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import android.content.ContentValues; import android.content.Context; import android.database.Cursor; import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase; import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper; public class DictionaryDatabase extends SQLiteOpenHelper { private static final String DATABASE_NAME = "dictionary.db"; private static final int DATABASE_VERSION = 1; private static final String TABLE_DICTIONARY = "dictionary"; private static final String FIELD_WORD = "word"; private static final String FIELD_DEFINITION = "definition"; DictionaryDatabase(Context context) { super(context, DATABASE_NAME, null, DATABASE_VERSION); } @Override public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) { db.execSQL("CREATE TABLE " + TABLE_DICTIONARY + "(_id integer PRIMARY KEY," + FIELD_WORD + " TEXT, " + FIELD_DEFINITION + " TEXT);"); } @Override public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion, int newVersion) { //Nothing to do } public void saveRecord(String word, String definition) { long id = findWordID(word); if (id > 0) { updateRecord(id, word, definition); } else { addRecord(word, definition); } } public long addRecord(String word, String definition) { SQLiteDatabase db = getWritableDatabase(); ContentValues values = new ContentValues(); values.put(FIELD_WORD, word); values.put(FIELD_DEFINITION, definition); return db.insert(TABLE_DICTIONARY, null, values); } public int updateRecord(long id, String word, String definition) { SQLiteDatabase db = getWritableDatabase(); ContentValues values = new ContentValues(); values.put("_id", id); values.put(FIELD_WORD, word); values.put(FIELD_DEFINITION, definition); return db.update(TABLE_DICTIONARY, values, "_id = ?", new String[] { String.valueOf(id) }); } public int deleteRecord(long id) { SQLiteDatabase db = getWritableDatabase(); return db.delete(TABLE_DICTIONARY, "_id = ?", new String[] { String.valueOf(id) }); } public long findWordID(String word) { long returnVal = -1; SQLiteDatabase db = getReadableDatabase(); Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery("SELECT _id FROM " + TABLE_DICTIONARY + " WHERE " + FIELD_WORD + " = ?", new String[] { word }); if (cursor.getCount() == 1) { cursor.moveToFirst(); returnVal = cursor.getInt(0); } return returnVal; } public String getDefinition(long id) { String returnVal = ""; SQLiteDatabase db = getReadableDatabase(); Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery("SELECT definition FROM " + TABLE_DICTIONARY + " WHERE _id = ?", new String[] { String.valueOf(id) }); if (cursor.getCount() == 1) { cursor.moveToFirst(); returnVal = cursor.getString(0); } return returnVal; } public Cursor getWordList() { SQLiteDatabase db = getReadableDatabase(); if (db == null) return null; String query = "SELECT _id, " + FIELD_WORD + " FROM " + TABLE_DICTIONARY + " ORDER BY " + FIELD_WORD + " ASC"; return db.rawQuery(query, null); } }