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+"""
+    Project: pyGTKtalog
+    Description: Pseudo ORM. Warning. This is a hack.
+    Type: core
+    Author: Roman 'gryf' Dobosz, gryf73@gmail.com
+    Created: 2009-05-20
+"""
+import os
+from sqlite3 import dbapi2 as sqlite
+from tempfile import mkstemp
+
+
+class SchemaError(Exception):
+    """
+    Simple class for raising exceptions connected with DataBase class
+    """
+    pass
+
+
+class DataBase(object):
+    """
+    Main class for database common stuff
+    """
+
+    schema_order = ["files", "tags", "tags_files", "groups", "thumbnails",
+                    "images", "exif", "gthumb"]
+
+    schema = {"files": [("id", "INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT"),
+                        ("parent_id", "INTEGER"),
+                        ("filename", "TEXT"),
+                        ("filepath", "TEXT"),
+                        ("date", "datetime"),
+                        ("size", "INTEGER"),
+                        ("type", "INTEGER"),
+                        ("source", "INTEGER"),
+                        ("note", "TEXT"),
+                        ("description", "TEXT")],
+              "tags": [("id", "INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT"),
+                       ("group_id", "INTEGER"),
+                       ("tag", "TEXT")],
+              "tags_files": [("file_id", "INTEGER"),
+                             ("tag_id", "INTEGER")],
+              "groups": [("id", "INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT"),
+                         ("name", "TEXT"),
+                         ("color", "TEXT")],
+              "thumbnails": [("id", "INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT"),
+                             ("file_id", "INTEGER"),
+                             ("filename", "TEXT")],
+              "images": [("id", "INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT"),
+                         ("file_id", "INTEGER"),
+                         ("filename", "TEXT")],
+              "exif": [("id", "INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT"),
+                       ("file_id", "INTEGER"),
+                       ("camera", "TEXT"),
+                       ("date", "TEXT"),
+                       ("aperture", "TEXT"),
+                       ("exposure_program", "TEXT"),
+                       ("exposure_bias", "TEXT"),
+                       ("iso", "TEXT"),
+                       ("focal_length", "TEXT"),
+                       ("subject_distance", "TEXT"),
+                       ("metering_mode", "TEXT"),
+                       ("flash", "TEXT"),
+                       ("light_source", "TEXT"),
+                       ("resolution", "TEXT"),
+                       ("orientation", "TEXT")],
+              "gthumb": [("id", "INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT"),
+                         ("file_id", "INTEGER"),
+                         ("note", "TEXT"),
+                         ("place", "TEXT"),
+                         ("date", "datetime")]}
+
+    conn = None
+    cur = None
+    filename = None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_connection(self):
+        """
+        Returns: current connection or None if not connected.
+        """
+        return DataBase.conn
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_cursor(self):
+        """
+        Returns: current connection cursor, or None if not connected.
+        """
+        return DataBase.cur
+
+    @classmethod
+    def close(self):
+        """
+        Close current connection. If there is no connection, do nothing.
+        Returns: True, if db close was performed, False if there is no
+        connection to close.
+        """
+        if DataBase.cur is None:
+            return False
+
+        DataBase.conn.commit()
+        DataBase.cur.close()
+        DataBase.conn.close()
+
+        DataBase.filename = None
+        DataBase.cur = None
+        DataBase.conn = None
+
+        return True
+
+    @classmethod
+    def open(self, filename=":memory:", force=False):
+        """
+        Open connection, check database schema, if it looks ok, than copy it
+        to memory.
+
+        If provided filename is different from current, current connection is
+        closed and new connection is set up.
+
+        Arguments:
+            @filename - full path of database file.
+            @force - force schema creating.
+
+        Returns: cursor, if db open succeded, False in other cases.
+        """
+
+        if DataBase.filename is not None:
+            DataBase.close()
+
+        DataBase.filename = filename
+
+        DataBase.__connect()
+
+        if DataBase.cur is None:
+            return False
+
+        if not DataBase.check_schema():
+            if not force:
+                raise SchemaError("Schema for this database is not compatible"
+                                  " with pyGTKtalog")
+            else:
+                # create schema
+                DataBase.__create_schema(DataBase.cur, DataBase.conn)
+
+        if not DataBase.__copy_to_memory():
+            return False
+
+        return DataBase.cur
+
+    @classmethod
+    def check_schema(self):
+        """
+        Check schema information.
+        Returns: True, if schema is compatible with pyGTKtalog, False
+                 otherwise
+        """
+
+        if DataBase.cur is None:
+            return False
+
+        tables = DataBase.cur.execute("select name, sql from sqlite_master "
+                                      "where type='table' and "
+                                      "name!='sqlite_sequence'").fetchall()
+        table_names = []
+        for table in tables:
+            table_names.append(str(table[0]))
+
+        table_names.sort()
+        orig_tables = DataBase.schema_order[:]
+        orig_tables.sort()
+
+        return orig_tables == table_names
+
+    @classmethod
+    def __create_schema(self, cur, conn):
+        """
+        Create database schema.
+        Returns: True on success, False otherwise
+        """
+        if cur is None:
+            return False
+
+        for tablename in DataBase.schema_order:
+            sql = "create table %s(" % tablename
+            for column, coltype in DataBase.schema[tablename]:
+                sql += "%s %s," % (column, coltype)
+            sql = sql[:-1] + ")" # remove last comma and close definition
+            #import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
+            cur.execute(sql)
+
+        # add initial values
+        cur.execute("INSERT INTO files VALUES"
+                             "(1, 1, 'root', null, 0, 0, 0, 0, null, null)")
+
+        cur.execute("INSERT INTO groups VALUES(1, 'default',"
+                             "'black')")
+        conn.commit()
+        return True
+
+
+    @classmethod
+    def __connect(self):
+        """
+        Connect to database.
+        Returns: cursor for connection.
+        """
+        types = sqlite.PARSE_DECLTYPES|sqlite.PARSE_COLNAMES
+        DataBase.conn = sqlite.connect(DataBase.filename, detect_types=types)
+        DataBase.cur = DataBase.conn.cursor()
+        return DataBase.cur
+
+    @classmethod
+    def __copy_to_memory(self):
+        """
+        Copy database to :memory:
+        Returns: True if succeded, False otherwise
+        """
+        if DataBase.cur is None:
+            return False
+
+        if not DataBase.check_schema():
+            return False
+
+        types = sqlite.PARSE_DECLTYPES|sqlite.PARSE_COLNAMES
+        mem_conn = sqlite.connect(":memory:", detect_types=types)
+        mem_cur = mem_conn.cursor()
+
+        DataBase.__create_schema(mem_cur, mem_conn)
+
+        # copy data
+        for tablename in DataBase.schema_order:
+            if tablename in ('files', 'groups'):
+                sql = "select * from %s where id!=1" % tablename
+            else:
+                sql = "select * from %s" % tablename
+            data = DataBase.cur.execute(sql).fetchall()
+
+            cols = 0
+
+            if data and data[0] and data[0][0]:
+                cols = (len(data[0]) * "?,")[:-1]
+
+            sql = "insert into %s values(%s)" % (tablename, cols)
+
+            for row in data:
+                mem_cur.execute(sql, row)
+
+        # update sequences
+        seqs = DataBase.cur.execute("select name, seq from "
+                                    "sqlite_sequence").fetchall()
+
+        for seq in seqs:
+            sql = "update sqlite_sequence set seq=? where name=?"
+            mem_cur.execute(sql, (seq[1], seq[0]))
+
+        mem_conn.commit()
+
+        DataBase.conn.commit()
+        DataBase.cur.close()
+        DataBase.conn.close()
+
+        DataBase.cur = mem_cur
+        DataBase.conn = mem_conn
+
+        return True
+
+    @classmethod
+    def __copy_to_file(self):
+        """
+        Copy database from :memory:
+        Returns: True if succeded, False otherwise
+        """
+        if DataBase.cur is None:
+            return False
+
+        file_desc, dbfilename = mkstemp()
+        os.close(file_desc)
+
+        types = sqlite.PARSE_DECLTYPES|sqlite.PARSE_COLNAMES
+        file_conn = sqlite.connect(dbfilename, detect_types=types)
+        file_cur = file_conn.cursor()
+
+        DataBase.__create_schema(file_cur, file_conn)
+
+        # copy data
+        for tablename in DataBase.schema_order:
+            if tablename in ('files', 'groups'):
+                sql = "select * from %s where id!=1" % tablename
+            else:
+                sql = "select * from %s" % tablename
+            data = DataBase.cur.execute(sql).fetchall()
+
+            cols = 0
+
+            if data and data[0] and data[0][0]:
+                cols = (len(data[0]) * "?,")[:-1]
+
+            sql = "insert into %s values(%s)" % (tablename, cols)
+
+            for row in data:
+                file_cur.execute(sql, row)
+
+        # update sequences
+        seqs = DataBase.cur.execute("select name, seq from "
+                                    "sqlite_sequence").fetchall()
+
+        for name, seq in seqs:
+            sql = "update sqlite_sequence set seq=? where name=?"
+            file_cur.execute(sql, (seq, name))
+
+        file_conn.commit()
+        file_cur.close()
+        file_conn.close()
+
+        return dbfilename
+
+
+def create_database():
+    DataBase.open(":memory:", True)
+