Fetch

A library to eliminate boilerplate when querying ContentResolver and SQLiteDatabase.

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dependencies {
    compile 'com.evernote:android-fetch:1.0.0'
}

Usage

In its simplest form, the library enables this:

Cursor cursor;
List<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
try {
  cursor = contentResolver.query(sourceUri, null, null, null, null);
  while (cursor != null && cursor.moveToNext()) {
    result.add(cursor.getString(0));
  }
} finally {
  if (cursor != null) {
    cursor.close();
  }
}

To become this:

List<String> result = QueryBuilder.cr(sourceUri).fetch(contentResolver).toList(Converter.STRING);

Every parameter of query can be specified by calling additional optional methods, and you can use a custom Converter to build your own objects:

List<Thing> things = QueryBuilder.db("my_table")
  .projection("id", "name", "description")
  .selection("size = ?")
  .selectionArgs("42")
  .sortOrder("name")
  .fetch(database)
  .toList(new Converter<Thing>() {
    @Override
    public Thing convert(Cursor c) {
      int id = c.getInt(0);
      String name = c.getString(1);
      String description = c.getString(2);
      return new Thing(id, name, description);
    }
  });

There are also convenience methods for filters on list of values:

QueryBuilder.cr(sourceUri).select("name", nameList);

Is equivalent to:

contentResolver.query(sourceUri, null, "name in (?,?,?)", nameList.toArray(new String[nameList.size()]), null);

You can also use the RxJava binding to create an Observable from your query.

QueryBuilder.cr(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI)
        .projection(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA)
        .selection(selection)
        .fetchStream(mContext, Converter.STRING)
        .map(...)
        .filter(...)
        .observeOn(...);

License

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