diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 mobile/android/base/home/PanelViewItemHandler.java
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+++ b/mobile/android/base/home/PanelViewItemHandler.java	Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
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+/* -*- Mode: Java; c-basic-offset: 4; tab-width: 20; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
+ * 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.home;
+
+import org.mozilla.gecko.db.BrowserContract.HomeItems;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.home.HomeConfig.ViewConfig;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.home.HomePager.OnUrlOpenListener;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.home.PanelLayout.FilterManager;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.home.PanelLayout.OnItemOpenListener;
+
+import android.database.Cursor;
+
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+
+class PanelViewItemHandler {
+    private final ViewConfig mViewConfig;
+    private OnItemOpenListener mItemOpenListener;
+    private FilterManager mFilterManager;
+
+    public PanelViewItemHandler(ViewConfig viewConfig) {
+        mViewConfig = viewConfig;
+    }
+
+    public void setOnItemOpenListener(OnItemOpenListener listener) {
+        mItemOpenListener = listener;
+    }
+
+    public void setFilterManager(FilterManager manager) {
+        mFilterManager = manager;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * If item at this position is a back item, perform the go back action via the
+     * {@code FilterManager}. Otherwise, prepare the url to be opened by the
+     * {@code OnUrlOpenListener}.
+     */
+    public void openItemAtPosition(Cursor cursor, int position) {
+        if (mFilterManager != null && mFilterManager.canGoBack()) {
+            if (position == 0) {
+                mFilterManager.goBack();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            position--;
+        }
+
+        if (cursor == null || !cursor.moveToPosition(position)) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Couldn't move cursor to position " + position);
+        }
+
+        int urlIndex = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(HomeItems.URL);
+        final String url = cursor.getString(urlIndex);
+
+        int titleIndex = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(HomeItems.TITLE);
+        final String title = cursor.getString(titleIndex);
+
+        if (mItemOpenListener != null) {
+            mItemOpenListener.onItemOpen(url, title);
+        }
+    }
+}