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Which Algorithm does firebase is using behind datasnapshot.haschild()?

Explanation -
DatabaseReference Ref;
//intialize Ref variable
Ref = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference(); //root reference
after this, adding the valueEventListener to Ref
Ref.addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
if (dataSnapshot.hasChild("abcd")) {
//abcd child is present
}else {
//abcd child is not present
}
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
}
});
Now Specifically my question is which algorithm does the firebase using behind the dataSnapshot.hasChild("abcd") ?
In Firebase-database if my root reference contains a huge number of childs then this is an efficient method to use or not?

A DataSnapshot is an efficiently-generated immutable copy of the data at a Firebase Database location. It can't be modified and will never change.
The hasChild(key) can be considered a convenience method for child(key).exists(). As keys are always unique, there is no need to iterate the entire snapshot to locate a specific key, and therefore performance should be something similar to a HashMap at O(1).
If you do have a huge amount of data though, it is often unnecessary to download everything at once, so it's recommended to filter or restrict your query, or select a deeper node and then only obtain a subset of data at a time.
For example, you could listen lower in the tree, for the abcd node directly, and then use the exists() method instead to check for the existence of a child node:
DatabaseReference ref = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference();
ref.child("abcd").addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
DataSnapshot child = dataSnapshot.child("efgh");
if (child.exists()) {
//efgh child is present
} else {
//efgh child is not present
}
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) { }
});

Firebase user details are not retrieved in Android

I am storing user details 'firstname' and 'lastname' in UserNode. But when i want to retrieve that details then no data is being retrieved. I tried almost all solutions on the internet but nothing solved my problem. Here is my code for retrieving data of the current user:
FirebaseUser userr = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().getCurrentUser();
if (userr != null) {
String name = userr.getDisplayName();
Log.e("value", name);
}
but it says "println needs a message"
I also tried with this but nothing happened:
DatabaseReference DataRef;
DataRef = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference().child("UserNode");
DataRef.addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
String acctname = (String)dataSnapshot.child("firstname").getValue();
Log.e("name", acctname);
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
}
});
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Please help me I am stuck with it

You're reading a collection of user with a ValueEventListener. As the [Firebase documentation for reading lists with a value event](Listen for value events) explains:
While using a ChildEventListener is the recommended way to read lists of data, there are situations where attaching a ValueEventListener to a list reference is useful.
Attaching a ValueEventListener to a list of data will return the entire list of data as a single DataSnapshot, which you can then loop over to access individual children.
Even when there is only a single [child node], the snapshot is still a list; it just contains a single item. To access the item, you need to loop over the result.
So in your code:
DatabaseReference DataRef;
DataRef = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference().child("UserNode");
DataRef.addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
for (DataSnapshot childSnapshot: dataSnapshot.getChildren()) {
String acctname = (String)childSnapshot.child("firstname").getValue();
Log.i("name", acctname);
}
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
throw databaseError.toException(); // don't ignore errors
}
});

Using FirebaseUser:
FirebaseUser implements UserInfo and in UserInfo's getDisplayName() documentation says
Returns the user's display name, if available.
So, it is possible that FirebaseUser.getDisplayName() return null when display name is not set. In that case Log.e() receives null as message and therefore prints println needs a message
Using your own structure:
Instead of using type conversion use getValue(Class<T>) like so:
String acctname = dataSnapshot.child("firstname").getValue(String.class);

Please, read how to retrieve data from firebase. I think you have a problem because you don't have Class Model.
Your steps:
Create model UserModel with firstname and lastname field
Use listener (example from docs):
// Attach a listener to read the data at our posts reference
ref.addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
Post post = dataSnapshot.getValue(Post.class);
System.out.println(post);
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
System.out.println("The read failed: " + databaseError.getCode());
}
});
See other answers: How to retrieve data from one single userID Firebase Android and retrieving data from firebase android

I can't get the key of firebase database

In my solution I save data from Windows form application. There is no problem. I can list them in my android app. On this point I am trying to get key value to update the data, but always I get null.
FirebaseDatabase database = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance();
DatabaseReference myReference = database.getReference();
Query myTopPostsQuery = myReference.child("DURUSLAR").orderByChild("kayitid").equalTo("1298843637");
myTopPostsQuery.addListenerForSingleValueEvent(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
for (DataSnapshot postSnapshot: dataSnapshot.getChildren())
{
//Childadi =postSnapshot.getKey().toString();
String anahtar=postSnapshot.getKey().toString();
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),anahtar,Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
}
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
}
});
Can you please help me?

When you execute a query at a location in the Firebase Database, it will search for the property you order/filter on in each child under that location. Since you query in /DURUSLAR, Firebase looks for /DURUSLAR/{something}/kayitid. Such a property does not exist, since you only have /DURUSLAR/{something}/{pushid}/kayitid.
To fix this problem you have two options:
query at a lower level
query to the property at its (fixed) path
The first option is to create the query at a lower level in the tree:
Query myTopPostsQuery = myReference.child("DURUSLAR/K6").orderByChild("kayitid").equalTo("1298843637");
Now the query is looking for /DURUSLAR/{pushid}/kayitid and it will work.
The second option is to query for the known path of the property:
Query myTopPostsQuery = myReference.child("DURUSLAR").orderByChild("K6/-KknsAR4_KFAeZ1HVXPW/kayitid").equalTo("1298843637");
It seems unlikely you want this here, but the approach may be helpful in other situations. Often when you need this approach with push IDs in the path, you'll want to look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/40656589/firebase-query-if-child-of-child-contains-a-value.

The reason you are getting null is because you are doing orderByChild on the wrong level of data . According to your data u need to have a child K4-> which has a unique_id_push_id -> kayitid.Therefore you need to traverse the K4 in order to get 1298843637 for key kayitid.You can follow this tutorial to understand the retrieving of data from firebase .
Query myTopPostsQuery = myReference.child("DURUSLAR").child("k6").orderByChild("kayitid").equalTo("1298843637");
myTopPostsQuery.addListenerForSingleValueEvent(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
for (DataSnapshot postSnapshot: dataSnapshot.getChildren())
{
//Childadi =postSnapshot.getKey().toString();
String anahtar=postSnapshot.getKey().toString();
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),anahtar,Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
}
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
}
});

Get element by key with Firebase

I've been trying to retrieve an element from my Firebase database using its key. I have a class User and users are present in database.
I want to retrieve an object user using its key with this method :
public User getConnectedUserByUId(final String uid){
DatabaseReference database = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference();
DatabaseReference ref = database.child("users");
final List<User> connectedUser= new ArrayList<User>();
ref.addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
for (DataSnapshot item: dataSnapshot.getChildren()) {
if (item.getKey()==uid)
{
User user= dataSnapshot.getValue(User.class);
connectedUser.add(user);
}
}
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
}
});
return connectedUser.get(0);
}
but it returns an empty list every time.

The issue is here:
if (item.getKey()==uid)
since you are comparing 2 String in java you have to use the method
string.equals(Object other) not the == operator.
Moreover, since you know the key of the data in Firebase you can use it to get the reference without cycling all children.
Something like:
DatabaseReference database = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference();
DatabaseReference ref = database.child("users").child(uid);

Here you try to check a very specific ID only on changed data. Instead, try using a Firebase Query with filterByKey and not using your own function to achieve that. Here's sample code that I would use to try to replace your function:
DatabaseReference database = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference();
DatabaseReference ref = database.child("users");
Query connectedUser = ref.equalTo(uid);
connectedUser.addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
for (DataSnapshot postSnapshot: dataSnapshot.getChildren()) {
// TODO: handle the post here
}
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
// Getting Post failed, log a message
Log.w(TAG, "loadPost:onCancelled", databaseError.toException());
// ...
}
});
As specified in the Firebase documentation here: https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/android/lists-of-data#filtering_data

in the line : User user= dataSnapshot.getValue(User.class);
you have to put : User user= item.getValue(User.class);
and you have to check the id after you get the user:
if (user.getKey()==uid){
connectedUser.add(user);
}

There are 2 mistakes and a minor issue:
you are using == to compare two String objects. In java, this is true only if they are the same reference. Use equals instead.
addValueEventListener only adds a listener that gets invoked once after you add it and then every time something changes in the value you are listening to: this is an asynchronous behaviour. You are trying to get data synchronously instead. Please read something about this.
you are fetching useless data: you only need an object but you are fetching tons of them. Please consider to use the closest reference you can to the data you are fetching.
So, in conclusion, here's some code. I'd like to point out right now that forcing synchronous acquisition of naturaly asynchronous data is a bad practice. Nevertheless, here's a solution:
public User getConnectedUserByUId(final String uid){
DatabaseReference database = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference();
DatabaseReference ref = database.child("users").child(uid);
Semaphore sem = new Semaphore(0);
User[] array = new User[1];
ref.addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
for (DataSnapshot item: dataSnapshot.getChildren()) {
if (item.getKey()==uid)
{
User user= dataSnapshot.getValue(User.class);
array[0] = user;
}
}
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
}
});
try
{
sem.tryAcquire(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
}
catch (Exception ignored)
{
}
return array[0];
}
EDIT: I've just seen that this post is very old. I'm not sure how I ended up here.

How to retrieve all objects from a Node in Firebase database?

I followed the documentation, but no matter what, I cannot figure out how to return all the objects from a single node. For example, I want to return a list of all company objects from the companies node. Once I have that list, I want to parse them all into JSON objects. This is my first time with a NoSQL database so I'm sure that I'm missing something small.
Currently I have:
DatabaseReference companiesRef = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference("12265");
companiesRef.child("companies").addListenerForSingleValueEvent(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
Log.d("Count ", dataSnapshot.getChildren().toString());
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
}
});
But it just returns null for the value: DataSnapshot { key = companies, value = null }.
Here's my database:

You create your reference like this:
FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference("12265");
This means that Firebase looks at the root of the database and returns the child 12265 from under there. It does not automatically search the tree for a node with a matching name.
So you'll need to specify the entire path:
FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference("android/users/12265");

Don't add any parameters to your getReference() (let it go to the root of database) and then set the addListenerForSingleValueEvent. And you have not used getvalue() on you datasnapshot as well. Try this code:
DatabaseReference companiesRef = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference();
// this is the patch that I see from the image that you have attached.
companiesRef.child("telenotes").child("android").child("user").child("12265").child("companies").addListenerForSingleValueEvent(new ValueEventListener() {
#Override
public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
Log.d("Count ", dataSnapshot.getChildren().getValue().toString());
}
#Override
public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
}
});