Get the value of the data column for this Uri from Cursor - Android Database

Android examples for Database:Cursor Column

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Description

Get the value of the data column for this Uri from Cursor

Demo Code

/**/*  w w w . j  a v  a2  s  . co  m*/
 *   ownCloud Android client application
 *
 *   Copyright (C) 2015 ownCloud Inc.
 *
 *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
 *   as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
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 *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *   GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 */
//package com.java2s;

import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.net.Uri;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Get the value of the data column for this Uri. This is useful for
     * MediaStore Uris, and other file-based ContentProviders.
     * 
     * @param context The context.
     * @param uri The Uri to query.
     * @param selection (Optional) Filter used in the query.
     * @param selectionArgs (Optional) Selection arguments used in the query.
     * @return The value of the _data column, which is typically a file path.
     */
    public static String getDataColumn(Context context, Uri uri,
            String selection, String[] selectionArgs) {

        Cursor cursor = null;
        final String column = "_data";
        final String[] projection = { column };

        try {
            cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(uri, projection,
                    selection, selectionArgs, null);
            if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst()) {

                final int column_index = cursor
                        .getColumnIndexOrThrow(column);
                return cursor.getString(column_index);
            }
        } finally {
            if (cursor != null)
                cursor.close();
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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