diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 mobile/android/base/background/db/CursorDumper.java
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+++ b/mobile/android/base/background/db/CursorDumper.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.db;
+
+import android.database.Cursor;
+
+/**
+ * A utility for dumping a cursor the debug log.
+ * <p>
+ * <b>For debugging only!</p>
+ */
+public class CursorDumper {
+  protected static String fixedWidth(int width, String s) {
+    if (s == null) {
+      return spaces(width);
+    }
+    int length = s.length();
+    if (width == length) {
+      return s;
+    }
+    if (width > length) {
+      return s + spaces(width - length);
+    }
+    return s.substring(0, width);
+  }
+
+  protected static String spaces(int i) {
+    return "                                     ".substring(0, i);
+  }
+
+  protected static String dashes(int i) {
+    return "-------------------------------------".substring(0, i);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Dump a cursor to the debug log, ignoring any log level settings.
+   * <p>
+   * The position in the cursor is maintained. Caller is responsible for opening
+   * and closing cursor.
+   *
+   * @param cursor
+   *          to dump.
+   */
+  public static void dumpCursor(Cursor cursor) {
+    dumpCursor(cursor, 18, "records");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Dump a cursor to the debug log, ignoring any log level settings.
+   * <p>
+   * The position in the cursor is maintained. Caller is responsible for opening
+   * and closing cursor.
+   *
+   * @param cursor
+   *          to dump.
+   * @param columnWidth
+   *          how many characters per cursor column.
+   * @param tags
+   *          a descriptor, printed like "(10 tags)", in the header row.
+   */
+  protected static void dumpCursor(Cursor cursor, int columnWidth, String tags) {
+    int originalPosition = cursor.getPosition();
+    try {
+      String[] columnNames = cursor.getColumnNames();
+      int columnCount      = cursor.getColumnCount();
+
+      for (int i = 0; i < columnCount; ++i) {
+        System.out.print(fixedWidth(columnWidth, columnNames[i]) + " | ");
+      }
+      System.out.println("(" + cursor.getCount() + " " + tags + ")");
+      for (int i = 0; i < columnCount; ++i) {
+        System.out.print(dashes(columnWidth) + " | ");
+      }
+      System.out.println("");
+      if (!cursor.moveToFirst()) {
+        System.out.println("EMPTY");
+        return;
+      }
+
+      cursor.moveToFirst();
+      while (!cursor.isAfterLast()) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < columnCount; ++i) {
+          System.out.print(fixedWidth(columnWidth, cursor.getString(i)) + " | ");
+        }
+        System.out.println("");
+        cursor.moveToNext();
+      }
+      for (int i = 0; i < columnCount-1; ++i) {
+        System.out.print(dashes(columnWidth + 3));
+      }
+      System.out.print(dashes(columnWidth + 3 - 1));
+      System.out.println("");
+    } finally {
+      cursor.moveToPosition(originalPosition);
+    }
+  }
+}