diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 mobile/android/base/sqlite/MatrixBlobCursor.java
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+++ b/mobile/android/base/sqlite/MatrixBlobCursor.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; -*-
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.mozilla.gecko.sqlite;
+
+import org.mozilla.gecko.mozglue.generatorannotations.WrapElementForJNI;
+
+import android.database.AbstractCursor;
+import android.database.CursorIndexOutOfBoundsException;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+/*
+ * Android's AbstractCursor throws on getBlob()
+ * and MatrixCursor forgot to override it. This was fixed
+ * at some point but old devices are still SOL.
+ * Oh, and everything in MatrixCursor is private instead of
+ * protected, so we need to entirely duplicate it here,
+ * instad of just being able to add the missing method.
+ */
+/**
+ * A mutable cursor implementation backed by an array of {@code Object}s. Use
+ * {@link #newRow()} to add rows. Automatically expands internal capacity
+ * as needed.
+ */
+public class MatrixBlobCursor extends AbstractCursor {
+
+    private final String[] columnNames;
+    private Object[] data;
+    private int rowCount = 0;
+    private final int columnCount;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new cursor with the given initial capacity.
+     *
+     * @param columnNames names of the columns, the ordering of which
+     *  determines column ordering elsewhere in this cursor
+     * @param initialCapacity in rows
+     */
+    @WrapElementForJNI
+    public MatrixBlobCursor(String[] columnNames, int initialCapacity) {
+        this.columnNames = columnNames;
+        this.columnCount = columnNames.length;
+
+        if (initialCapacity < 1) {
+            initialCapacity = 1;
+        }
+
+        this.data = new Object[columnCount * initialCapacity];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new cursor.
+     *
+     * @param columnNames names of the columns, the ordering of which
+     *  determines column ordering elsewhere in this cursor
+     */
+    @WrapElementForJNI
+    public MatrixBlobCursor(String[] columnNames) {
+        this(columnNames, 16);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets value at the given column for the current row.
+     */
+    protected Object get(int column) {
+        if (column < 0 || column >= columnCount) {
+            throw new CursorIndexOutOfBoundsException("Requested column: "
+                    + column + ", # of columns: " +  columnCount);
+        }
+        if (mPos < 0) {
+            throw new CursorIndexOutOfBoundsException("Before first row.");
+        }
+        if (mPos >= rowCount) {
+            throw new CursorIndexOutOfBoundsException("After last row.");
+        }
+        return data[mPos * columnCount + column];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a new row to the end and returns a builder for that row. Not safe
+     * for concurrent use.
+     *
+     * @return builder which can be used to set the column values for the new
+     *  row
+     */
+    public RowBuilder newRow() {
+        rowCount++;
+        int endIndex = rowCount * columnCount;
+        ensureCapacity(endIndex);
+        int start = endIndex - columnCount;
+        return new RowBuilder(start, endIndex);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a new row to the end with the given column values. Not safe
+     * for concurrent use.
+     *
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code columnValues.length !=
+     *  columnNames.length}
+     * @param columnValues in the same order as the the column names specified
+     *  at cursor construction time
+     */
+    @WrapElementForJNI
+    public void addRow(Object[] columnValues) {
+        if (columnValues.length != columnCount) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("columnNames.length = "
+                    + columnCount + ", columnValues.length = "
+                    + columnValues.length);
+        }
+
+        int start = rowCount++ * columnCount;
+        ensureCapacity(start + columnCount);
+        System.arraycopy(columnValues, 0, data, start, columnCount);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a new row to the end with the given column values. Not safe
+     * for concurrent use.
+     *
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code columnValues.size() !=
+     *  columnNames.length}
+     * @param columnValues in the same order as the the column names specified
+     *  at cursor construction time
+     */
+    @WrapElementForJNI
+    public void addRow(Iterable<?> columnValues) {
+        int start = rowCount * columnCount;
+        int end = start + columnCount;
+        ensureCapacity(end);
+
+        if (columnValues instanceof ArrayList<?>) {
+            addRow((ArrayList<?>) columnValues, start);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        int current = start;
+        Object[] localData = data;
+        for (Object columnValue : columnValues) {
+            if (current == end) {
+                // TODO: null out row?
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                        "columnValues.size() > columnNames.length");
+            }
+            localData[current++] = columnValue;
+        }
+
+        if (current != end) {
+            // TODO: null out row?
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                    "columnValues.size() < columnNames.length");
+        }
+
+        // Increase row count here in case we encounter an exception.
+        rowCount++;
+    }
+
+    /** Optimization for {@link ArrayList}. */
+    @WrapElementForJNI
+    private void addRow(ArrayList<?> columnValues, int start) {
+        int size = columnValues.size();
+        if (size != columnCount) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("columnNames.length = "
+                    + columnCount + ", columnValues.size() = " + size);
+        }
+
+        rowCount++;
+        Object[] localData = data;
+        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+            localData[start + i] = columnValues.get(i);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Ensures that this cursor has enough capacity. */
+    private void ensureCapacity(int size) {
+        if (size > data.length) {
+            Object[] oldData = this.data;
+            int newSize = data.length * 2;
+            if (newSize < size) {
+                newSize = size;
+            }
+            this.data = new Object[newSize];
+            System.arraycopy(oldData, 0, this.data, 0, oldData.length);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Builds a row, starting from the left-most column and adding one column
+     * value at a time. Follows the same ordering as the column names specified
+     * at cursor construction time.
+     */
+    public class RowBuilder {
+
+        private int index;
+        private final int endIndex;
+
+        RowBuilder(int index, int endIndex) {
+            this.index = index;
+            this.endIndex = endIndex;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the next column value in this row.
+         *
+         * @throws CursorIndexOutOfBoundsException if you try to add too many
+         *  values
+         * @return this builder to support chaining
+         */
+        public RowBuilder add(Object columnValue) {
+            if (index == endIndex) {
+                throw new CursorIndexOutOfBoundsException(
+                        "No more columns left.");
+            }
+
+            data[index++] = columnValue;
+            return this;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void set(int column, Object value) {
+        if (column < 0 || column >= columnCount) {
+            throw new CursorIndexOutOfBoundsException("Requested column: "
+                    + column + ", # of columns: " +  columnCount);
+        }
+        if (mPos < 0) {
+            throw new CursorIndexOutOfBoundsException("Before first row.");
+        }
+        if (mPos >= rowCount) {
+            throw new CursorIndexOutOfBoundsException("After last row.");
+        }
+        data[mPos * columnCount + column] = value;
+    }
+
+    // AbstractCursor implementation.
+    @Override
+    public int getCount() {
+        return rowCount;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String[] getColumnNames() {
+        return columnNames;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getString(int column) {
+        Object value = get(column);
+        if (value == null) return null;
+        return value.toString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public short getShort(int column) {
+        Object value = get(column);
+        if (value == null) return 0;
+        if (value instanceof Number) return ((Number) value).shortValue();
+        return Short.parseShort(value.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getInt(int column) {
+        Object value = get(column);
+        if (value == null) return 0;
+        if (value instanceof Number) return ((Number) value).intValue();
+        return Integer.parseInt(value.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long getLong(int column) {
+        Object value = get(column);
+        if (value == null) return 0;
+        if (value instanceof Number) return ((Number) value).longValue();
+        return Long.parseLong(value.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public float getFloat(int column) {
+        Object value = get(column);
+        if (value == null) return 0.0f;
+        if (value instanceof Number) return ((Number) value).floatValue();
+        return Float.parseFloat(value.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public double getDouble(int column) {
+        Object value = get(column);
+        if (value == null) return 0.0d;
+        if (value instanceof Number) return ((Number) value).doubleValue();
+        return Double.parseDouble(value.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public byte[] getBlob(int column) {
+        Object value = get(column);
+        if (value == null) return null;
+        if (value instanceof byte[]) {
+            return (byte[]) value;
+        }
+        if (value instanceof ByteBuffer) {
+            ByteBuffer data = (ByteBuffer)value;
+            byte[] byteArray = new byte[data.remaining()];
+            data.get(byteArray);
+            return byteArray;
+        }
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("BLOB Object not of known type");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isNull(int column) {
+        return get(column) == null;
+    }
+}