Sono disponibili due opzioni per la creazione e l'aggiornamento dei database.
Uno consiste nel creare un database esternamente, quindi inserirlo nella cartella delle risorse del progetto e quindi copiare l'intero database da lì. Questo è molto più veloce se il database ha molte tabelle e altri componenti. Gli aggiornamenti vengono attivati modificando il numero di versione del database nel file res/values/strings.xml. Gli aggiornamenti verrebbero quindi eseguiti creando un nuovo database esternamente, sostituendo il vecchio database nella cartella delle risorse con il nuovo database, salvando il vecchio database nella memoria interna con un altro nome, copiando il nuovo database dalla cartella delle risorse nella memoria interna, trasferendo tutto dei dati dal vecchio database (che è stato rinominato in precedenza) nel nuovo database e infine eliminando il vecchio database. Puoi creare un database originariamente utilizzando il plug-in FireFox di SQLite Manager per eseguire le tue istruzioni sql di creazione.
L'altra opzione è creare un database internamente da un file sql. Questo non è così rapido, ma il ritardo sarebbe probabilmente impercettibile per gli utenti se il database ha solo poche tabelle. Gli aggiornamenti vengono attivati modificando il numero di versione del database nel file res/values/strings.xml. Gli aggiornamenti verrebbero quindi eseguiti elaborando un file sql di aggiornamento. I dati nel database rimarranno invariati tranne quando il relativo contenitore viene rimosso, ad esempio eliminando una tabella.
L'esempio seguente mostra come utilizzare uno dei due metodi.
Ecco un esempio di file create_database.sql. Deve essere posizionato nella cartella asset del progetto per il metodo interno o copiato in "Esegui SQL' di SQLite Manager per creare il database per il metodo esterno. (NOTA:Notare il commento sul tabella richiesta da Android.)
--Android requires a table named 'android_metadata' with a 'locale' column
CREATE TABLE "android_metadata" ("locale" TEXT DEFAULT 'en_US');
INSERT INTO "android_metadata" VALUES ('en_US');
CREATE TABLE "kitchen_table";
CREATE TABLE "coffee_table";
CREATE TABLE "pool_table";
CREATE TABLE "dining_room_table";
CREATE TABLE "card_table";
Ecco un esempio di file update_database.sql. Deve essere inserito nella cartella delle risorse del progetto per il metodo interno o copiato in "Esegui SQL" di SQLite Manager per creare il database per il metodo esterno. (NOTA:si noti che tutti e tre i tipi dei commenti SQL verrà ignorato dal parser sql incluso in questo esempio.)
--CREATE TABLE "kitchen_table"; This is one type of comment in sql. It is ignored by parseSql.
/*
* CREATE TABLE "coffee_table"; This is a second type of comment in sql. It is ignored by parseSql.
*/
{
CREATE TABLE "pool_table"; This is a third type of comment in sql. It is ignored by parseSql.
}
/* CREATE TABLE "dining_room_table"; This is a second type of comment in sql. It is ignored by parseSql. */
{ CREATE TABLE "card_table"; This is a third type of comment in sql. It is ignored by parseSql. }
--DROP TABLE "picnic_table"; Uncomment this if picnic table was previously created and now is being replaced.
CREATE TABLE "picnic_table" ("plates" TEXT);
INSERT INTO "picnic_table" VALUES ('paper');
Ecco una voce da aggiungere al file /res/values/strings.xml per il numero di versione del database.
<item type="string" name="databaseVersion" format="integer">1</item>
Ecco un'attività che accede al database e quindi lo utilizza. (Nota:potresti voler eseguire il codice del database in un thread separato se utilizza molte risorse. )
package android.example;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import android.os.Bundle;
/**
* @author Danny Remington - MacroSolve
*
* Activity for demonstrating how to use a sqlite database.
*/
public class Database extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
DatabaseHelper myDbHelper;
SQLiteDatabase myDb = null;
myDbHelper = new DatabaseHelper(this);
/*
* Database must be initialized before it can be used. This will ensure
* that the database exists and is the current version.
*/
myDbHelper.initializeDataBase();
try {
// A reference to the database can be obtained after initialization.
myDb = myDbHelper.getWritableDatabase();
/*
* Place code to use database here.
*/
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
} finally {
try {
myDbHelper.close();
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
} finally {
myDb.close();
}
}
}
}
Ecco la classe dell'helper del database in cui il database viene creato o aggiornato, se necessario. (NOTA:Android richiede la creazione di una classe che estenda SQLiteOpenHelper per poter lavorare con un database Sqlite.)
package android.example;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import android.content.Context;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper;
/**
* @author Danny Remington - MacroSolve
*
* Helper class for sqlite database.
*/
public class DatabaseHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper {
/*
* The Android's default system path of the application database in internal
* storage. The package of the application is part of the path of the
* directory.
*/
private static String DB_DIR = "/data/data/android.example/databases/";
private static String DB_NAME = "database.sqlite";
private static String DB_PATH = DB_DIR + DB_NAME;
private static String OLD_DB_PATH = DB_DIR + "old_" + DB_NAME;
private final Context myContext;
private boolean createDatabase = false;
private boolean upgradeDatabase = false;
/**
* Constructor Takes and keeps a reference of the passed context in order to
* access to the application assets and resources.
*
* @param context
*/
public DatabaseHelper(Context context) {
super(context, DB_NAME, null, context.getResources().getInteger(
R.string.databaseVersion));
myContext = context;
// Get the path of the database that is based on the context.
DB_PATH = myContext.getDatabasePath(DB_NAME).getAbsolutePath();
}
/**
* Upgrade the database in internal storage if it exists but is not current.
* Create a new empty database in internal storage if it does not exist.
*/
public void initializeDataBase() {
/*
* Creates or updates the database in internal storage if it is needed
* before opening the database. In all cases opening the database copies
* the database in internal storage to the cache.
*/
getWritableDatabase();
if (createDatabase) {
/*
* If the database is created by the copy method, then the creation
* code needs to go here. This method consists of copying the new
* database from assets into internal storage and then caching it.
*/
try {
/*
* Write over the empty data that was created in internal
* storage with the one in assets and then cache it.
*/
copyDataBase();
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new Error("Error copying database");
}
} else if (upgradeDatabase) {
/*
* If the database is upgraded by the copy and reload method, then
* the upgrade code needs to go here. This method consists of
* renaming the old database in internal storage, create an empty
* new database in internal storage, copying the database from
* assets to the new database in internal storage, caching the new
* database from internal storage, loading the data from the old
* database into the new database in the cache and then deleting the
* old database from internal storage.
*/
try {
FileHelper.copyFile(DB_PATH, OLD_DB_PATH);
copyDataBase();
SQLiteDatabase old_db = SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(OLD_DB_PATH, null, SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READWRITE);
SQLiteDatabase new_db = SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(DB_PATH,null, SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READWRITE);
/*
* Add code to load data into the new database from the old
* database and then delete the old database from internal
* storage after all data has been transferred.
*/
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new Error("Error copying database");
}
}
}
/**
* Copies your database from your local assets-folder to the just created
* empty database in the system folder, from where it can be accessed and
* handled. This is done by transfering bytestream.
* */
private void copyDataBase() throws IOException {
/*
* Close SQLiteOpenHelper so it will commit the created empty database
* to internal storage.
*/
close();
/*
* Open the database in the assets folder as the input stream.
*/
InputStream myInput = myContext.getAssets().open(DB_NAME);
/*
* Open the empty db in interal storage as the output stream.
*/
OutputStream myOutput = new FileOutputStream(DB_PATH);
/*
* Copy over the empty db in internal storage with the database in the
* assets folder.
*/
FileHelper.copyFile(myInput, myOutput);
/*
* Access the copied database so SQLiteHelper will cache it and mark it
* as created.
*/
getWritableDatabase().close();
}
/*
* This is where the creation of tables and the initial population of the
* tables should happen, if a database is being created from scratch instead
* of being copied from the application package assets. Copying a database
* from the application package assets to internal storage inside this
* method will result in a corrupted database.
* <P>
* NOTE: This method is normally only called when a database has not already
* been created. When the database has been copied, then this method is
* called the first time a reference to the database is retrieved after the
* database is copied since the database last cached by SQLiteOpenHelper is
* different than the database in internal storage.
*/
@Override
public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db) {
/*
* Signal that a new database needs to be copied. The copy process must
* be performed after the database in the cache has been closed causing
* it to be committed to internal storage. Otherwise the database in
* internal storage will not have the same creation timestamp as the one
* in the cache causing the database in internal storage to be marked as
* corrupted.
*/
createDatabase = true;
/*
* This will create by reading a sql file and executing the commands in
* it.
*/
// try {
// InputStream is = myContext.getResources().getAssets().open(
// "create_database.sql");
//
// String[] statements = FileHelper.parseSqlFile(is);
//
// for (String statement : statements) {
// db.execSQL(statement);
// }
// } catch (Exception ex) {
// ex.printStackTrace();
// }
}
/**
* Called only if version number was changed and the database has already
* been created. Copying a database from the application package assets to
* the internal data system inside this method will result in a corrupted
* database in the internal data system.
*/
@Override
public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, int oldVersion, int newVersion) {
/*
* Signal that the database needs to be upgraded for the copy method of
* creation. The copy process must be performed after the database has
* been opened or the database will be corrupted.
*/
upgradeDatabase = true;
/*
* Code to update the database via execution of sql statements goes
* here.
*/
/*
* This will upgrade by reading a sql file and executing the commands in
* it.
*/
// try {
// InputStream is = myContext.getResources().getAssets().open(
// "upgrade_database.sql");
//
// String[] statements = FileHelper.parseSqlFile(is);
//
// for (String statement : statements) {
// db.execSQL(statement);
// }
// } catch (Exception ex) {
// ex.printStackTrace();
// }
}
/**
* Called everytime the database is opened by getReadableDatabase or
* getWritableDatabase. This is called after onCreate or onUpgrade is
* called.
*/
@Override
public void onOpen(SQLiteDatabase db) {
super.onOpen(db);
}
/*
* Add your public helper methods to access and get content from the
* database. You could return cursors by doing
* "return myDataBase.query(....)" so it'd be easy to you to create adapters
* for your views.
*/
}
Ecco la classe FileHelper che contiene metodi per copiare file in flusso di byte e analizzare file sql.
package android.example;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
/**
* @author Danny Remington - MacroSolve
*
* Helper class for common tasks using files.
*
*/
public class FileHelper {
/**
* Creates the specified <i><b>toFile</b></i> that is a byte for byte a copy
* of <i><b>fromFile</b></i>. If <i><b>toFile</b></i> already existed, then
* it will be replaced with a copy of <i><b>fromFile</b></i>. The name and
* path of <i><b>toFile</b></i> will be that of <i><b>toFile</b></i>. Both
* <i><b>fromFile</b></i> and <i><b>toFile</b></i> will be closed by this
* operation.
*
* @param fromFile
* - InputStream for the file to copy from.
* @param toFile
* - InputStream for the file to copy to.
*/
public static void copyFile(InputStream fromFile, OutputStream toFile) throws IOException {
// transfer bytes from the inputfile to the outputfile
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int length;
try {
while ((length = fromFile.read(buffer)) > 0) {
toFile.write(buffer, 0, length);
}
}
// Close the streams
finally {
try {
if (toFile != null) {
try {
toFile.flush();
} finally {
toFile.close();
}
}
} finally {
if (fromFile != null) {
fromFile.close();
}
}
}
}
/**
* Creates the specified <i><b>toFile</b></i> that is a byte for byte a copy
* of <i><b>fromFile</b></i>. If <i><b>toFile</b></i> already existed, then
* it will be replaced with a copy of <i><b>fromFile</b></i>. The name and
* path of <i><b>toFile</b></i> will be that of <i><b>toFile</b></i>. Both
* <i><b>fromFile</b></i> and <i><b>toFile</b></i> will be closed by this
* operation.
*
* @param fromFile
* - String specifying the path of the file to copy from.
* @param toFile
* - String specifying the path of the file to copy to.
*/
public static void copyFile(String fromFile, String toFile) throws IOException {
copyFile(new FileInputStream(fromFile), new FileOutputStream(toFile));
}
/**
* Creates the specified <i><b>toFile</b></i> that is a byte for byte a copy
* of <i><b>fromFile</b></i>. If <i><b>toFile</b></i> already existed, then
* it will be replaced with a copy of <i><b>fromFile</b></i>. The name and
* path of <i><b>toFile</b></i> will be that of <i><b>toFile</b></i>. Both
* <i><b>fromFile</b></i> and <i><b>toFile</b></i> will be closed by this
* operation.
*
* @param fromFile
* - File for the file to copy from.
* @param toFile
* - File for the file to copy to.
*/
public static void copyFile(File fromFile, File toFile) throws IOException {
copyFile(new FileInputStream(fromFile), new FileOutputStream(toFile));
}
/**
* Creates the specified <i><b>toFile</b></i> that is a byte for byte a copy
* of <i><b>fromFile</b></i>. If <i><b>toFile</b></i> already existed, then
* it will be replaced with a copy of <i><b>fromFile</b></i>. The name and
* path of <i><b>toFile</b></i> will be that of <i><b>toFile</b></i>. Both
* <i><b>fromFile</b></i> and <i><b>toFile</b></i> will be closed by this
* operation.
*
* @param fromFile
* - FileInputStream for the file to copy from.
* @param toFile
* - FileInputStream for the file to copy to.
*/
public static void copyFile(FileInputStream fromFile, FileOutputStream toFile) throws IOException {
FileChannel fromChannel = fromFile.getChannel();
FileChannel toChannel = toFile.getChannel();
try {
fromChannel.transferTo(0, fromChannel.size(), toChannel);
} finally {
try {
if (fromChannel != null) {
fromChannel.close();
}
} finally {
if (toChannel != null) {
toChannel.close();
}
}
}
}
/**
* Parses a file containing sql statements into a String array that contains
* only the sql statements. Comments and white spaces in the file are not
* parsed into the String array. Note the file must not contained malformed
* comments and all sql statements must end with a semi-colon ";" in order
* for the file to be parsed correctly. The sql statements in the String
* array will not end with a semi-colon ";".
*
* @param sqlFile
* - String containing the path for the file that contains sql
* statements.
*
* @return String array containing the sql statements.
*/
public static String[] parseSqlFile(String sqlFile) throws IOException {
return parseSqlFile(new BufferedReader(new FileReader(sqlFile)));
}
/**
* Parses a file containing sql statements into a String array that contains
* only the sql statements. Comments and white spaces in the file are not
* parsed into the String array. Note the file must not contained malformed
* comments and all sql statements must end with a semi-colon ";" in order
* for the file to be parsed correctly. The sql statements in the String
* array will not end with a semi-colon ";".
*
* @param sqlFile
* - InputStream for the file that contains sql statements.
*
* @return String array containing the sql statements.
*/
public static String[] parseSqlFile(InputStream sqlFile) throws IOException {
return parseSqlFile(new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(sqlFile)));
}
/**
* Parses a file containing sql statements into a String array that contains
* only the sql statements. Comments and white spaces in the file are not
* parsed into the String array. Note the file must not contained malformed
* comments and all sql statements must end with a semi-colon ";" in order
* for the file to be parsed correctly. The sql statements in the String
* array will not end with a semi-colon ";".
*
* @param sqlFile
* - Reader for the file that contains sql statements.
*
* @return String array containing the sql statements.
*/
public static String[] parseSqlFile(Reader sqlFile) throws IOException {
return parseSqlFile(new BufferedReader(sqlFile));
}
/**
* Parses a file containing sql statements into a String array that contains
* only the sql statements. Comments and white spaces in the file are not
* parsed into the String array. Note the file must not contained malformed
* comments and all sql statements must end with a semi-colon ";" in order
* for the file to be parsed correctly. The sql statements in the String
* array will not end with a semi-colon ";".
*
* @param sqlFile
* - BufferedReader for the file that contains sql statements.
*
* @return String array containing the sql statements.
*/
public static String[] parseSqlFile(BufferedReader sqlFile) throws IOException {
String line;
StringBuilder sql = new StringBuilder();
String multiLineComment = null;
while ((line = sqlFile.readLine()) != null) {
line = line.trim();
// Check for start of multi-line comment
if (multiLineComment == null) {
// Check for first multi-line comment type
if (line.startsWith("/*")) {
if (!line.endsWith("}")) {
multiLineComment = "/*";
}
// Check for second multi-line comment type
} else if (line.startsWith("{")) {
if (!line.endsWith("}")) {
multiLineComment = "{";
}
// Append line if line is not empty or a single line comment
} else if (!line.startsWith("--") && !line.equals("")) {
sql.append(line);
} // Check for matching end comment
} else if (multiLineComment.equals("/*")) {
if (line.endsWith("*/")) {
multiLineComment = null;
}
// Check for matching end comment
} else if (multiLineComment.equals("{")) {
if (line.endsWith("}")) {
multiLineComment = null;
}
}
}
sqlFile.close();
return sql.toString().split(";");
}
}
