instances of this class are immutable.
+ */
+public class Announcement {
+  private static final String LOG_TAG   = "Announcement";
+
+  private static final String KEY_ID    = "id";
+  private static final String KEY_TITLE = "title";
+  private static final String KEY_URL   = "url";
+  private static final String KEY_TEXT  = "text";
+
+  private final int id;
+  private final String title;
+  private final URI uri;
+  private final String text;
+
+  public Announcement(int id, String title, String text, URI uri) {
+    this.id    = id;
+    this.title = title;
+    this.uri   = uri;
+    this.text  = text;
+  }
+
+  public static Announcement parseAnnouncement(ExtendedJSONObject body) throws URISyntaxException, IllegalArgumentException {
+    final Integer id = body.getIntegerSafely(KEY_ID);
+    if (id == null) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("No id provided in JSON.");
+    }
+    final String title = body.getString(KEY_TITLE);
+    if (title == null || title.trim().length() == 0) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Missing or empty announcement title.");
+    }
+    final String uri = body.getString(KEY_URL);
+    if (uri == null) {
+      // Empty or otherwise unhappy URI will throw a URISyntaxException.
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Missing announcement URI.");
+    }
+
+    final String text = body.getString(KEY_TEXT);
+    if (text == null) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Missing announcement body.");
+    }
+
+    return new Announcement(id, title, text, new URI(uri));
+  }
+
+  public int getId() {
+    return id;
+  }
+
+  public String getTitle() {
+    return title;
+  }
+
+  public String getText() {
+    return text;
+  }
+
+  public URI getUri() {
+    return uri;
+  }
+
+  public ExtendedJSONObject asJSON() {
+    ExtendedJSONObject out = new ExtendedJSONObject();
+    out.put(KEY_ID,    id);
+    out.put(KEY_TITLE, title);
+    out.put(KEY_URL,   uri.toASCIIString());
+    out.put(KEY_TEXT,  text);
+    return out;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return false if the provided Announcement is in some way invalid,
+   * regardless of being well-formed.
+   */
+  public static boolean isValidAnnouncement(final Announcement an) {
+    final URI uri = an.getUri();
+    if (uri == null) {
+      Logger.warn(LOG_TAG, "No URI: announcement not valid.");
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    final String scheme = uri.getScheme();
+    if (scheme == null) {
+      Logger.warn(LOG_TAG, "Null scheme: announcement not valid.");
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    // Only allow HTTP and HTTPS URLs.
+    if (!scheme.equalsIgnoreCase("http") && !scheme.equalsIgnoreCase("https")) {
+      Logger.warn(LOG_TAG, "Scheme '" + scheme + "' forbidden: announcement not valid.");
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  }
+}