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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 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.
+ */
+
+#include "android_database_SQLiteCommon.h"
+
+namespace android {
+
+/* throw a SQLiteException with a message appropriate for the error in handle */
+void throw_sqlite3_exception(JNIEnv* env, sqlite3* handle) {
+    throw_sqlite3_exception(env, handle, NULL);
+}
+
+/* throw a SQLiteException with the given message */
+void throw_sqlite3_exception(JNIEnv* env, const char* message) {
+    throw_sqlite3_exception(env, NULL, message);
+}
+
+/* throw a SQLiteException with a message appropriate for the error in handle
+   concatenated with the given message
+ */
+void throw_sqlite3_exception(JNIEnv* env, sqlite3* handle, const char* message) {
+    if (handle) {
+        throw_sqlite3_exception(env, sqlite3_errcode(handle),
+                                sqlite3_errmsg(handle), message);
+    } else {
+        // we use SQLITE_OK so that a generic SQLiteException is thrown;
+        // any code not specified in the switch statement below would do.
+        throw_sqlite3_exception(env, SQLITE_OK, "unknown error", message);
+    }
+}
+
+/* throw a SQLiteException for a given error code */
+void throw_sqlite3_exception_errcode(JNIEnv* env, int errcode, const char* message) {
+    if (errcode == SQLITE_DONE) {
+        throw_sqlite3_exception(env, errcode, NULL, message);
+    } else {
+        char temp[21];
+        sprintf(temp, "error code %d", errcode);
+        throw_sqlite3_exception(env, errcode, temp, message);
+    }
+}
+
+/* throw a SQLiteException for a given error code, sqlite3message, and
+   user message
+ */
+void throw_sqlite3_exception(JNIEnv* env, int errcode,
+                             const char* sqlite3Message, const char* message) {
+    const char* exceptionClass;
+    switch (errcode) {
+        case SQLITE_IOERR:
+            exceptionClass = "android/database/sqlite/SQLiteDiskIOException";
+            break;
+        case SQLITE_CORRUPT:
+        case SQLITE_NOTADB: // treat "unsupported file format" error as corruption also
+            exceptionClass = "android/database/sqlite/SQLiteDatabaseCorruptException";
+            break;
+        case SQLITE_CONSTRAINT:
+           exceptionClass = "android/database/sqlite/SQLiteConstraintException";
+           break;
+        case SQLITE_ABORT:
+           exceptionClass = "android/database/sqlite/SQLiteAbortException";
+           break;
+        case SQLITE_DONE:
+           exceptionClass = "android/database/sqlite/SQLiteDoneException";
+           break;
+        case SQLITE_FULL:
+           exceptionClass = "android/database/sqlite/SQLiteFullException";
+           break;
+        case SQLITE_MISUSE:
+           exceptionClass = "android/database/sqlite/SQLiteMisuseException";
+           break;
+        case SQLITE_PERM:
+           exceptionClass = "android/database/sqlite/SQLiteAccessPermException";
+           break;
+        case SQLITE_BUSY:
+           exceptionClass = "android/database/sqlite/SQLiteDatabaseLockedException";
+           break;
+        case SQLITE_LOCKED:
+           exceptionClass = "android/database/sqlite/SQLiteTableLockedException";
+           break;
+        case SQLITE_READONLY:
+           exceptionClass = "android/database/sqlite/SQLiteReadOnlyDatabaseException";
+           break;
+        case SQLITE_CANTOPEN:
+           exceptionClass = "android/database/sqlite/SQLiteCantOpenDatabaseException";
+           break;
+        case SQLITE_TOOBIG:
+           exceptionClass = "android/database/sqlite/SQLiteBlobTooBigException";
+           break;
+        case SQLITE_RANGE:
+           exceptionClass = "android/database/sqlite/SQLiteBindOrColumnIndexOutOfRangeException";
+           break;
+        case SQLITE_NOMEM:
+           exceptionClass = "android/database/sqlite/SQLiteOutOfMemoryException";
+           break;
+        case SQLITE_MISMATCH:
+           exceptionClass = "android/database/sqlite/SQLiteDatatypeMismatchException";
+           break;
+        case SQLITE_UNCLOSED:
+           exceptionClass = "android/database/sqlite/SQLiteUnfinalizedObjectsException";
+           break;
+        default:
+           exceptionClass = "android/database/sqlite/SQLiteException";
+           break;
+    }
+
+    if (sqlite3Message != NULL && message != NULL) {
+        char* fullMessage = (char *)malloc(strlen(sqlite3Message) + strlen(message) + 3);
+        if (fullMessage != NULL) {
+            strcpy(fullMessage, sqlite3Message);
+            strcat(fullMessage, ": ");
+            strcat(fullMessage, message);
+            jniThrowException(env, exceptionClass, fullMessage);
+            free(fullMessage);
+        } else {
+            jniThrowException(env, exceptionClass, sqlite3Message);
+        }
+    } else if (sqlite3Message != NULL) {
+        jniThrowException(env, exceptionClass, sqlite3Message);
+    } else {
+        jniThrowException(env, exceptionClass, message);
+    }
+}
+
+
+} // namespace android