The NOT singleton version of the DatabaseHelper

gistfile1.txt

import android.content.Context;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;

import com.j256.ormlite.android.apptools.OrmLiteSqliteOpenHelper;
import com.j256.ormlite.dao.Dao;
import com.j256.ormlite.support.ConnectionSource;
import com.j256.ormlite.table.TableUtils;

import java.sql.SQLException;

/**
 * Database helper class used to manage the creation and upgrading of your database. This class also usually provides
 * the DAOs used by the other classes.
 */
public class DatabaseHelper
		extends OrmLiteSqliteOpenHelper {

	/**
	 * Returns the Database Access Object (DAO) for our Citizen class.
	 */
	public Dao<SoldierDBItem, Integer> getSoldierDao() throws
			SQLException {
		return getDao(SoldierDBItem.class);
	}

	// name of the database file for your application -- change to something appropriate for your app
	private static final String DATABASE_NAME    = "Soldiers.db";
	// any time you make changes to your database objects, you may have to increase the database version
	private static final int    DATABASE_VERSION = 1;

	// the DAO object we use to access the citizens table
	private Dao<SoldierDBItem, Integer> mSoldierDao = null;

	public DatabaseHelper(Context context) {
		super(context, DATABASE_NAME, null, DATABASE_VERSION);
	}

	/**
	 * This is called when the database is first created. Usually you should call createTable statements here to create
	 * the tables that will store your data.
	 */
	@Override
	public void onCreate(SQLiteDatabase db, ConnectionSource connectionSource) {
		try {
			TableUtils.createTable(connectionSource, SoldierDBItem.class);
		} catch (SQLException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}

	/**
	 * This is called when your application is upgraded and it has a higher version number. This allows you to adjust
	 * the various data to match the new version number.
	 */
	@Override
	public void onUpgrade(SQLiteDatabase db, ConnectionSource connectionSource, int oldVersion, int newVersion) {
		try {
			TableUtils.dropTable(connectionSource, SoldierDBItem.class, true);
			// after we drop the old databases, we create the new ones
			onCreate(db, connectionSource);
		} catch (SQLException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Close the database connections and clear any cached DAOs.
	 */
	@Override
	public void close() {
		super.close();
		mSoldierDao = null;
	}
}