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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;
-
-import java.util.Arrays;
-
-import org.json.JSONException;
-
-import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
-
-/**
- * This class provides reflective methods for permission requesting and checking so that plugins
- * written for cordova-android 5.0.0+ can still compile with earlier cordova-android versions.
- */
-public class PermissionHelper {
-    private static final String LOG_TAG = "CordovaPermissionHelper";
-
-    /**
-     * Requests a "dangerous" permission for the application at runtime. This is a helper method
-     * alternative to cordovaInterface.requestPermission() that does not require the project to be
-     * built with cordova-android 5.0.0+
-     *
-     * @param plugin        The plugin the permission is being requested for
-     * @param requestCode   A requestCode to be passed to the plugin's onRequestPermissionResult()
-     *                      along with the result of the permission request
-     * @param permission    The permission to be requested
-     */
-    public static void requestPermission(CordovaPlugin plugin, int requestCode, String permission) {
-        PermissionHelper.requestPermissions(plugin, requestCode, new String[] {permission});
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Requests "dangerous" permissions for the application at runtime. This is a helper method
-     * alternative to cordovaInterface.requestPermissions() that does not require the project to be
-     * built with cordova-android 5.0.0+
-     *
-     * @param plugin        The plugin the permissions are being requested for
-     * @param requestCode   A requestCode to be passed to the plugin's onRequestPermissionResult()
-     *                      along with the result of the permissions request
-     * @param permissions   The permissions to be requested
-     */
-    public static void requestPermissions(CordovaPlugin plugin, int requestCode, String[] permissions) {
-        plugin.cordova.requestPermissions(plugin, requestCode, permissions);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks at runtime to see if the application has been granted a permission. This is a helper
-     * method alternative to cordovaInterface.hasPermission() that does not require the project to
-     * be built with cordova-android 5.0.0+
-     *
-     * @param plugin        The plugin the permission is being checked against
-     * @param permission    The permission to be checked
-     * @return              True if the permission has already been granted and false otherwise
-     */
-    public static boolean hasPermission(CordovaPlugin plugin, String permission) {
-        return plugin.cordova.hasPermission(permission);
-    }
-
-    private static void deliverPermissionResult(CordovaPlugin plugin, int requestCode, String[] permissions) {
-        // Generate the request results
-        int[] requestResults = new int[permissions.length];
-        Arrays.fill(requestResults, PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED);
-
-        try {
-            // This one is deprecated - see https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/issues/592
-            plugin.onRequestPermissionResult(requestCode, permissions, requestResults);
-            plugin.onRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, requestResults);
-        } catch (JSONException e) {
-            LOG.e(LOG_TAG, "JSONException when delivering permissions results", e);
-        }
-    }
-}
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