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-/*
-       Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-       or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-       distributed with this work for additional information
-       regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-       to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-       "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-       with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-       Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-       software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-       "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-       KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-       specific language governing permissions and limitations
-       under the License.
-*/
-package org.apache.cordova.api;
-
-import org.apache.cordova.CordovaWebView;
-import org.json.JSONArray;
-import org.json.JSONException;
-import org.json.JSONObject;
-
-/**
- * Legacy Plugin class. This acts as a shim to support the old execute() signature.
- * New plugins should extend CordovaPlugin directly.
- */
-@Deprecated
-public abstract class Plugin extends CordovaPlugin {
-    public LegacyContext    ctx;			        // LegacyContext object
-
-    public abstract PluginResult execute(String action, JSONArray args, String callbackId);
-
-    public boolean isSynch(String action) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    
-    @Override
-    public void initialize(CordovaInterface cordova, CordovaWebView webView) {
-        super.initialize(cordova, webView);
-        this.setContext(cordova);
-        this.setView(webView);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Sets the context of the Plugin. This can then be used to do things like
-     * get file paths associated with the Activity.
-     *
-     * @param ctx The context of the main Activity.
-     */
-    public void setContext(CordovaInterface ctx) {
-        this.cordova = ctx;
-        this.ctx = new LegacyContext(cordova);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Sets the main View of the application, this is the WebView within which
-     * a Cordova app runs.
-     *
-     * @param webView The Cordova WebView
-     */
-    public void setView(CordovaWebView webView) {
-        this.webView = webView;
-    }
-    
-    @Override
-    public boolean execute(final String action, final JSONArray args, final CallbackContext callbackContext) throws JSONException {
-        final String callbackId = callbackContext.getCallbackId();
-        boolean runAsync = !isSynch(action);
-        if (runAsync) {
-            // Run this on a different thread so that this one can return back to JS
-            cordova.getThreadPool().execute(new Runnable() {
-                public void run() {
-                    PluginResult cr;
-                    try {
-                        cr = execute(action, args, callbackId);
-                    } catch (Throwable e) {
-                        cr = new PluginResult(PluginResult.Status.ERROR, e.getMessage());
-                    }
-                    sendPluginResult(cr, callbackId);
-                }
-            });
-        } else {
-            PluginResult cr = execute(action, args, callbackId);
-    
-            // Interpret a null response as NO_RESULT, which *does* clear the callbacks on the JS side.
-            if (cr == null) {
-                cr = new PluginResult(PluginResult.Status.NO_RESULT);
-            }
-            
-            callbackContext.sendPluginResult(cr);
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Send generic JavaScript statement back to JavaScript.
-     * sendPluginResult() should be used instead where possible.
-     */
-    public void sendJavascript(String statement) {
-        this.webView.sendJavascript(statement);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Send generic JavaScript statement back to JavaScript.
-     */
-    public void sendPluginResult(PluginResult pluginResult, String callbackId) {
-        this.webView.sendPluginResult(pluginResult, callbackId);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Call the JavaScript success callback for this plugin.
-     *
-     * This can be used if the execute code for the plugin is asynchronous meaning
-     * that execute should return null and the callback from the async operation can
-     * call success(...) or error(...)
-     *
-     * @param pluginResult      The result to return.
-     * @param callbackId        The callback id used when calling back into JavaScript.
-     */
-    public void success(PluginResult pluginResult, String callbackId) {
-        this.webView.sendPluginResult(pluginResult, callbackId);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Helper for success callbacks that just returns the Status.OK by default
-     *
-     * @param message           The message to add to the success result.
-     * @param callbackId        The callback id used when calling back into JavaScript.
-     */
-    public void success(JSONObject message, String callbackId) {
-        this.webView.sendPluginResult(new PluginResult(PluginResult.Status.OK, message), callbackId);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Helper for success callbacks that just returns the Status.OK by default
-     *
-     * @param message           The message to add to the success result.
-     * @param callbackId        The callback id used when calling back into JavaScript.
-     */
-    public void success(String message, String callbackId) {
-        this.webView.sendPluginResult(new PluginResult(PluginResult.Status.OK, message), callbackId);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Call the JavaScript error callback for this plugin.
-     *
-     * @param pluginResult      The result to return.
-     * @param callbackId        The callback id used when calling back into JavaScript.
-     */
-    public void error(PluginResult pluginResult, String callbackId) {
-        this.webView.sendPluginResult(pluginResult, callbackId);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Helper for error callbacks that just returns the Status.ERROR by default
-     *
-     * @param message           The message to add to the error result.
-     * @param callbackId        The callback id used when calling back into JavaScript.
-     */
-    public void error(JSONObject message, String callbackId) {
-        this.webView.sendPluginResult(new PluginResult(PluginResult.Status.ERROR, message), callbackId);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Helper for error callbacks that just returns the Status.ERROR by default
-     *
-     * @param message           The message to add to the error result.
-     * @param callbackId        The callback id used when calling back into JavaScript.
-     */
-    public void error(String message, String callbackId) {
-        this.webView.sendPluginResult(new PluginResult(PluginResult.Status.ERROR, message), callbackId);
-    }
-
-}