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+/**
+ * libtransport -- C++ library for easy XMPP Transports development
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011, Jan Kaluza <hanzz.k@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * 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, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
+ */
+
+#include "skypedb.h"
+
+#include "transport/config.h"
+#include "transport/logging.h"
+#include "transport/transport.h"
+#include "transport/usermanager.h"
+#include "transport/memoryusage.h"
+#include "transport/sqlite3backend.h"
+#include "transport/userregistration.h"
+#include "transport/user.h"
+#include "transport/storagebackend.h"
+#include "transport/rostermanager.h"
+#include "transport/conversation.h"
+#include "transport/networkplugin.h"
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+#include "sys/wait.h"
+#include "sys/signal.h"
+// #include "valgrind/memcheck.h"
+#ifndef __FreeBSD__
+#include "malloc.h"
+#endif
+
+// Prepare the SQL statement
+#define PREP_STMT(sql, str) \
+	if(sqlite3_prepare_v2(db, std::string(str).c_str(), -1, &sql, NULL)) { \
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, str<< (sqlite3_errmsg(db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(db))); \
+		sql = NULL; \
+	}
+
+// Finalize the prepared statement
+#define FINALIZE_STMT(prep) \
+	if(prep != NULL) { \
+		sqlite3_finalize(prep); \
+	}
+	
+#define BEGIN(STATEMENT) 	sqlite3_reset(STATEMENT);\
+							int STATEMENT##_id = 1;\
+							int STATEMENT##_id_get = 0;\
+							(void)STATEMENT##_id_get;
+
+#define BIND_INT(STATEMENT, VARIABLE) sqlite3_bind_int(STATEMENT, STATEMENT##_id++, VARIABLE)
+#define BIND_STR(STATEMENT, VARIABLE) sqlite3_bind_text(STATEMENT, STATEMENT##_id++, VARIABLE.c_str(), -1, SQLITE_STATIC)
+#define RESET_GET_COUNTER(STATEMENT)	STATEMENT##_id_get = 0;
+#define GET_INT(STATEMENT)	sqlite3_column_int(STATEMENT, STATEMENT##_id_get++)
+#define GET_STR(STATEMENT)	(const char *) sqlite3_column_text(STATEMENT, STATEMENT##_id_get++)
+#define GET_BLOB(STATEMENT)	(const void *) sqlite3_column_blob(STATEMENT, STATEMENT##_id_get++)
+#define EXECUTE_STATEMENT(STATEMENT, NAME) 	if(sqlite3_step(STATEMENT) != SQLITE_DONE) {\
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, NAME<< (sqlite3_errmsg(db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(db)));\
+			}
+
+using namespace Transport;
+
+DEFINE_LOGGER(logger, "SkypeDB");
+
+namespace SkypeDB {
+
+bool getAvatar(const std::string &db_path, const std::string &name, std::string &photo) {
+	bool ret = false;
+	sqlite3 *db;
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Opening database " << db_path);
+	if (sqlite3_open(db_path.c_str(), &db)) {
+		sqlite3_close(db);
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Can't open database");
+	}
+	else {
+		sqlite3_stmt *stmt;
+		PREP_STMT(stmt, "SELECT avatar_image FROM Contacts WHERE skypename=?");
+		if (stmt) {
+			BEGIN(stmt);
+			BIND_STR(stmt, name);
+			if(sqlite3_step(stmt) == SQLITE_ROW) {
+				int size = sqlite3_column_bytes(stmt, 0);
+				const void *data = sqlite3_column_blob(stmt, 0);
+				photo = std::string((const char *)data + 1, size - 1);
+				ret = true;
+			}
+			else {
+				LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, (sqlite3_errmsg(db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(db)));
+			}
+
+			int ret;
+			while((ret = sqlite3_step(stmt)) == SQLITE_ROW) {
+			}
+			FINALIZE_STMT(stmt);
+		}
+		else {
+			LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Can't created prepared statement");
+			LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, (sqlite3_errmsg(db) == NULL ? "" : sqlite3_errmsg(db)));
+		}
+		sqlite3_close(db);
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+}