package SQLite; /** * String encoder/decoder for SQLite. * * This module was kindly donated by Eric van der Maarel of Nedap N.V. * * This encoder was implemented based on an original idea from an anonymous * author in the source code of the SQLite distribution. * I feel obliged to provide a quote from the original C-source code: * * "The author disclaims copyright to this source code. In place of * a legal notice, here is a blessing: * * May you do good and not evil. * May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others. * May you share freely, never taking more than you give." * */ public class StringEncoder { /** * Encodes the given byte array into a string that can be used by * the SQLite database. The database cannot handle null (0x00) and * the character '\'' (0x27). The encoding consists of escaping * these characters with a reserved character (0x01). The escaping * is applied after determining and applying a shift that minimizes * the number of escapes required. * With this encoding the data of original size n is increased to a * maximum of 1+(n*257)/254. * For sufficiently large n the overhead is thus less than 1.2%. * @param a the byte array to be encoded. A null reference is handled as * an empty array. * @return the encoded bytes as a string. When an empty array is * provided a string of length 1 is returned, the value of * which is bogus. * When decoded with this class' decode method * a string of size 1 will return an empty byte array. */ public static String encode(byte[] a) { // check input if (a == null || a.length == 0) { // bogus shift, no data return "x"; } // determine count int[] cnt = new int[256]; for (int i = 0 ; i < a.length; i++) { cnt[a[i] & 0xff]++; } // determine shift for minimum number of escapes int shift = 1; int nEscapes = a.length; for (int i = 1; i < 256; i++) { if (i == '\'') { continue; } int sum = cnt[i] + cnt[(i + 1) & 0xff] + cnt[(i + '\'') & 0xff]; if (sum < nEscapes) { nEscapes = sum; shift = i; if (nEscapes == 0) { // cannot become smaller break; } } } // construct encoded output int outLen = a.length + nEscapes + 1; StringBuffer out = new StringBuffer(outLen); out.append((char)shift); for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) { // apply shift char c = (char)((a[i] - shift)&0xff); // insert escapes if (c == 0) { // forbidden out.append((char)1); out.append((char)1); } else if (c == 1) { // escape character out.append((char)1); out.append((char)2); } else if (c == '\'') { // forbidden out.append((char)1); out.append((char)3); } else { out.append(c); } } return out.toString(); } /** * Decodes the given string that is assumed to be a valid encoding * of a byte array. Typically the given string is generated by * this class' encode method. * @param s the given string encoding. * @return the byte array obtained from the decoding. * @throws IllegalArgumentException when the string given is not * a valid encoded string for this encoder. */ public static byte[] decode(String s) { char[] a = s.toCharArray(); if (a.length > 2 && a[0] == 'X' && a[1] == '\'' && a[a.length-1] == '\'') { // SQLite3 BLOB syntax byte[] result = new byte[(a.length-3)/2]; for (int i = 2, k = 0; i < a.length - 1; i += 2, k++) { byte tmp; switch (a[i]) { case '0': tmp = 0; break; case '1': tmp = 1; break; case '2': tmp = 2; break; case '3': tmp = 3; break; case '4': tmp = 4; break; case '5': tmp = 5; break; case '6': tmp = 6; break; case '7': tmp = 7; break; case '8': tmp = 8; break; case '9': tmp = 9; break; case 'A': case 'a': tmp = 10; break; case 'B': case 'b': tmp = 11; break; case 'C': case 'c': tmp = 12; break; case 'D': case 'd': tmp = 13; break; case 'E': case 'e': tmp = 14; break; case 'F': case 'f': tmp = 15; break; default: tmp = 0; break; } result[k] = (byte) (tmp << 4); switch (a[i+1]) { case '0': tmp = 0; break; case '1': tmp = 1; break; case '2': tmp = 2; break; case '3': tmp = 3; break; case '4': tmp = 4; break; case '5': tmp = 5; break; case '6': tmp = 6; break; case '7': tmp = 7; break; case '8': tmp = 8; break; case '9': tmp = 9; break; case 'A': case 'a': tmp = 10; break; case 'B': case 'b': tmp = 11; break; case 'C': case 'c': tmp = 12; break; case 'D': case 'd': tmp = 13; break; case 'E': case 'e': tmp = 14; break; case 'F': case 'f': tmp = 15; break; default: tmp = 0; break; } result[k] |= tmp; } return result; } // first element is the shift byte[] result = new byte[a.length-1]; int i = 0; int shift = s.charAt(i++); int j = 0; while (i < s.length()) { int c; if ((c = s.charAt(i++)) == 1) { // escape character found if ((c = s.charAt(i++)) == 1) { c = 0; } else if (c == 2) { c = 1; } else if (c == 3) { c = '\''; } else { throw new IllegalArgumentException( "invalid string passed to decoder: " + j); } } // do shift result[j++] = (byte)((c + shift) & 0xff); } int outLen = j; // provide array of correct length if (result.length != outLen) { result = byteCopy(result, 0, outLen, new byte[outLen]); } return result; } /** * Copies count elements from source, starting at element with * index offset, to the given target. * @param source the source. * @param offset the offset. * @param count the number of elements to be copied. * @param target the target to be returned. * @return the target being copied to. */ private static byte[] byteCopy(byte[] source, int offset, int count, byte[] target) { for (int i = offset, j = 0; i < offset + count; i++, j++) { target[j] = source[i]; } return target; } static final char[] xdigits = { '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F' }; /** * Encodes the given byte array into SQLite3 blob notation, ie X'..' * @param a the byte array to be encoded. A null reference is handled as * an empty array. * @return the encoded bytes as a string. */ public static String encodeX(byte[] a) { // check input if (a == null || a.length == 0) { return "X''"; } char[] out = new char[a.length * 2 + 3]; int i = 2; for (int j = 0; j < a.length; j++) { out[i++] = xdigits[(a[j] >> 4) & 0x0F]; out[i++] = xdigits[a[j] & 0x0F]; } out[0] = 'X'; out[1] = '\''; out[i] = '\''; return new String(out); } }