Add a simple Tor relay probe.

.idea/runConfigurations/All_in_briar_headless.xml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <module name="briar-headless" />
     <option name="ALTERNATIVE_JRE_PATH_ENABLED" value="false" />
     <option name="ALTERNATIVE_JRE_PATH" />
-    <option name="PACKAGE_NAME" value="org.briarproject.briar.headless" />
+    <option name="PACKAGE_NAME" value="" />
     <option name="MAIN_CLASS_NAME" value="" />
     <option name="METHOD_NAME" value="" />
     <option name="TEST_OBJECT" value="package" />

bramble-android/build.gradle

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import com.android.build.gradle.tasks.MergeResources
-
 apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
 apply plugin: 'witness'
 apply from: 'witness.gradle'
@@ -11,8 +9,8 @@ android {
 	defaultConfig {
 		minSdkVersion 14
 		targetSdkVersion 26
-		versionCode 10105
+		versionCode 10103
-		versionName "1.1.5"
+		versionName "1.1.3"
 		consumerProguardFiles 'proguard-rules.txt'
 
 		testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
@@ -31,9 +29,8 @@ configurations {
 dependencies {
 	implementation project(path: ':bramble-core', configuration: 'default')
 	tor 'org.briarproject:tor-android:0.3.4.8@zip'
-	tor 'org.briarproject:obfs4proxy-android:0.0.7@zip'
 
-	annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.19'
+	annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.0.2'
 
 	compileOnly 'javax.annotation:jsr250-api:1.0'
 
@@ -42,29 +39,13 @@ dependencies {
 	testImplementation "org.jmock:jmock:2.8.2"
 	testImplementation "org.jmock:jmock-junit4:2.8.2"
 	testImplementation "org.jmock:jmock-legacy:2.8.2"
+	testImplementation "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library:1.3"
+	testImplementation "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3"
 }
 
-def torBinariesDir = 'src/main/res/raw'
+project.afterEvaluate {
-
+	copy {
-task cleanTorBinaries {
+		from configurations.tor.collect { zipTree(it) }
-	doLast {
+		into 'src/main/res/raw'
-		delete fileTree(torBinariesDir) { include '*.zip' }
 	}
 }
-
-clean.dependsOn cleanTorBinaries
-
-task unpackTorBinaries {
-	doLast {
-		copy {
-			from configurations.tor.collect { zipTree(it) }
-			into torBinariesDir
-		}
-	}
-	dependsOn cleanTorBinaries
-}
-
-tasks.withType(MergeResources) {
-	inputs.dir torBinariesDir
-	dependsOn unpackTorBinaries
-}

bramble-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/BrambleAndroidModule.java

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package org.briarproject.bramble;
 
-import org.briarproject.bramble.battery.AndroidBatteryModule;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.network.AndroidNetworkModule;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.plugin.tor.CircumventionModule;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.system.AndroidSystemModule;
@@ -8,7 +7,6 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.system.AndroidSystemModule;
 import dagger.Module;
 
 @Module(includes = {
-		AndroidBatteryModule.class,
 		AndroidNetworkModule.class,
 		AndroidSystemModule.class,
 		CircumventionModule.class

bramble-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/battery/AndroidBatteryManager.java

@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-package org.briarproject.bramble.battery;
-
-import android.app.Application;
-import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
-import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.Intent;
-import android.content.IntentFilter;
-
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.battery.BatteryManager;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.battery.event.BatteryEvent;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.EventBus;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.lifecycle.Service;
-
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
-
-import javax.inject.Inject;
-
-import static android.content.Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED;
-import static android.content.Intent.ACTION_POWER_CONNECTED;
-import static android.content.Intent.ACTION_POWER_DISCONNECTED;
-import static android.os.BatteryManager.BATTERY_STATUS_CHARGING;
-import static android.os.BatteryManager.BATTERY_STATUS_FULL;
-import static android.os.BatteryManager.EXTRA_STATUS;
-import static java.util.logging.Level.INFO;
-import static java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger;
-
-class AndroidBatteryManager implements BatteryManager, Service {
-
-	private static final Logger LOG =
-			getLogger(AndroidBatteryManager.class.getName());
-
-	private final Context appContext;
-	private final EventBus eventBus;
-	private final AtomicBoolean used = new AtomicBoolean(false);
-
-	private volatile BroadcastReceiver batteryReceiver = null;
-
-	@Inject
-	AndroidBatteryManager(Application app, EventBus eventBus) {
-		this.appContext = app.getApplicationContext();
-		this.eventBus = eventBus;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public boolean isCharging() {
-		// Get the sticky intent for ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED
-		IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED);
-		Intent i = appContext.registerReceiver(null, filter);
-		if (i == null) return false;
-		int status = i.getIntExtra(EXTRA_STATUS, -1);
-		return status == BATTERY_STATUS_CHARGING ||
-				status == BATTERY_STATUS_FULL;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void startService() {
-		if (used.getAndSet(true)) throw new IllegalStateException();
-		batteryReceiver = new BatteryReceiver();
-		IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter();
-		filter.addAction(ACTION_POWER_CONNECTED);
-		filter.addAction(ACTION_POWER_DISCONNECTED);
-		appContext.registerReceiver(batteryReceiver, filter);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void stopService() {
-		if (batteryReceiver != null)
-			appContext.unregisterReceiver(batteryReceiver);
-	}
-
-	private class BatteryReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
-
-		@Override
-		public void onReceive(Context ctx, Intent i) {
-			String action = i.getAction();
-			if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO)) LOG.info("Received broadcast " + action);
-			if (ACTION_POWER_CONNECTED.equals(action))
-				eventBus.broadcast(new BatteryEvent(true));
-			else if (ACTION_POWER_DISCONNECTED.equals(action))
-				eventBus.broadcast(new BatteryEvent(false));
-		}
-	}
-}

bramble-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/battery/AndroidBatteryModule.java

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package org.briarproject.bramble.battery;
-
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.battery.BatteryManager;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.lifecycle.LifecycleManager;
-
-import javax.inject.Singleton;
-
-import dagger.Module;
-import dagger.Provides;
-
-@Module
-public class AndroidBatteryModule {
-
-	@Provides
-	@Singleton
-	BatteryManager provideBatteryManager(LifecycleManager lifecycleManager,
-			AndroidBatteryManager batteryManager) {
-		lifecycleManager.registerService(batteryManager);
-		return batteryManager;
-	}
-}

bramble-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/plugin/bluetooth/AndroidBluetoothPlugin.java

@@ -16,27 +16,18 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.plugin.PluginException;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.plugin.duplex.DuplexPluginCallback;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.plugin.duplex.DuplexTransportConnection;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.system.AndroidExecutor;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.system.Clock;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.util.AndroidUtils;
 
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
-import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
-import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
-import static android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_DISCOVERY_FINISHED;
-import static android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_DISCOVERY_STARTED;
 import static android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_SCAN_MODE_CHANGED;
 import static android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_STATE_CHANGED;
 import static android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter.EXTRA_SCAN_MODE;
@@ -46,13 +37,8 @@ import static android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter.SCAN_MODE_CONNECTABLE_DISCOVERA
 import static android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter.SCAN_MODE_NONE;
 import static android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter.STATE_OFF;
 import static android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter.STATE_ON;
-import static android.bluetooth.BluetoothDevice.ACTION_FOUND;
-import static android.bluetooth.BluetoothDevice.EXTRA_DEVICE;
-import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS;
-import static java.util.logging.Level.INFO;
 import static java.util.logging.Level.WARNING;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.LogUtils.logException;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.PrivacyUtils.scrubMacAddress;
 
 @MethodsNotNullByDefault
 @ParametersNotNullByDefault
@@ -61,11 +47,8 @@ class AndroidBluetoothPlugin extends BluetoothPlugin<BluetoothServerSocket> {
 	private static final Logger LOG =
 			Logger.getLogger(AndroidBluetoothPlugin.class.getName());
 
-	private static final int MAX_DISCOVERY_MS = 10_000;
-
 	private final AndroidExecutor androidExecutor;
 	private final Context appContext;
-	private final Clock clock;
 
 	private volatile boolean wasEnabledByUs = false;
 	private volatile BluetoothStateReceiver receiver = null;
@@ -75,13 +58,12 @@ class AndroidBluetoothPlugin extends BluetoothPlugin<BluetoothServerSocket> {
 
 	AndroidBluetoothPlugin(BluetoothConnectionLimiter connectionLimiter,
 			Executor ioExecutor, AndroidExecutor androidExecutor,
-			Context appContext, SecureRandom secureRandom, Clock clock,
+			Context appContext, SecureRandom secureRandom, Backoff backoff,
-			Backoff backoff, DuplexPluginCallback callback, int maxLatency) {
+			DuplexPluginCallback callback, int maxLatency) {
 		super(connectionLimiter, ioExecutor, secureRandom, backoff, callback,
 				maxLatency);
 		this.androidExecutor = androidExecutor;
 		this.appContext = appContext;
-		this.clock = clock;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -200,74 +182,6 @@ class AndroidBluetoothPlugin extends BluetoothPlugin<BluetoothServerSocket> {
 		}
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	@Nullable
-	DuplexTransportConnection discoverAndConnect(String uuid) {
-		if (adapter == null) return null;
-		for (String address : discoverDevices()) {
-			try {
-				if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO))
-					LOG.info("Connecting to " + scrubMacAddress(address));
-				return connectTo(address, uuid);
-			} catch (IOException e) {
-				if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO)) {
-					LOG.info("Could not connect to "
-							+ scrubMacAddress(address));
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		LOG.info("Could not connect to any devices");
-		return null;
-	}
-
-	private Collection<String> discoverDevices() {
-		List<String> addresses = new ArrayList<>();
-		BlockingQueue<Intent> intents = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>();
-		DiscoveryReceiver receiver = new DiscoveryReceiver(intents);
-		IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter();
-		filter.addAction(ACTION_DISCOVERY_STARTED);
-		filter.addAction(ACTION_DISCOVERY_FINISHED);
-		filter.addAction(ACTION_FOUND);
-		appContext.registerReceiver(receiver, filter);
-		try {
-			if (adapter.startDiscovery()) {
-				long now = clock.currentTimeMillis();
-				long end = now + MAX_DISCOVERY_MS;
-				while (now < end) {
-					Intent i = intents.poll(end - now, MILLISECONDS);
-					if (i == null) break;
-					String action = i.getAction();
-					if (ACTION_DISCOVERY_STARTED.equals(action)) {
-						LOG.info("Discovery started");
-					} else if (ACTION_DISCOVERY_FINISHED.equals(action)) {
-						LOG.info("Discovery finished");
-						break;
-					} else if (ACTION_FOUND.equals(action)) {
-						BluetoothDevice d = i.getParcelableExtra(EXTRA_DEVICE);
-						String address = d.getAddress();
-						if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO))
-							LOG.info("Discovered " + scrubMacAddress(address));
-						if (!addresses.contains(address))
-							addresses.add(address);
-					}
-					now = clock.currentTimeMillis();
-				}
-			} else {
-				LOG.info("Could not start discovery");
-			}
-		} catch (InterruptedException e) {
-			LOG.info("Interrupted while discovering devices");
-			Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
-		} finally {
-			LOG.info("Cancelling discovery");
-			adapter.cancelDiscovery();
-			appContext.unregisterReceiver(receiver);
-		}
-		// Shuffle the addresses so we don't always try the same one first
-		Collections.shuffle(addresses);
-		return addresses;
-	}
-
 	private void tryToClose(@Nullable Closeable c) {
 		try {
 			if (c != null) c.close();
@@ -293,18 +207,4 @@ class AndroidBluetoothPlugin extends BluetoothPlugin<BluetoothServerSocket> {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
-	private static class DiscoveryReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
-
-		private final BlockingQueue<Intent> intents;
-
-		private DiscoveryReceiver(BlockingQueue<Intent> intents) {
-			this.intents = intents;
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public void onReceive(Context ctx, Intent intent) {
-			intents.add(intent);
-		}
-	}
 }

bramble-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/plugin/bluetooth/AndroidBluetoothPluginFactory.java

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.plugin.duplex.DuplexPlugin;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.plugin.duplex.DuplexPluginCallback;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.plugin.duplex.DuplexPluginFactory;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.system.AndroidExecutor;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.system.Clock;
 
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
@@ -34,19 +33,17 @@ public class AndroidBluetoothPluginFactory implements DuplexPluginFactory {
 	private final Context appContext;
 	private final SecureRandom secureRandom;
 	private final EventBus eventBus;
-	private final Clock clock;
 	private final BackoffFactory backoffFactory;
 
 	public AndroidBluetoothPluginFactory(Executor ioExecutor,
 			AndroidExecutor androidExecutor, Context appContext,
-			SecureRandom secureRandom, EventBus eventBus, Clock clock,
+			SecureRandom secureRandom, EventBus eventBus,
 			BackoffFactory backoffFactory) {
 		this.ioExecutor = ioExecutor;
 		this.androidExecutor = androidExecutor;
 		this.appContext = appContext;
 		this.secureRandom = secureRandom;
 		this.eventBus = eventBus;
-		this.clock = clock;
 		this.backoffFactory = backoffFactory;
 	}
 
@@ -68,7 +65,7 @@ public class AndroidBluetoothPluginFactory implements DuplexPluginFactory {
 				MAX_POLLING_INTERVAL, BACKOFF_BASE);
 		AndroidBluetoothPlugin plugin = new AndroidBluetoothPlugin(
 				connectionLimiter, ioExecutor, androidExecutor, appContext,
-				secureRandom, clock, backoff, callback, MAX_LATENCY);
+				secureRandom, backoff, callback, MAX_LATENCY);
 		eventBus.addListener(plugin);
 		return plugin;
 	}

bramble-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/plugin/tor/AndroidTorPlugin.java

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager.NameNotFoundException;
 import android.os.PowerManager;
 
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.battery.BatteryManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.network.NetworkManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.MethodsNotNullByDefault;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.ParametersNotNullByDefault;
@@ -42,18 +41,17 @@ class AndroidTorPlugin extends TorPlugin {
 			Context appContext, NetworkManager networkManager,
 			LocationUtils locationUtils, SocketFactory torSocketFactory,
 			Clock clock, ResourceProvider resourceProvider,
-			CircumventionProvider circumventionProvider,
+			CircumventionProvider circumventionProvider, Backoff backoff,
-			BatteryManager batteryManager, Backoff backoff,
 			DuplexPluginCallback callback, String architecture, int maxLatency,
 			int maxIdleTime) {
 		super(ioExecutor, networkManager, locationUtils, torSocketFactory,
-				clock, resourceProvider, circumventionProvider, batteryManager,
+				clock, resourceProvider, circumventionProvider, backoff,
-				backoff, callback, architecture, maxLatency, maxIdleTime,
+				callback, architecture, maxLatency, maxIdleTime,
 				appContext.getDir("tor", MODE_PRIVATE));
 		this.appContext = appContext;
 		PowerManager pm = (PowerManager)
 				appContext.getSystemService(POWER_SERVICE);
-		if (pm == null) throw new AssertionError();
+		assert pm != null;
 		wakeLock = new RenewableWakeLock(pm, scheduler, PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK,
 				WAKE_LOCK_TAG, 1, MINUTES);
 	}

bramble-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/plugin/tor/AndroidTorPluginFactory.java

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package org.briarproject.bramble.plugin.tor;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.os.Build;
 
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.battery.BatteryManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.EventBus;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.network.NetworkManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.NotNullByDefault;
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ public class AndroidTorPluginFactory implements DuplexPluginFactory {
 	private final BackoffFactory backoffFactory;
 	private final ResourceProvider resourceProvider;
 	private final CircumventionProvider circumventionProvider;
-	private final BatteryManager batteryManager;
 	private final Clock clock;
 
 	public AndroidTorPluginFactory(Executor ioExecutor,
@@ -57,8 +55,7 @@ public class AndroidTorPluginFactory implements DuplexPluginFactory {
 			NetworkManager networkManager, LocationUtils locationUtils,
 			EventBus eventBus, SocketFactory torSocketFactory,
 			BackoffFactory backoffFactory, ResourceProvider resourceProvider,
-			CircumventionProvider circumventionProvider,
+			CircumventionProvider circumventionProvider, Clock clock) {
-			BatteryManager batteryManager, Clock clock) {
 		this.ioExecutor = ioExecutor;
 		this.scheduler = scheduler;
 		this.appContext = appContext;
@@ -69,7 +66,6 @@ public class AndroidTorPluginFactory implements DuplexPluginFactory {
 		this.backoffFactory = backoffFactory;
 		this.resourceProvider = resourceProvider;
 		this.circumventionProvider = circumventionProvider;
-		this.batteryManager = batteryManager;
 		this.clock = clock;
 	}
 
@@ -108,8 +104,8 @@ public class AndroidTorPluginFactory implements DuplexPluginFactory {
 				MAX_POLLING_INTERVAL, BACKOFF_BASE);
 		AndroidTorPlugin plugin = new AndroidTorPlugin(ioExecutor, scheduler,
 				appContext, networkManager, locationUtils, torSocketFactory,
-				clock, resourceProvider, circumventionProvider, batteryManager,
+				clock, resourceProvider, circumventionProvider, backoff,
-				backoff, callback, architecture, MAX_LATENCY, MAX_IDLE_TIME);
+				callback, architecture, MAX_LATENCY, MAX_IDLE_TIME);
 		eventBus.addListener(plugin);
 		return plugin;
 	}

bramble-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/plugin/tor/TorProbe.java

@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+package org.briarproject.bramble.plugin.tor;
+
+import org.spongycastle.crypto.tls.Certificate;
+import org.spongycastle.crypto.tls.CipherSuite;
+import org.spongycastle.crypto.tls.DefaultTlsClient;
+import org.spongycastle.crypto.tls.ServerOnlyTlsAuthentication;
+import org.spongycastle.crypto.tls.TlsAuthentication;
+import org.spongycastle.crypto.tls.TlsClientProtocol;
+
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.Socket;
+import java.security.SecureRandom;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+import static java.util.logging.Level.INFO;
+
+public class TorProbe {
+
+	private static final Logger LOG =
+			Logger.getLogger(TorProbe.class.getName());
+
+	private static final int READ_TIMEOUT = 10 * 1000;
+
+	// https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/projects/Tor/TLSHistory
+	private static final int SSL3_RSA_FIPS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA = 0xfeff;
+
+	// https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/tor-spec.txt#n347
+	private static final int[] TOR_CIPHER_SUITES = new int[] {
+			CipherSuite.TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA,
+			SSL3_RSA_FIPS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA,
+			CipherSuite.TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
+	};
+
+	// https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/tor-spec.txt#n412
+	private static final byte[] VERSIONS_CELL = new byte[] {
+			0x00, 0x00, // Circuit ID: 0
+			0x07, // Command: Versions
+			0x00, 0x06, // Payload length: 6 bytes
+			0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x05 // Supported versions: 3, 4, 5
+	};
+
+	public List<Integer> probe(String address, int port) throws IOException {
+		if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO))
+			LOG.info("Connecting to " + address + ":" + port);
+		Socket socket = new Socket(address, port);
+		LOG.info("Connected");
+		TlsClientProtocol client = new TlsClientProtocol(
+				socket.getInputStream(), socket.getOutputStream(),
+				new SecureRandom());
+		client.connect(new TorTlsClient());
+		LOG.info("TLS handshake succeeded");
+		socket.setSoTimeout(READ_TIMEOUT);
+		try {
+			// Send a versions cell
+			OutputStream out = client.getOutputStream();
+			out.write(VERSIONS_CELL);
+			out.flush();
+			LOG.info("Sent versions cell");
+
+			// Expect a versions cell in response
+			List<Integer> versions = new ArrayList<>();
+			DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(client.getInputStream());
+			int circuitId = in.readUnsignedShort();
+			if (circuitId != 0)
+				throw new IOException("Unexpected circuit ID: " + circuitId);
+			int command = in.readUnsignedByte();
+			if (command != 7)
+				throw new IOException("Unexpected command: " + command);
+			int payloadLength = in.readUnsignedShort();
+			if (payloadLength == 0 || payloadLength % 2 != 0) {
+				throw new IOException("Invalid payload length: "
+						+ payloadLength);
+			}
+			for (int i = 0; i < payloadLength / 2; i++) {
+				int version = in.readUnsignedShort();
+				versions.add(version);
+			}
+			if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO))
+				LOG.info("Supported versions: " + versions);
+			return versions;
+		} finally {
+			client.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+		if (args.length != 2) {
+			System.err.println("Usage: TorProbe <address> <port>");
+			System.exit(1);
+		}
+		String address = args[0];
+		int port = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
+		new TorProbe().probe(address, port);
+	}
+
+	private static class TorTlsClient extends DefaultTlsClient {
+
+		@Override
+		public TlsAuthentication getAuthentication() {
+			return new ServerOnlyTlsAuthentication() {
+				@Override
+				public void notifyServerCertificate(Certificate cert)
+						throws IOException {
+					LOG.info("Received server certificate");
+					org.spongycastle.asn1.x509.Certificate[] chain =
+							cert.getCertificateList();
+					if (chain.length != 1)
+						throw new IOException("Certificate is not self-signed");
+					for (org.spongycastle.asn1.x509.Certificate c : chain) {
+						if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO)) {
+							LOG.info("Subject: " + c.getSubject());
+							LOG.info("Issuer: " + c.getIssuer());
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			};
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public int[] getCipherSuites() {
+			return TOR_CIPHER_SUITES;
+		}
+	}
+}

bramble-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/util/AndroidUtils.java

@@ -11,12 +11,15 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import static android.content.Context.MODE_PRIVATE;
-import static android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;
 
 public class AndroidUtils {
 
+	private static final Logger LOG =
+			Logger.getLogger(AndroidUtils.class.getName());
+
 	// Fake Bluetooth address returned by BluetoothAdapter on API 23 and later
 	private static final String FAKE_BLUETOOTH_ADDRESS = "02:00:00:00:00:00";
 
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ public class AndroidUtils {
 	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 	public static Collection<String> getSupportedArchitectures() {
 		List<String> abis = new ArrayList<>();
-		if (SDK_INT >= 21) {
+		if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21) {
 			abis.addAll(Arrays.asList(Build.SUPPORTED_ABIS));
 		} else {
 			abis.add(Build.CPU_ABI);

bramble-android/witness.gradle

@@ -31,21 +31,16 @@ dependencyVerification {
         'com.android.tools:sdklib:26.2.1:sdklib-26.2.1.jar:248df7ad5eac4aeb6f96c394c76760de4b7b89ac056e54d0c21a739368b91b45',
         'com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:1.3.9:jsr305-1.3.9.jar:905721a0eea90a81534abb7ee6ef4ea2e5e645fa1def0a5cd88402df1b46c9ed',
         'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.0:gson-2.8.0.jar:c6221763bd79c4f1c3dc7f750b5f29a0bb38b367b81314c4f71896e340c40825',
-        'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.19:dagger-compiler-2.19.jar:27a4b202a2de908182edb261f8c0a264e08e5e4733d7514bc7fbf0d31da5c0fc',
+        'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.0.2:dagger-compiler-2.0.2.jar:b74bc9de063dd4c6400b232231f2ef5056145b8fbecbf5382012007dd1c071b3',
-        'com.google.dagger:dagger-producers:2.19:dagger-producers-2.19.jar:a17663abe0fc38b676026950907d4c5f5e2bf338375415861eaff6e3bdb0b768',
+        'com.google.dagger:dagger-producers:2.0-beta:dagger-producers-2.0-beta.jar:99ec15e8a0507ba569e7655bc1165ee5e5ca5aa914b3c8f7e2c2458f724edd6b',
-        'com.google.dagger:dagger-spi:2.19:dagger-spi-2.19.jar:e7a6379d82c841f6aac2866948ad1eed716528707814602842a8d844ce04e2e1',
+        'com.google.dagger:dagger:2.0.2:dagger-2.0.2.jar:84c0282ed8be73a29e0475d639da030b55dee72369e58dd35ae7d4fe6243dcf9',
-        'com.google.dagger:dagger:2.19:dagger-2.19.jar:514b6f1e0727c6572e1d65cb27e4ae668b7aeaeb93a29515182965265b609939',
         'com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.0.18:error_prone_annotations-2.0.18.jar:cb4cfad870bf563a07199f3ebea5763f0dec440fcda0b318640b1feaa788656b',
-        'com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.1.3:error_prone_annotations-2.1.3.jar:03d0329547c13da9e17c634d1049ea2ead093925e290567e1a364fd6b1fc7ff8',
+        'com.google.guava:guava:18.0:guava-18.0.jar:d664fbfc03d2e5ce9cab2a44fb01f1d0bf9dfebeccc1a473b1f9ea31f79f6f99',
-        'com.google.errorprone:javac-shaded:9-dev-r4023-3:javac-shaded-9-dev-r4023-3.jar:65bfccf60986c47fbc17c9ebab0be626afc41741e0a6ec7109e0768817a36f30',
-        'com.google.googlejavaformat:google-java-format:1.5:google-java-format-1.5.jar:aa19ad7850fb85178aa22f2fddb163b84d6ce4d0035872f30d4408195ca1144e',
         'com.google.guava:guava:23.0:guava-23.0.jar:7baa80df284117e5b945b19b98d367a85ea7b7801bd358ff657946c3bd1b6596',
-        'com.google.guava:guava:25.0-jre:guava-25.0-jre.jar:3fd4341776428c7e0e5c18a7c10de129475b69ab9d30aeafbb5c277bb6074fa9',
         'com.google.j2objc:j2objc-annotations:1.1:j2objc-annotations-1.1.jar:40ceb7157feb263949e0f503fe5f71689333a621021aa20ce0d0acee3badaa0f',
         'com.google.jimfs:jimfs:1.1:jimfs-1.1.jar:c4828e28d7c0a930af9387510b3bada7daa5c04d7c25a75c7b8b081f1c257ddd',
         'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.4.0:protobuf-java-3.4.0.jar:dce7e66b32456a1b1198da0caff3a8acb71548658391e798c79369241e6490a4',
         'com.googlecode.json-simple:json-simple:1.1:json-simple-1.1.jar:2d9484f4c649f708f47f9a479465fc729770ee65617dca3011836602264f6439',
-        'com.squareup:javapoet:1.11.1:javapoet-1.11.1.jar:9cbf2107be499ec6e95afd36b58e3ca122a24166cdd375732e51267d64058e90',
         'com.squareup:javawriter:2.5.0:javawriter-2.5.0.jar:fcfb09fb0ea0aa97d3cfe7ea792398081348e468f126b3603cb3803f240197f0',
         'com.sun.activation:javax.activation:1.2.0:javax.activation-1.2.0.jar:993302b16cd7056f21e779cc577d175a810bb4900ef73cd8fbf2b50f928ba9ce',
         'com.sun.istack:istack-commons-runtime:2.21:istack-commons-runtime-2.21.jar:c33e67a0807095f02a0e2da139412dd7c4f9cc1a4c054b3e434f96831ba950f4',
@@ -68,9 +63,7 @@ dependencyVerification {
         'org.beanshell:bsh:1.3.0:bsh-1.3.0.jar:9b04edc75d19db54f1b4e8b5355e9364384c6cf71eb0a1b9724c159d779879f8',
         'org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15on:1.56:bcpkix-jdk15on-1.56.jar:7043dee4e9e7175e93e0b36f45b1ec1ecb893c5f755667e8b916eb8dd201c6ca',
         'org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on:1.56:bcprov-jdk15on-1.56.jar:963e1ee14f808ffb99897d848ddcdb28fa91ddda867eb18d303e82728f878349',
-        'org.briarproject:obfs4proxy-android:0.0.7:obfs4proxy-android-0.0.7.zip:abdfb5d889d848de9bf214f9276abbf454808a505b870819eccc9a9e985bf617',
         'org.briarproject:tor-android:0.3.4.8:tor-android-0.3.4.8.zip:989a0352d9d8d8172cd6c2137654e165e5d2beb10ed1211bab3814e224ad1926',
-        'org.checkerframework:checker-compat-qual:2.5.3:checker-compat-qual-2.5.3.jar:d76b9afea61c7c082908023f0cbc1427fab9abd2df915c8b8a3e7a509bccbc6d',
         'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.4.12:groovy-all-2.4.12.jar:6a56af4bd48903d56bec62821876cadefafd007360cc6bd0d8f7aa8d72b38be4',
         'org.codehaus.mojo:animal-sniffer-annotations:1.14:animal-sniffer-annotations-1.14.jar:2068320bd6bad744c3673ab048f67e30bef8f518996fa380033556600669905d',
         'org.glassfish.jaxb:jaxb-core:2.2.11:jaxb-core-2.2.11.jar:37bcaee8ebb04362c8352a5bf6221b86967ecdab5164c696b10b9a2bb587b2aa',

bramble-api/build.gradle

@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ apply plugin: 'witness'
 apply from: 'witness.gradle'
 
 dependencies {
-	implementation "com.google.dagger:dagger:2.19"
+	implementation "com.google.dagger:dagger:2.0.2"
 	implementation 'com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2'
 
 	testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
 	testImplementation "org.jmock:jmock:2.8.2"
 	testImplementation "org.jmock:jmock-junit4:2.8.2"
 	testImplementation "org.jmock:jmock-legacy:2.8.2"
+	testImplementation "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library:1.3"
+	testImplementation "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3"
 
 	signature 'org.codehaus.mojo.signature:java16:1.1@signature'
 }

bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/Pair.java

@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-package org.briarproject.bramble.api;
-
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.NotNullByDefault;
-
-import javax.annotation.concurrent.Immutable;
-
-@Immutable
-@NotNullByDefault
-public class Pair<A, B> {
-
-	private final A first;
-	private final B second;
-
-	public Pair(A first, B second) {
-		this.first = first;
-		this.second = second;
-	}
-
-	public A getFirst() {
-		return first;
-	}
-
-	public B getSecond() {
-		return second;
-	}
-}

bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/battery/BatteryManager.java

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-package org.briarproject.bramble.api.battery;
-
-public interface BatteryManager {
-
-	boolean isCharging();
-}

bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/battery/event/BatteryEvent.java

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package org.briarproject.bramble.api.battery.event;
-
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.Event;
-
-/**
- * An event that is broadcast when the device starts or stops charging.
- */
-public class BatteryEvent extends Event {
-
-	private final boolean charging;
-
-	public BatteryEvent(boolean charging) {
-		this.charging = charging;
-	}
-
-	public boolean isCharging() {
-		return charging;
-	}
-}

bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/contact/Contact.java

@@ -4,12 +4,8 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.Author;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorId;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.NotNullByDefault;
 
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.Immutable;
 
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorConstants.MAX_AUTHOR_NAME_LENGTH;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.StringUtils.toUtf8;
-
 @Immutable
 @NotNullByDefault
 public class Contact {
@@ -17,21 +13,13 @@ public class Contact {
 	private final ContactId id;
 	private final Author author;
 	private final AuthorId localAuthorId;
-	@Nullable
-	private final String alias;
 	private final boolean verified, active;
 
 	public Contact(ContactId id, Author author, AuthorId localAuthorId,
-			@Nullable String alias, boolean verified, boolean active) {
+			boolean verified, boolean active) {
-		if (alias != null) {
-			int aliasLength = toUtf8(alias).length;
-			if (aliasLength == 0 || aliasLength > MAX_AUTHOR_NAME_LENGTH)
-				throw new IllegalArgumentException();
-		}
 		this.id = id;
 		this.author = author;
 		this.localAuthorId = localAuthorId;
-		this.alias = alias;
 		this.verified = verified;
 		this.active = active;
 	}
@@ -48,11 +36,6 @@ public class Contact {
 		return localAuthorId;
 	}
 
-	@Nullable
-	public String getAlias() {
-		return alias;
-	}
-
 	public boolean isVerified() {
 		return verified;
 	}

bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/contact/ContactManager.java

@@ -5,14 +5,11 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DbException;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.Transaction;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.Author;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorId;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorInfo;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.lifecycle.LifecycleManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.NotNullByDefault;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-
 @NotNullByDefault
 public interface ContactManager {
 
@@ -96,18 +93,6 @@ public interface ContactManager {
 	void setContactActive(Transaction txn, ContactId c, boolean active)
 			throws DbException;
 
-	/**
-	 * Sets an alias name for the contact or unsets it if alias is null.
-	 */
-	void setContactAlias(Transaction txn, ContactId c, @Nullable String alias)
-			throws DbException;
-
-	/**
-	 * Sets an alias name for the contact or unsets it if alias is null.
-	 */
-	void setContactAlias(ContactId c, @Nullable String alias)
-			throws DbException;
-
 	/**
 	 * Return true if a contact with this name and public key already exists
 	 */
@@ -120,16 +105,6 @@ public interface ContactManager {
 	boolean contactExists(AuthorId remoteAuthorId, AuthorId localAuthorId)
 			throws DbException;
 
-	/**
-	 * Returns the {@link AuthorInfo} for the given author.
-	 */
-	AuthorInfo getAuthorInfo(AuthorId a) throws DbException;
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns the {@link AuthorInfo} for the given author.
-	 */
-	AuthorInfo getAuthorInfo(Transaction txn, AuthorId a) throws DbException;
-
 	interface ContactHook {
 
 		void addingContact(Transaction txn, Contact c) throws DbException;

bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/data/BdfStringUtils.java

@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-package org.briarproject.bramble.api.data;
-
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.Bytes;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.FormatException;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.NotNullByDefault;
-
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Map.Entry;
-
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.data.BdfDictionary.NULL_VALUE;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.StringUtils.toHexString;
-
-@NotNullByDefault
-public class BdfStringUtils {
-
-	public static String toString(@Nullable Object o) throws FormatException {
-		return toString(o, 0);
-	}
-
-	private static String toString(@Nullable Object o, int indent)
-			throws FormatException {
-		if (o == null || o == NULL_VALUE) return "null";
-		if (o instanceof Boolean) return o.toString();
-		if (o instanceof Number) return o.toString();
-		if (o instanceof String) return "\"" + o + "\"";
-		if (o instanceof Bytes)
-			return "x" + toHexString(((Bytes) o).getBytes());
-		if (o instanceof byte[])
-			return "x" + toHexString((byte[]) o);
-		if (o instanceof List) {
-			List<?> list = (List) o;
-			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-			sb.append("[\n");
-			int i = 0, size = list.size();
-			for (Object e : list) {
-				indent(sb, indent + 1);
-				sb.append(toString(e, indent + 1));
-				if (i++ < size - 1) sb.append(',');
-				sb.append('\n');
-			}
-			indent(sb, indent);
-			sb.append(']');
-			return sb.toString();
-		}
-		if (o instanceof Map) {
-			Map<?, ?> map = (Map) o;
-			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-			sb.append("{\n");
-			int i = 0, size = map.size();
-			for (Entry e : map.entrySet()) {
-				indent(sb, indent + 1);
-				sb.append(toString(e.getKey(), indent + 1));
-				sb.append(": ");
-				sb.append(toString(e.getValue(), indent + 1));
-				if (i++ < size - 1) sb.append(',');
-				sb.append('\n');
-			}
-			indent(sb, indent);
-			sb.append('}');
-			return sb.toString();
-		}
-		throw new FormatException();
-	}
-
-	private static void indent(StringBuilder sb, int indent) {
-		for (int i = 0; i < indent; i++) sb.append('\t');
-	}
-}

bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/db/DatabaseComponent.java

@@ -89,14 +89,6 @@ public interface DatabaseComponent {
 	<R, E extends Exception> R transactionWithResult(boolean readOnly,
 			DbCallable<R, E> task) throws DbException, E;
 
-	/**
-	 * Runs the given task within a transaction and returns the result of the
-	 * task, which may be null.
-	 */
-	@Nullable
-	<R, E extends Exception> R transactionWithNullableResult(boolean readOnly,
-			NullableDbCallable<R, E> task) throws DbException, E;
-
 	/**
 	 * Stores a contact associated with the given local and remote pseudonyms,
 	 * and returns an ID for the contact.
@@ -523,12 +515,6 @@ public interface DatabaseComponent {
 	void setContactActive(Transaction txn, ContactId c, boolean active)
 			throws DbException;
 
-	/**
-	 * Sets an alias name for the contact or unsets it if alias is null.
-	 */
-	void setContactAlias(Transaction txn, ContactId c, @Nullable String alias)
-			throws DbException;
-
 	/**
 	 * Sets the given group's visibility to the given contact.
 	 */

bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/db/DbCallable.java

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 package org.briarproject.bramble.api.db;
 
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.NotNullByDefault;
-
-@NotNullByDefault
 public interface DbCallable<R, E extends Exception> {
 
 	R call(Transaction txn) throws DbException, E;

bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/db/DbRunnable.java

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 package org.briarproject.bramble.api.db;
 
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.NotNullByDefault;
-
-@NotNullByDefault
 public interface DbRunnable<E extends Exception> {
 
 	void run(Transaction txn) throws DbException, E;

bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/db/NullableDbCallable.java

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-package org.briarproject.bramble.api.db;
-
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.NotNullByDefault;
-
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-
-@NotNullByDefault
-public interface NullableDbCallable<R, E extends Exception> {
-
-	@Nullable
-	R call(Transaction txn) throws DbException, E;
-}

bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/identity/Author.java

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorConstants.MAX_PUBLIC_K
 @NotNullByDefault
 public class Author implements Nameable {
 
+	public enum Status {
+		NONE, ANONYMOUS, UNKNOWN, UNVERIFIED, VERIFIED, OURSELVES
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * The current version of the author structure.
 	 */

bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/identity/AuthorInfo.java

@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-package org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity;
-
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.NotNullByDefault;
-
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-import javax.annotation.concurrent.Immutable;
-
-@Immutable
-@NotNullByDefault
-public class AuthorInfo {
-
-	public enum Status {
-		NONE, ANONYMOUS, UNKNOWN, UNVERIFIED, VERIFIED, OURSELVES;
-
-		public boolean isContact() {
-			return this == UNVERIFIED || this == VERIFIED;
-		}
-	}
-
-	private final Status status;
-	@Nullable
-	private final String alias;
-
-	public AuthorInfo(Status status, @Nullable String alias) {
-		this.status = status;
-		this.alias = alias;
-	}
-
-	public AuthorInfo(Status status) {
-		this(status, null);
-	}
-
-	public Status getStatus() {
-		return status;
-	}
-
-	@Nullable
-	public String getAlias() {
-		return alias;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public int hashCode() {
-		int hashCode = status.ordinal();
-		if (alias != null) hashCode += alias.hashCode();
-		return hashCode;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public boolean equals(Object o) {
-		if (!(o instanceof AuthorInfo)) return false;
-		AuthorInfo info = (AuthorInfo) o;
-		return status == info.status &&
-				(alias == null ? info.alias == null : alias.equals(info.alias));
-	}
-}

bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/identity/IdentityManager.java

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.crypto.CryptoExecutor;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DbException;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.Transaction;
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.Author.Status;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.NotNullByDefault;
 
 @NotNullByDefault
@@ -36,4 +37,14 @@ public interface IdentityManager {
 	 */
 	LocalAuthor getLocalAuthor(Transaction txn) throws DbException;
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the {@link Status} of the given author.
+	 */
+	Status getAuthorStatus(AuthorId a) throws DbException;
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the {@link Status} of the given author.
+	 */
+	Status getAuthorStatus(Transaction txn, AuthorId a) throws DbException;
+
 }

bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/keyagreement/KeyAgreementConstants.java

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public interface KeyAgreementConstants {
 	/**
 	 * The connection timeout in milliseconds.
 	 */
-	long CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 60_000;
+	long CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 20 * 1000;
 
 	/**
 	 * The transport identifier for Bluetooth.

bramble-api/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/util/StringUtils.java

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class StringUtils {
 		try {
 			return s.getBytes("UTF-8");
 		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
-			throw new AssertionError(e);
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class StringUtils {
 		try {
 			return decoder.decode(buffer).toString();
 		} catch (CharacterCodingException e) {
-			throw new AssertionError(e);
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
 		}
 	}
 

bramble-api/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/api/identity/AuthorInfoTest.java

@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-package org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity;
-
-import org.briarproject.bramble.test.BrambleTestCase;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorInfo.Status.NONE;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorInfo.Status.VERIFIED;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
-
-public class AuthorInfoTest extends BrambleTestCase {
-
-	@Test
-	public void testEquals() {
-		assertEquals(
-				new AuthorInfo(NONE),
-				new AuthorInfo(NONE, null)
-		);
-		assertEquals(
-				new AuthorInfo(NONE, "test"),
-				new AuthorInfo(NONE, "test")
-		);
-
-		assertNotEquals(
-				new AuthorInfo(NONE),
-				new AuthorInfo(VERIFIED)
-		);
-		assertNotEquals(
-				new AuthorInfo(NONE, "test"),
-				new AuthorInfo(NONE)
-		);
-		assertNotEquals(
-				new AuthorInfo(NONE),
-				new AuthorInfo(NONE, "test")
-		);
-		assertNotEquals(
-				new AuthorInfo(NONE, "a"),
-				new AuthorInfo(NONE, "b")
-		);
-	}
-
-}

bramble-api/witness.gradle

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dependencyVerification {
     verify = [
         'cglib:cglib:3.2.0:cglib-3.2.0.jar:adb13bab79712ad6bdf1bd59f2a3918018a8016e722e8a357065afb9e6690861',
         'com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2:jsr305-3.0.2.jar:766ad2a0783f2687962c8ad74ceecc38a28b9f72a2d085ee438b7813e928d0c7',
-        'com.google.dagger:dagger:2.19:dagger-2.19.jar:514b6f1e0727c6572e1d65cb27e4ae668b7aeaeb93a29515182965265b609939',
+        'com.google.dagger:dagger:2.0.2:dagger-2.0.2.jar:84c0282ed8be73a29e0475d639da030b55dee72369e58dd35ae7d4fe6243dcf9',
         'javax.inject:javax.inject:1:javax.inject-1.jar:91c77044a50c481636c32d916fd89c9118a72195390452c81065080f957de7ff',
         'junit:junit:4.12:junit-4.12.jar:59721f0805e223d84b90677887d9ff567dc534d7c502ca903c0c2b17f05c116a',
         'org.apache.ant:ant-launcher:1.9.4:ant-launcher-1.9.4.jar:7bccea20b41801ca17bcbc909a78c835d0f443f12d639c77bd6ae3d05861608d',

bramble-core/build.gradle

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ sourceCompatibility = 1.8
 targetCompatibility = 1.8
 
 apply plugin: 'ru.vyarus.animalsniffer'
+apply plugin: 'net.ltgt.apt'
 apply plugin: 'idea'
 apply plugin: 'witness'
 apply from: 'witness.gradle'
-apply from: '../dagger.gradle'
 
 dependencies {
 	implementation project(path: ':bramble-api', configuration: 'default')
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dependencies {
 	implementation 'org.whispersystems:curve25519-java:0.5.0'
 	implementation 'org.briarproject:jtorctl:0.3'
 
-	annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.19'
+	apt 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.0.2'
 
 	testImplementation project(path: ':bramble-api', configuration: 'testOutput')
 	testImplementation 'org.hsqldb:hsqldb:2.3.5' // The last version that supports Java 1.6
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ dependencies {
 	testImplementation "org.jmock:jmock:2.8.2"
 	testImplementation "org.jmock:jmock-junit4:2.8.2"
 	testImplementation "org.jmock:jmock-legacy:2.8.2"
+	testImplementation "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library:1.3"
+	testImplementation "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3"
 
-	testAnnotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.19'
+	testApt 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.0.2'
 
 	signature 'org.codehaus.mojo.signature:java16:1.1@signature'
 }

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/battery/DefaultBatteryManagerModule.java

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package org.briarproject.bramble.battery;
-
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.battery.BatteryManager;
-
-import dagger.Module;
-import dagger.Provides;
-
-/**
- * Provides a default implementation of {@link BatteryManager} for systems
- * without batteries.
- */
-@Module
-public class DefaultBatteryManagerModule {
-
-	@Provides
-	BatteryManager provideBatteryManager() {
-		return () -> false;
-	}
-}

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/client/ClientHelperImpl.java

@@ -82,7 +82,13 @@ class ClientHelperImpl implements ClientHelper {
 	@Override
 	public void addLocalMessage(Message m, BdfDictionary metadata,
 			boolean shared) throws DbException, FormatException {
-		db.transaction(false, txn -> addLocalMessage(txn, m, metadata, shared));
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
+		try {
+			addLocalMessage(txn, m, metadata, shared);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -107,7 +113,15 @@ class ClientHelperImpl implements ClientHelper {
 
 	@Override
 	public Message getMessage(MessageId m) throws DbException {
-		return db.transactionWithResult(true, txn -> getMessage(txn, m));
+		Message message;
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
+		try {
+			message = getMessage(txn, m);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
+		return message;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -118,7 +132,15 @@ class ClientHelperImpl implements ClientHelper {
 	@Override
 	public BdfList getMessageAsList(MessageId m) throws DbException,
 			FormatException {
-		return db.transactionWithResult(true, txn -> getMessageAsList(txn, m));
+		BdfList list;
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
+		try {
+			list = getMessageAsList(txn, m);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
+		return list;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -130,8 +152,15 @@ class ClientHelperImpl implements ClientHelper {
 	@Override
 	public BdfDictionary getGroupMetadataAsDictionary(GroupId g)
 			throws DbException, FormatException {
-		return db.transactionWithResult(true, txn ->
+		BdfDictionary dictionary;
-				getGroupMetadataAsDictionary(txn, g));
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
+		try {
+			dictionary = getGroupMetadataAsDictionary(txn, g);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
+		return dictionary;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -144,8 +173,15 @@ class ClientHelperImpl implements ClientHelper {
 	@Override
 	public BdfDictionary getMessageMetadataAsDictionary(MessageId m)
 			throws DbException, FormatException {
-		return db.transactionWithResult(true, txn ->
+		BdfDictionary dictionary;
-				getMessageMetadataAsDictionary(txn, m));
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
+		try {
+			dictionary = getMessageMetadataAsDictionary(txn, m);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
+		return dictionary;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -158,8 +194,15 @@ class ClientHelperImpl implements ClientHelper {
 	@Override
 	public Map<MessageId, BdfDictionary> getMessageMetadataAsDictionary(
 			GroupId g) throws DbException, FormatException {
-		return db.transactionWithResult(true, txn ->
+		Map<MessageId, BdfDictionary> map;
-				getMessageMetadataAsDictionary(txn, g));
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
+		try {
+			map = getMessageMetadataAsDictionary(txn, g);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
+		return map;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -176,8 +219,15 @@ class ClientHelperImpl implements ClientHelper {
 	public Map<MessageId, BdfDictionary> getMessageMetadataAsDictionary(
 			GroupId g, BdfDictionary query) throws DbException,
 			FormatException {
-		return db.transactionWithResult(true, txn ->
+		Map<MessageId, BdfDictionary> map;
-				getMessageMetadataAsDictionary(txn, g, query));
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
+		try {
+			map = getMessageMetadataAsDictionary(txn, g, query);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
+		return map;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -195,7 +245,13 @@ class ClientHelperImpl implements ClientHelper {
 	@Override
 	public void mergeGroupMetadata(GroupId g, BdfDictionary metadata)
 			throws DbException, FormatException {
-		db.transaction(false, txn -> mergeGroupMetadata(txn, g, metadata));
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
+		try {
+			mergeGroupMetadata(txn, g, metadata);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -207,7 +263,13 @@ class ClientHelperImpl implements ClientHelper {
 	@Override
 	public void mergeMessageMetadata(MessageId m, BdfDictionary metadata)
 			throws DbException, FormatException {
-		db.transaction(false, txn -> mergeMessageMetadata(txn, m, metadata));
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
+		try {
+			mergeMessageMetadata(txn, m, metadata);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/contact/ContactExchangeTaskImpl.java

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.data.BdfList;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.ContactExistsException;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DatabaseComponent;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DbException;
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.Transaction;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.Author;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.LocalAuthor;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.MethodsNotNullByDefault;
@@ -157,8 +158,7 @@ class ContactExchangeTaskImpl extends Thread implements ContactExchangeTask {
 				streamWriterFactory.createContactExchangeStreamWriter(out,
 						alice ? aliceHeaderKey : bobHeaderKey);
 		RecordWriter recordWriter =
-				recordWriterFactory
+				recordWriterFactory.createRecordWriter(streamWriter.getOutputStream());
-						.createRecordWriter(streamWriter.getOutputStream());
 
 		// Derive the nonces to be signed
 		byte[] aliceNonce = crypto.mac(ALICE_NONCE_LABEL, masterSecret,
@@ -287,14 +287,19 @@ class ContactExchangeTaskImpl extends Thread implements ContactExchangeTask {
 	private ContactId addContact(Author remoteAuthor, long timestamp,
 			Map<TransportId, TransportProperties> remoteProperties)
 			throws DbException {
-		return db.transactionWithResult(false, txn -> {
+		ContactId contactId;
-			ContactId contactId = contactManager.addContact(txn, remoteAuthor,
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
+		try {
+			contactId = contactManager.addContact(txn, remoteAuthor,
 					localAuthor.getId(), masterSecret, timestamp, alice,
 					true, true);
 			transportPropertyManager.addRemoteProperties(txn, contactId,
 					remoteProperties);
-			return contactId;
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
-		});
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
+		return contactId;
 	}
 
 	private void tryToClose(DuplexTransportConnection conn) {

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/contact/ContactManagerImpl.java

@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.NoSuchContactException;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.Transaction;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.Author;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorId;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorInfo;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.IdentityManager;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.LocalAuthor;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.NotNullByDefault;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.transport.KeyManager;
 
@@ -21,32 +18,21 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorConstants.MAX_AUTHOR_NAME_LENGTH;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorInfo.Status.OURSELVES;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorInfo.Status.UNKNOWN;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorInfo.Status.UNVERIFIED;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorInfo.Status.VERIFIED;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.StringUtils.toUtf8;
-
 @ThreadSafe
 @NotNullByDefault
 class ContactManagerImpl implements ContactManager {
 
 	private final DatabaseComponent db;
 	private final KeyManager keyManager;
-	private final IdentityManager identityManager;
 	private final List<ContactHook> hooks;
 
 	@Inject
-	ContactManagerImpl(DatabaseComponent db, KeyManager keyManager,
+	ContactManagerImpl(DatabaseComponent db, KeyManager keyManager) {
-			IdentityManager identityManager) {
 		this.db = db;
 		this.keyManager = keyManager;
-		this.identityManager = identityManager;
 		hooks = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
 	}
 
@@ -79,21 +65,42 @@ class ContactManagerImpl implements ContactManager {
 	public ContactId addContact(Author remote, AuthorId local, SecretKey master,
 			long timestamp, boolean alice, boolean verified, boolean active)
 			throws DbException {
-		return db.transactionWithResult(false, txn ->
+		ContactId c;
-				addContact(txn, remote, local, master, timestamp, alice,
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
-						verified, active));
+		try {
+			c = addContact(txn, remote, local, master, timestamp, alice,
+					verified, active);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
+		return c;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public Contact getContact(ContactId c) throws DbException {
-		return db.transactionWithResult(true, txn -> db.getContact(txn, c));
+		Contact contact;
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
+		try {
+			contact = db.getContact(txn, c);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
+		return contact;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public Contact getContact(AuthorId remoteAuthorId, AuthorId localAuthorId)
 			throws DbException {
-		return db.transactionWithResult(true, txn ->
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
-				getContact(txn, remoteAuthorId, localAuthorId));
+		try {
+			Contact c = getContact(txn, remoteAuthorId, localAuthorId);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+			return c;
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -111,8 +118,14 @@ class ContactManagerImpl implements ContactManager {
 
 	@Override
 	public Collection<Contact> getActiveContacts() throws DbException {
-		Collection<Contact> contacts =
+		Collection<Contact> contacts;
-				db.transactionWithResult(true, db::getContacts);
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
+		try {
+			contacts = db.getContacts(txn);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
 		List<Contact> active = new ArrayList<>(contacts.size());
 		for (Contact c : contacts) if (c.isActive()) active.add(c);
 		return active;
@@ -120,7 +133,13 @@ class ContactManagerImpl implements ContactManager {
 
 	@Override
 	public void removeContact(ContactId c) throws DbException {
-		db.transaction(false, txn -> removeContact(txn, c));
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
+		try {
+			removeContact(txn, c);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -129,23 +148,6 @@ class ContactManagerImpl implements ContactManager {
 		db.setContactActive(txn, c, active);
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public void setContactAlias(Transaction txn, ContactId c,
-			@Nullable String alias) throws DbException {
-		if (alias != null) {
-			int aliasLength = toUtf8(alias).length;
-			if (aliasLength == 0 || aliasLength > MAX_AUTHOR_NAME_LENGTH)
-				throw new IllegalArgumentException();
-		}
-		db.setContactAlias(txn, c, alias);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void setContactAlias(ContactId c, @Nullable String alias)
-			throws DbException {
-		db.transaction(false, txn -> setContactAlias(txn, c, alias));
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public boolean contactExists(Transaction txn, AuthorId remoteAuthorId,
 			AuthorId localAuthorId) throws DbException {
@@ -155,8 +157,15 @@ class ContactManagerImpl implements ContactManager {
 	@Override
 	public boolean contactExists(AuthorId remoteAuthorId,
 			AuthorId localAuthorId) throws DbException {
-		return db.transactionWithResult(true, txn ->
+		boolean exists;
-				contactExists(txn, remoteAuthorId, localAuthorId));
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
+		try {
+			exists = contactExists(txn, remoteAuthorId, localAuthorId);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
+		return exists;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -167,23 +176,4 @@ class ContactManagerImpl implements ContactManager {
 		db.removeContact(txn, c);
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public AuthorInfo getAuthorInfo(AuthorId a) throws DbException {
-		return db.transactionWithResult(true, txn -> getAuthorInfo(txn, a));
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public AuthorInfo getAuthorInfo(Transaction txn, AuthorId authorId)
-			throws DbException {
-		LocalAuthor localAuthor = identityManager.getLocalAuthor(txn);
-		if (localAuthor.getId().equals(authorId))
-			return new AuthorInfo(OURSELVES);
-		Collection<Contact> contacts = db.getContactsByAuthorId(txn, authorId);
-		if (contacts.isEmpty()) return new AuthorInfo(UNKNOWN);
-		if (contacts.size() > 1) throw new AssertionError();
-		Contact c = contacts.iterator().next();
-		if (c.isVerified()) return new AuthorInfo(VERIFIED, c.getAlias());
-		else return new AuthorInfo(UNVERIFIED, c.getAlias());
-	}
-
 }

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/data/BdfReaderImpl.java

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import static org.briarproject.bramble.data.Types.STRING_16;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.data.Types.STRING_32;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.data.Types.STRING_8;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.data.Types.TRUE;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.StringUtils.fromUtf8;
 
 @NotThreadSafe
 @NotNullByDefault
@@ -254,7 +253,7 @@ class BdfReaderImpl implements BdfReader {
 		if (length < 0 || length > maxBufferSize) throw new FormatException();
 		if (length == 0) return "";
 		readIntoBuffer(length);
-		return fromUtf8(buf, 0, length);
+		return new String(buf, 0, length, "UTF-8");
 	}
 
 	private int readStringLength() throws IOException {

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/Database.java

@@ -616,12 +616,6 @@ interface Database<T> {
 	void setContactActive(T txn, ContactId c, boolean active)
 			throws DbException;
 
-	/**
-	 * Sets an alias name for a contact.
-	 */
-	void setContactAlias(T txn, ContactId c, @Nullable String alias)
-			throws DbException;
-
 	/**
 	 * Sets the given group's visibility to the given contact to either
 	 * {@link Visibility VISIBLE} or {@link Visibility SHARED}.

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/DatabaseComponentImpl.java

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.NoSuchGroupException;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.NoSuchLocalAuthorException;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.NoSuchMessageException;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.NoSuchTransportException;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.NullableDbCallable;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.Transaction;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.Event;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.EventBus;
@@ -194,20 +193,6 @@ class DatabaseComponentImpl<T> implements DatabaseComponent {
 		}
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public <R, E extends Exception> R transactionWithNullableResult(
-			boolean readOnly, NullableDbCallable<R, E> task)
-			throws DbException, E {
-		Transaction txn = startTransaction(readOnly);
-		try {
-			R result = task.call(txn);
-			commitTransaction(txn);
-			return result;
-		} finally {
-			endTransaction(txn);
-		}
-	}
-
 	private T unbox(Transaction transaction) {
 		if (transaction.isCommitted()) throw new IllegalStateException();
 		return txnClass.cast(transaction.unbox());
@@ -874,16 +859,6 @@ class DatabaseComponentImpl<T> implements DatabaseComponent {
 		transaction.attach(new ContactStatusChangedEvent(c, active));
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public void setContactAlias(Transaction transaction, ContactId c,
-			@Nullable String alias) throws DbException {
-		if (transaction.isReadOnly()) throw new IllegalArgumentException();
-		T txn = unbox(transaction);
-		if (!db.containsContact(txn, c))
-			throw new NoSuchContactException();
-		db.setContactAlias(txn, c, alias);
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public void setGroupVisibility(Transaction transaction, ContactId c,
 			GroupId g, Visibility v) throws DbException {

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/DatabaseTypes.java

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-package org.briarproject.bramble.db;
-
-class DatabaseTypes {
-
-	private final String hashType, secretType, binaryType;
-	private final String counterType, stringType;
-
-	public DatabaseTypes(String hashType, String secretType, String binaryType,
-			String counterType, String stringType) {
-		this.hashType = hashType;
-		this.secretType = secretType;
-		this.binaryType = binaryType;
-		this.counterType = counterType;
-		this.stringType = stringType;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Replaces database type placeholders in a statement with the actual types.
-	 * These placeholders are currently supported:
-	 * <li> _HASH
-	 * <li> _SECRET
-	 * <li> _BINARY
-	 * <li> _COUNTER
-	 * <li> _STRING
-	 */
-	String replaceTypes(String s) {
-		s = s.replaceAll("_HASH", hashType);
-		s = s.replaceAll("_SECRET", secretType);
-		s = s.replaceAll("_BINARY", binaryType);
-		s = s.replaceAll("_COUNTER", counterType);
-		s = s.replaceAll("_STRING", stringType);
-		return s;
-	}
-}

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/H2Database.java

@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ class H2Database extends JdbcDatabase {
 	private static final String BINARY_TYPE = "BINARY";
 	private static final String COUNTER_TYPE = "INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT";
 	private static final String STRING_TYPE = "VARCHAR";
-	private static final DatabaseTypes dbTypes = new DatabaseTypes(HASH_TYPE,
-			SECRET_TYPE, BINARY_TYPE, COUNTER_TYPE, STRING_TYPE);
 
 	private final DatabaseConfig config;
 	private final String url;
@@ -42,7 +40,8 @@ class H2Database extends JdbcDatabase {
 	@Inject
 	H2Database(DatabaseConfig config, MessageFactory messageFactory,
 			Clock clock) {
-		super(dbTypes, messageFactory, clock);
+		super(HASH_TYPE, SECRET_TYPE, BINARY_TYPE, COUNTER_TYPE, STRING_TYPE,
+				messageFactory, clock);
 		this.config = config;
 		File dir = config.getDatabaseDirectory();
 		String path = new File(dir, "db").getAbsolutePath();

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/HyperSqlDatabase.java

@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ class HyperSqlDatabase extends JdbcDatabase {
 	private static final String COUNTER_TYPE =
 			"INTEGER NOT NULL GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY(START WITH 1)";
 	private static final String STRING_TYPE = "VARCHAR";
-	private static final DatabaseTypes dbTypes = new DatabaseTypes(HASH_TYPE,
-			SECRET_TYPE, BINARY_TYPE, COUNTER_TYPE, STRING_TYPE);
 
 	private final DatabaseConfig config;
 	private final String url;
@@ -42,7 +40,8 @@ class HyperSqlDatabase extends JdbcDatabase {
 	@Inject
 	HyperSqlDatabase(DatabaseConfig config, MessageFactory messageFactory,
 			Clock clock) {
-		super(dbTypes, messageFactory, clock);
+		super(HASH_TYPE, SECRET_TYPE, BINARY_TYPE, COUNTER_TYPE, STRING_TYPE,
+				messageFactory, clock);
 		this.config = config;
 		File dir = config.getDatabaseDirectory();
 		String path = new File(dir, "db").getAbsolutePath();
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ class HyperSqlDatabase extends JdbcDatabase {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public long getFreeSpace() {
+	public long getFreeSpace() throws DbException {
 		File dir = config.getDatabaseDirectory();
 		long maxSize = config.getMaxSize();
 		long free = dir.getFreeSpace();

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/JdbcDatabase.java

@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import static java.sql.Types.INTEGER;
-import static java.sql.Types.VARCHAR;
 import static java.util.logging.Level.INFO;
 import static java.util.logging.Level.WARNING;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.Metadata.REMOVE;
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.LogUtils.now;
 abstract class JdbcDatabase implements Database<Connection> {
 
 	// Package access for testing
-	static final int CODE_SCHEMA_VERSION = 41;
+	static final int CODE_SCHEMA_VERSION = 40;
 
 	// Rotation period offsets for incoming transport keys
 	private static final int OFFSET_PREV = -1;
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@ abstract class JdbcDatabase implements Database<Connection> {
 					+ " authorId _HASH NOT NULL,"
 					+ " formatVersion INT NOT NULL,"
 					+ " name _STRING NOT NULL,"
-					+ " alias _STRING," // Null if no alias exists
 					+ " publicKey _BINARY NOT NULL,"
 					+ " localAuthorId _HASH NOT NULL,"
 					+ " verified BOOLEAN NOT NULL,"
@@ -312,9 +310,10 @@ abstract class JdbcDatabase implements Database<Connection> {
 			Logger.getLogger(JdbcDatabase.class.getName());
 
 	// Different database libraries use different names for certain types
+	private final String hashType, secretType, binaryType;
+	private final String counterType, stringType;
 	private final MessageFactory messageFactory;
 	private final Clock clock;
-	private final DatabaseTypes dbTypes;
 
 	// Locking: connectionsLock
 	private final LinkedList<Connection> connections = new LinkedList<>();
@@ -329,9 +328,14 @@ abstract class JdbcDatabase implements Database<Connection> {
 	private final Lock connectionsLock = new ReentrantLock();
 	private final Condition connectionsChanged = connectionsLock.newCondition();
 
-	JdbcDatabase(DatabaseTypes databaseTypes, MessageFactory messageFactory,
+	JdbcDatabase(String hashType, String secretType, String binaryType,
-			Clock clock) {
+			String counterType, String stringType,
-		this.dbTypes = databaseTypes;
+			MessageFactory messageFactory, Clock clock) {
+		this.hashType = hashType;
+		this.secretType = secretType;
+		this.binaryType = binaryType;
+		this.counterType = counterType;
+		this.stringType = stringType;
 		this.messageFactory = messageFactory;
 		this.clock = clock;
 	}
@@ -423,11 +427,7 @@ abstract class JdbcDatabase implements Database<Connection> {
 
 	// Package access for testing
 	List<Migration<Connection>> getMigrations() {
-		return Arrays.asList(
+		return Arrays.asList(new Migration38_39(), new Migration39_40());
-				new Migration38_39(),
-				new Migration39_40(),
-				new Migration40_41(dbTypes)
-		);
 	}
 
 	private boolean isCompactionDue(Settings s) {
@@ -486,20 +486,20 @@ abstract class JdbcDatabase implements Database<Connection> {
 		Statement s = null;
 		try {
 			s = txn.createStatement();
-			s.executeUpdate(dbTypes.replaceTypes(CREATE_SETTINGS));
+			s.executeUpdate(insertTypeNames(CREATE_SETTINGS));
-			s.executeUpdate(dbTypes.replaceTypes(CREATE_LOCAL_AUTHORS));
+			s.executeUpdate(insertTypeNames(CREATE_LOCAL_AUTHORS));
-			s.executeUpdate(dbTypes.replaceTypes(CREATE_CONTACTS));
+			s.executeUpdate(insertTypeNames(CREATE_CONTACTS));
-			s.executeUpdate(dbTypes.replaceTypes(CREATE_GROUPS));
+			s.executeUpdate(insertTypeNames(CREATE_GROUPS));
-			s.executeUpdate(dbTypes.replaceTypes(CREATE_GROUP_METADATA));
+			s.executeUpdate(insertTypeNames(CREATE_GROUP_METADATA));
-			s.executeUpdate(dbTypes.replaceTypes(CREATE_GROUP_VISIBILITIES));
+			s.executeUpdate(insertTypeNames(CREATE_GROUP_VISIBILITIES));
-			s.executeUpdate(dbTypes.replaceTypes(CREATE_MESSAGES));
+			s.executeUpdate(insertTypeNames(CREATE_MESSAGES));
-			s.executeUpdate(dbTypes.replaceTypes(CREATE_MESSAGE_METADATA));
+			s.executeUpdate(insertTypeNames(CREATE_MESSAGE_METADATA));
-			s.executeUpdate(dbTypes.replaceTypes(CREATE_MESSAGE_DEPENDENCIES));
+			s.executeUpdate(insertTypeNames(CREATE_MESSAGE_DEPENDENCIES));
-			s.executeUpdate(dbTypes.replaceTypes(CREATE_OFFERS));
+			s.executeUpdate(insertTypeNames(CREATE_OFFERS));
-			s.executeUpdate(dbTypes.replaceTypes(CREATE_STATUSES));
+			s.executeUpdate(insertTypeNames(CREATE_STATUSES));
-			s.executeUpdate(dbTypes.replaceTypes(CREATE_TRANSPORTS));
+			s.executeUpdate(insertTypeNames(CREATE_TRANSPORTS));
-			s.executeUpdate(dbTypes.replaceTypes(CREATE_OUTGOING_KEYS));
+			s.executeUpdate(insertTypeNames(CREATE_OUTGOING_KEYS));
-			s.executeUpdate(dbTypes.replaceTypes(CREATE_INCOMING_KEYS));
+			s.executeUpdate(insertTypeNames(CREATE_INCOMING_KEYS));
 			s.close();
 		} catch (SQLException e) {
 			tryToClose(s);
@@ -524,6 +524,15 @@ abstract class JdbcDatabase implements Database<Connection> {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private String insertTypeNames(String s) {
+		s = s.replaceAll("_HASH", hashType);
+		s = s.replaceAll("_SECRET", secretType);
+		s = s.replaceAll("_BINARY", binaryType);
+		s = s.replaceAll("_COUNTER", counterType);
+		s = s.replaceAll("_STRING", stringType);
+		return s;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public Connection startTransaction() throws DbException {
 		Connection txn;
@@ -1249,8 +1258,8 @@ abstract class JdbcDatabase implements Database<Connection> {
 		PreparedStatement ps = null;
 		ResultSet rs = null;
 		try {
-			String sql = "SELECT authorId, formatVersion, name, alias,"
+			String sql = "SELECT authorId, formatVersion, name, publicKey,"
-					+ " publicKey, localAuthorId, verified, active"
+					+ " localAuthorId, verified, active"
 					+ " FROM contacts"
 					+ " WHERE contactId = ?";
 			ps = txn.prepareStatement(sql);
@@ -1260,17 +1269,15 @@ abstract class JdbcDatabase implements Database<Connection> {
 			AuthorId authorId = new AuthorId(rs.getBytes(1));
 			int formatVersion = rs.getInt(2);
 			String name = rs.getString(3);
-			String alias = rs.getString(4);
+			byte[] publicKey = rs.getBytes(4);
-			byte[] publicKey = rs.getBytes(5);
+			AuthorId localAuthorId = new AuthorId(rs.getBytes(5));
-			AuthorId localAuthorId = new AuthorId(rs.getBytes(6));
+			boolean verified = rs.getBoolean(6);
-			boolean verified = rs.getBoolean(7);
+			boolean active = rs.getBoolean(7);
-			boolean active = rs.getBoolean(8);
 			rs.close();
 			ps.close();
 			Author author =
 					new Author(authorId, formatVersion, name, publicKey);
-			return new Contact(c, author, localAuthorId, alias, verified,
+			return new Contact(c, author, localAuthorId, verified, active);
-					active);
 		} catch (SQLException e) {
 			tryToClose(rs);
 			tryToClose(ps);
@@ -1285,7 +1292,7 @@ abstract class JdbcDatabase implements Database<Connection> {
 		ResultSet rs = null;
 		try {
 			String sql = "SELECT contactId, authorId, formatVersion, name,"
-					+ " alias, publicKey, localAuthorId, verified, active"
+					+ " publicKey, localAuthorId, verified, active"
 					+ " FROM contacts";
 			ps = txn.prepareStatement(sql);
 			rs = ps.executeQuery();
@@ -1295,15 +1302,14 @@ abstract class JdbcDatabase implements Database<Connection> {
 				AuthorId authorId = new AuthorId(rs.getBytes(2));
 				int formatVersion = rs.getInt(3);
 				String name = rs.getString(4);
-				String alias = rs.getString(5);
+				byte[] publicKey = rs.getBytes(5);
-				byte[] publicKey = rs.getBytes(6);
 				Author author =
 						new Author(authorId, formatVersion, name, publicKey);
-				AuthorId localAuthorId = new AuthorId(rs.getBytes(7));
+				AuthorId localAuthorId = new AuthorId(rs.getBytes(6));
-				boolean verified = rs.getBoolean(8);
+				boolean verified = rs.getBoolean(7);
-				boolean active = rs.getBoolean(9);
+				boolean active = rs.getBoolean(8);
 				contacts.add(new Contact(contactId, author, localAuthorId,
-						alias, verified, active));
+						verified, active));
 			}
 			rs.close();
 			ps.close();
@@ -1344,8 +1350,8 @@ abstract class JdbcDatabase implements Database<Connection> {
 		PreparedStatement ps = null;
 		ResultSet rs = null;
 		try {
-			String sql = "SELECT contactId, formatVersion, name, alias,"
+			String sql = "SELECT contactId, formatVersion, name, publicKey,"
-					+ " publicKey, localAuthorId, verified, active"
+					+ " localAuthorId, verified, active"
 					+ " FROM contacts"
 					+ " WHERE authorId = ?";
 			ps = txn.prepareStatement(sql);
@@ -1356,15 +1362,14 @@ abstract class JdbcDatabase implements Database<Connection> {
 				ContactId c = new ContactId(rs.getInt(1));
 				int formatVersion = rs.getInt(2);
 				String name = rs.getString(3);
-				String alias = rs.getString(4);
+				byte[] publicKey = rs.getBytes(4);
-				byte[] publicKey = rs.getBytes(5);
+				AuthorId localAuthorId = new AuthorId(rs.getBytes(5));
-				AuthorId localAuthorId = new AuthorId(rs.getBytes(6));
+				boolean verified = rs.getBoolean(6);
-				boolean verified = rs.getBoolean(7);
+				boolean active = rs.getBoolean(7);
-				boolean active = rs.getBoolean(8);
 				Author author =
 						new Author(remote, formatVersion, name, publicKey);
-				contacts.add(new Contact(c, author, localAuthorId, alias,
+				contacts.add(new Contact(c, author, localAuthorId, verified,
-						verified, active));
+						active));
 			}
 			rs.close();
 			ps.close();
@@ -2789,25 +2794,6 @@ abstract class JdbcDatabase implements Database<Connection> {
 		}
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public void setContactAlias(Connection txn, ContactId c,
-			@Nullable String alias) throws DbException {
-		PreparedStatement ps = null;
-		try {
-			String sql = "UPDATE contacts SET alias = ? WHERE contactId = ?";
-			ps = txn.prepareStatement(sql);
-			if (alias == null) ps.setNull(1, VARCHAR);
-			else ps.setString(1, alias);
-			ps.setInt(2, c.getInt());
-			int affected = ps.executeUpdate();
-			if (affected < 0 || affected > 1) throw new DbStateException();
-			ps.close();
-		} catch (SQLException e) {
-			tryToClose(ps);
-			throw new DbException(e);
-		}
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public void setGroupVisibility(Connection txn, ContactId c, GroupId g,
 			boolean shared) throws DbException {

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/Migration40_41.java

@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-package org.briarproject.bramble.db;
-
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DbException;
-
-import java.sql.Connection;
-import java.sql.SQLException;
-import java.sql.Statement;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
-
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-
-import static java.util.logging.Level.WARNING;
-import static java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.LogUtils.logException;
-
-class Migration40_41 implements Migration<Connection> {
-
-	private static final Logger LOG = getLogger(Migration40_41.class.getName());
-
-	private final DatabaseTypes dbTypes;
-
-	public Migration40_41(DatabaseTypes databaseTypes) {
-		this.dbTypes = databaseTypes;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public int getStartVersion() {
-		return 40;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public int getEndVersion() {
-		return 41;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void migrate(Connection txn) throws DbException {
-		Statement s = null;
-		try {
-			s = txn.createStatement();
-			s.execute("ALTER TABLE contacts"
-					+ dbTypes.replaceTypes(" ADD alias _STRING"));
-		} catch (SQLException e) {
-			tryToClose(s);
-			throw new DbException(e);
-		}
-	}
-
-	private void tryToClose(@Nullable Statement s) {
-		try {
-			if (s != null) s.close();
-		} catch (SQLException e) {
-			logException(LOG, WARNING, e);
-		}
-	}
-}

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/identity/IdentityManagerImpl.java

@@ -1,21 +1,29 @@
 package org.briarproject.bramble.identity;
 
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.contact.Contact;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.crypto.CryptoComponent;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.crypto.KeyPair;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DatabaseComponent;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DbException;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.Transaction;
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.Author.Status;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorFactory;
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorId;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.IdentityManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.LocalAuthor;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.NotNullByDefault;
 
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
+import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.Author.Status.OURSELVES;
+import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.Author.Status.UNKNOWN;
+import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.Author.Status.UNVERIFIED;
+import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.Author.Status.VERIFIED;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.LogUtils.logDuration;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.LogUtils.now;
 
@@ -67,16 +75,27 @@ class IdentityManagerImpl implements IdentityManager {
 			LOG.info("No local author to store");
 			return;
 		}
-		db.transaction(false, txn -> db.addLocalAuthor(txn, cached));
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
-		LOG.info("Local author stored");
+		try {
+			db.addLocalAuthor(txn, cached);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+			LOG.info("Local author stored");
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public LocalAuthor getLocalAuthor() throws DbException {
 		if (cachedAuthor == null) {
-			cachedAuthor =
+			Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
-					db.transactionWithResult(true, this::loadLocalAuthor);
+			try {
-			LOG.info("Local author loaded");
+				cachedAuthor = loadLocalAuthor(txn);
+				LOG.info("Local author loaded");
+				db.commitTransaction(txn);
+			} finally {
+				db.endTransaction(txn);
+			}
 		}
 		LocalAuthor cached = cachedAuthor;
 		if (cached == null) throw new AssertionError();
@@ -99,4 +118,26 @@ class IdentityManagerImpl implements IdentityManager {
 		return db.getLocalAuthors(txn).iterator().next();
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public Status getAuthorStatus(AuthorId authorId) throws DbException {
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
+		try {
+			return getAuthorStatus(txn, authorId);
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Status getAuthorStatus(Transaction txn, AuthorId authorId)
+			throws DbException {
+		if (getLocalAuthor(txn).getId().equals(authorId)) return OURSELVES;
+		Collection<Contact> contacts = db.getContactsByAuthorId(txn, authorId);
+		if (contacts.isEmpty()) return UNKNOWN;
+		for (Contact c : contacts) {
+			if (c.isVerified()) return VERIFIED;
+		}
+		return UNVERIFIED;
+	}
+
 }

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/lifecycle/LifecycleManagerImpl.java

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DataTooOldException;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DatabaseComponent;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DbException;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.MigrationListener;
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.Transaction;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.EventBus;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.IdentityManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.lifecycle.LifecycleManager;
@@ -114,16 +115,20 @@ class LifecycleManagerImpl implements LifecycleManager, MigrationListener {
 			dbLatch.countDown();
 			eventBus.broadcast(new LifecycleEvent(STARTING_SERVICES));
 
-			db.transaction(false, txn -> {
+			Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
+			try {
 				for (Client c : clients) {
-					long start1 = now();
+					start = now();
 					c.createLocalState(txn);
 					if (LOG.isLoggable(FINE)) {
 						logDuration(LOG, "Starting client "
-								+ c.getClass().getSimpleName(), start1);
+								+ c.getClass().getSimpleName(), start);
 					}
 				}
-			});
+				db.commitTransaction(txn);
+			} finally {
+				db.endTransaction(txn);
+			}
 			for (Service s : services) {
 				start = now();
 				s.startService();

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/plugin/bluetooth/BluetoothPlugin.java

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.plugin.event.EnableBluetoothEvent;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.properties.TransportProperties;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.settings.Settings;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.settings.event.SettingsUpdatedEvent;
+import org.briarproject.bramble.util.StringUtils;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
@@ -45,9 +46,6 @@ import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.plugin.BluetoothConstants.PROP_UUID;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.plugin.BluetoothConstants.UUID_BYTES;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.LogUtils.logException;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.PrivacyUtils.scrubMacAddress;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.StringUtils.isNullOrEmpty;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.StringUtils.macToBytes;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.StringUtils.macToString;
 
 @MethodsNotNullByDefault
 @ParametersNotNullByDefault
@@ -98,9 +96,6 @@ abstract class BluetoothPlugin<SS> implements DuplexPlugin, EventListener {
 	abstract DuplexTransportConnection connectTo(String address, String uuid)
 			throws IOException;
 
-	@Nullable
-	abstract DuplexTransportConnection discoverAndConnect(String uuid);
-
 	BluetoothPlugin(BluetoothConnectionLimiter connectionLimiter,
 			Executor ioExecutor, SecureRandom secureRandom,
 			Backoff backoff, DuplexPluginCallback callback, int maxLatency) {
@@ -198,7 +193,7 @@ abstract class BluetoothPlugin<SS> implements DuplexPlugin, EventListener {
 			address = getBluetoothAddress();
 			if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO))
 				LOG.info("Local address " + scrubMacAddress(address));
-			if (!isNullOrEmpty(address)) {
+			if (!StringUtils.isNullOrEmpty(address)) {
 				p.put(PROP_ADDRESS, address);
 				changed = true;
 			}
@@ -261,9 +256,9 @@ abstract class BluetoothPlugin<SS> implements DuplexPlugin, EventListener {
 		// Try to connect to known devices in parallel
 		for (Entry<ContactId, TransportProperties> e : contacts.entrySet()) {
 			String address = e.getValue().get(PROP_ADDRESS);
-			if (isNullOrEmpty(address)) continue;
+			if (StringUtils.isNullOrEmpty(address)) continue;
 			String uuid = e.getValue().get(PROP_UUID);
-			if (isNullOrEmpty(uuid)) continue;
+			if (StringUtils.isNullOrEmpty(uuid)) continue;
 			ContactId c = e.getKey();
 			ioExecutor.execute(() -> {
 				if (!isRunning() || !shouldAllowContactConnections()) return;
@@ -314,9 +309,9 @@ abstract class BluetoothPlugin<SS> implements DuplexPlugin, EventListener {
 		if (!isRunning() || !shouldAllowContactConnections()) return null;
 		if (!connectionLimiter.canOpenContactConnection()) return null;
 		String address = p.get(PROP_ADDRESS);
-		if (isNullOrEmpty(address)) return null;
+		if (StringUtils.isNullOrEmpty(address)) return null;
 		String uuid = p.get(PROP_UUID);
-		if (isNullOrEmpty(uuid)) return null;
+		if (StringUtils.isNullOrEmpty(uuid)) return null;
 		DuplexTransportConnection conn = connect(address, uuid);
 		if (conn == null) return null;
 		// TODO: Why don't we reset the backoff here?
@@ -331,6 +326,9 @@ abstract class BluetoothPlugin<SS> implements DuplexPlugin, EventListener {
 	@Override
 	public KeyAgreementListener createKeyAgreementListener(byte[] commitment) {
 		if (!isRunning()) return null;
+		// There's no point listening if we can't discover our own address
+		String address = getBluetoothAddress();
+		if (address == null) return null;
 		// No truncation necessary because COMMIT_LENGTH = 16
 		String uuid = UUID.nameUUIDFromBytes(commitment).toString();
 		if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO)) LOG.info("Key agreement UUID " + uuid);
@@ -348,8 +346,7 @@ abstract class BluetoothPlugin<SS> implements DuplexPlugin, EventListener {
 		}
 		BdfList descriptor = new BdfList();
 		descriptor.add(TRANSPORT_ID_BLUETOOTH);
-		String address = getBluetoothAddress();
+		descriptor.add(StringUtils.macToBytes(address));
-		if (address != null) descriptor.add(macToBytes(address));
 		return new BluetoothKeyAgreementListener(descriptor, ss);
 	}
 
@@ -357,25 +354,18 @@ abstract class BluetoothPlugin<SS> implements DuplexPlugin, EventListener {
 	public DuplexTransportConnection createKeyAgreementConnection(
 			byte[] commitment, BdfList descriptor) {
 		if (!isRunning()) return null;
+		String address;
+		try {
+			address = parseAddress(descriptor);
+		} catch (FormatException e) {
+			LOG.info("Invalid address in key agreement descriptor");
+			return null;
+		}
 		// No truncation necessary because COMMIT_LENGTH = 16
 		String uuid = UUID.nameUUIDFromBytes(commitment).toString();
-		DuplexTransportConnection conn;
+		if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO))
-		if (descriptor.size() == 1) {
+			LOG.info("Connecting to key agreement UUID " + uuid);
-			if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO))
+		DuplexTransportConnection conn = connect(address, uuid);
-				LOG.info("Discovering address for key agreement UUID " + uuid);
-			conn = discoverAndConnect(uuid);
-		} else {
-			String address;
-			try {
-				address = parseAddress(descriptor);
-			} catch (FormatException e) {
-				LOG.info("Invalid address in key agreement descriptor");
-				return null;
-			}
-			if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO))
-				LOG.info("Connecting to key agreement UUID " + uuid);
-			conn = connect(address, uuid);
-		}
 		if (conn != null) connectionLimiter.keyAgreementConnectionOpened(conn);
 		return conn;
 	}
@@ -383,7 +373,7 @@ abstract class BluetoothPlugin<SS> implements DuplexPlugin, EventListener {
 	private String parseAddress(BdfList descriptor) throws FormatException {
 		byte[] mac = descriptor.getRaw(1);
 		if (mac.length != 6) throw new FormatException();
-		return macToString(mac);
+		return StringUtils.macToString(mac);
 	}
 
 	@Override

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/plugin/tor/TorPlugin.java

@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import net.freehaven.tor.control.EventHandler;
 import net.freehaven.tor.control.TorControlConnection;
 
 import org.briarproject.bramble.PoliteExecutor;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.battery.BatteryManager;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.battery.event.BatteryEvent;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.contact.ContactId;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.data.BdfList;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.Event;
@@ -98,14 +96,13 @@ abstract class TorPlugin implements DuplexPlugin, EventHandler, EventListener {
 	private final LocationUtils locationUtils;
 	private final SocketFactory torSocketFactory;
 	private final Clock clock;
-	private final BatteryManager batteryManager;
 	private final Backoff backoff;
 	private final DuplexPluginCallback callback;
 	private final String architecture;
 	private final CircumventionProvider circumventionProvider;
 	private final ResourceProvider resourceProvider;
 	private final int maxLatency, maxIdleTime, socketTimeout;
-	private final File torDirectory, torFile, geoIpFile, obfs4File, configFile;
+	private final File torDirectory, torFile, geoIpFile, configFile;
 	private final File doneFile, cookieFile;
 	private final ConnectionStatus connectionStatus;
 	private final AtomicBoolean used = new AtomicBoolean(false);
@@ -124,8 +121,7 @@ abstract class TorPlugin implements DuplexPlugin, EventHandler, EventListener {
 	TorPlugin(Executor ioExecutor, NetworkManager networkManager,
 			LocationUtils locationUtils, SocketFactory torSocketFactory,
 			Clock clock, ResourceProvider resourceProvider,
-			CircumventionProvider circumventionProvider,
+			CircumventionProvider circumventionProvider, Backoff backoff,
-			BatteryManager batteryManager, Backoff backoff,
 			DuplexPluginCallback callback, String architecture, int maxLatency,
 			int maxIdleTime, File torDirectory) {
 		this.ioExecutor = ioExecutor;
@@ -135,7 +131,6 @@ abstract class TorPlugin implements DuplexPlugin, EventHandler, EventListener {
 		this.clock = clock;
 		this.resourceProvider = resourceProvider;
 		this.circumventionProvider = circumventionProvider;
-		this.batteryManager = batteryManager;
 		this.backoff = backoff;
 		this.callback = callback;
 		this.architecture = architecture;
@@ -147,7 +142,6 @@ abstract class TorPlugin implements DuplexPlugin, EventHandler, EventListener {
 		this.torDirectory = torDirectory;
 		torFile = new File(torDirectory, "tor");
 		geoIpFile = new File(torDirectory, "geoip");
-		obfs4File = new File(torDirectory, "obfs4proxy");
 		configFile = new File(torDirectory, "torrc");
 		doneFile = new File(torDirectory, "done");
 		cookieFile = new File(torDirectory, ".tor/control_auth_cookie");
@@ -266,8 +260,7 @@ abstract class TorPlugin implements DuplexPlugin, EventHandler, EventListener {
 			throw new PluginException(e);
 		}
 		// Check whether we're online
-		updateConnectionStatus(networkManager.getNetworkStatus(),
+		updateConnectionStatus(networkManager.getNetworkStatus());
-				batteryManager.isCharging());
 		// Bind a server socket to receive incoming hidden service connections
 		bind();
 	}
@@ -291,12 +284,6 @@ abstract class TorPlugin implements DuplexPlugin, EventHandler, EventListener {
 			in = getGeoIpInputStream();
 			out = new FileOutputStream(geoIpFile);
 			IoUtils.copyAndClose(in, out);
-			// Unzip the Obfs4 proxy to the filesystem
-			in = getObfs4InputStream();
-			out = new FileOutputStream(obfs4File);
-			IoUtils.copyAndClose(in, out);
-			// Make the Obfs4 proxy executable
-			if (!obfs4File.setExecutable(true, true)) throw new IOException();
 			// Copy the config file to the filesystem
 			in = getConfigInputStream();
 			out = new FileOutputStream(configFile);
@@ -327,16 +314,6 @@ abstract class TorPlugin implements DuplexPlugin, EventHandler, EventListener {
 		return zin;
 	}
 
-	private InputStream getObfs4InputStream() throws IOException {
-		if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO))
-			LOG.info("Installing obfs4proxy binary for " + architecture);
-		InputStream in = resourceProvider
-				.getResourceInputStream("obfs4proxy_" + architecture, ".zip");
-		ZipInputStream zin = new ZipInputStream(in);
-		if (zin.getNextEntry() == null) throw new IOException();
-		return zin;
-	}
-
 	private InputStream getConfigInputStream() {
 		return getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("torrc");
 	}
@@ -495,8 +472,6 @@ abstract class TorPlugin implements DuplexPlugin, EventHandler, EventListener {
 		if (enable) {
 			Collection<String> conf = new ArrayList<>();
 			conf.add("UseBridges 1");
-			conf.add("ClientTransportPlugin obfs4 exec " +
-					obfs4File.getAbsolutePath());
 			conf.addAll(circumventionProvider.getBridges());
 			controlConnection.setConf(conf);
 		} else {
@@ -634,8 +609,7 @@ abstract class TorPlugin implements DuplexPlugin, EventHandler, EventListener {
 			LOG.info("OR connection " + status + " " + orName);
 		if (status.equals("CLOSED") || status.equals("FAILED")) {
 			// Check whether we've lost connectivity
-			updateConnectionStatus(networkManager.getNetworkStatus(),
+			updateConnectionStatus(networkManager.getNetworkStatus());
-					batteryManager.isCharging());
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -673,15 +647,10 @@ abstract class TorPlugin implements DuplexPlugin, EventHandler, EventListener {
 				// Works around a bug introduced in Tor 0.3.4.8. Could be
 				// replaced with callback.transportDisabled() when fixed.
 				disableNetwork();
-				updateConnectionStatus(networkManager.getNetworkStatus(),
+				updateConnectionStatus(networkManager.getNetworkStatus());
-						batteryManager.isCharging());
 			}
 		} else if (e instanceof NetworkStatusEvent) {
-			updateConnectionStatus(((NetworkStatusEvent) e).getStatus(),
+			updateConnectionStatus(((NetworkStatusEvent) e).getStatus());
-					batteryManager.isCharging());
-		} else if (e instanceof BatteryEvent) {
-			updateConnectionStatus(networkManager.getNetworkStatus(),
-					((BatteryEvent) e).isCharging());
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -695,8 +664,7 @@ abstract class TorPlugin implements DuplexPlugin, EventHandler, EventListener {
 		});
 	}
 
-	private void updateConnectionStatus(NetworkStatus status,
+	private void updateConnectionStatus(NetworkStatus status) {
-			boolean charging) {
 		connectionStatusExecutor.execute(() -> {
 			if (!running) return;
 			boolean online = status.isConnected();
@@ -714,7 +682,6 @@ abstract class TorPlugin implements DuplexPlugin, EventHandler, EventListener {
 				LOG.info("Online: " + online + ", wifi: " + wifi);
 				if ("".equals(country)) LOG.info("Country code unknown");
 				else LOG.info("Country code: " + country);
-				LOG.info("Charging: " + charging);
 			}
 
 			try {
@@ -738,24 +705,12 @@ abstract class TorPlugin implements DuplexPlugin, EventHandler, EventListener {
 					enableBridges(false);
 					enableNetwork(true);
 				}
-				if (online && wifi && charging) {
-					LOG.info("Enabling connection padding");
-					enableConnectionPadding(true);
-				} else {
-					LOG.info("Disabling connection padding");
-					enableConnectionPadding(false);
-				}
 			} catch (IOException e) {
 				logException(LOG, WARNING, e);
 			}
 		});
 	}
 
-	private void enableConnectionPadding(boolean enable) throws IOException {
-		if (!running) return;
-		controlConnection.setConf("ConnectionPadding", enable ? "1" : "0");
-	}
-
 	// TODO remove when sufficient time has passed. Added 2018-08-15
 	private void migrateSettings() {
 		Settings sOld = callback.getSettings();

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/properties/TransportPropertyManagerImpl.java

@@ -142,7 +142,15 @@ class TransportPropertyManagerImpl implements TransportPropertyManager,
 	@Override
 	public Map<TransportId, TransportProperties> getLocalProperties()
 			throws DbException {
-		return db.transactionWithResult(true, this::getLocalProperties);
+		Map<TransportId, TransportProperties> local;
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
+		try {
+			local = getLocalProperties(txn);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
+		return local;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -168,8 +176,9 @@ class TransportPropertyManagerImpl implements TransportPropertyManager,
 	public TransportProperties getLocalProperties(TransportId t)
 			throws DbException {
 		try {
-			return db.transactionWithResult(true, txn -> {
+			TransportProperties p = null;
-				TransportProperties p = null;
+			Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
+			try {
 				// Find the latest local update
 				LatestUpdate latest = findLatest(txn, localGroup.getId(), t,
 						true);
@@ -179,8 +188,11 @@ class TransportPropertyManagerImpl implements TransportPropertyManager,
 							latest.messageId);
 					p = parseProperties(message);
 				}
-				return p == null ? new TransportProperties() : p;
+				db.commitTransaction(txn);
-			});
+			} finally {
+				db.endTransaction(txn);
+			}
+			return p == null ? new TransportProperties() : p;
 		} catch (FormatException e) {
 			throw new DbException(e);
 		}
@@ -189,12 +201,16 @@ class TransportPropertyManagerImpl implements TransportPropertyManager,
 	@Override
 	public Map<ContactId, TransportProperties> getRemoteProperties(
 			TransportId t) throws DbException {
-		return db.transactionWithResult(true, txn -> {
+		Map<ContactId, TransportProperties> remote = new HashMap<>();
-			Map<ContactId, TransportProperties> remote = new HashMap<>();
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
+		try {
 			for (Contact c : db.getContacts(txn))
 				remote.put(c.getId(), getRemoteProperties(txn, c, t));
-			return remote;
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
-		});
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
+		return remote;
 	}
 
 	private TransportProperties getRemoteProperties(Transaction txn, Contact c,
@@ -218,15 +234,23 @@ class TransportPropertyManagerImpl implements TransportPropertyManager,
 	@Override
 	public TransportProperties getRemoteProperties(ContactId c, TransportId t)
 			throws DbException {
-		return db.transactionWithResult(true, txn ->
+		TransportProperties p;
-				getRemoteProperties(txn, db.getContact(txn, c), t));
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
+		try {
+			p = getRemoteProperties(txn, db.getContact(txn, c), t);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
+		return p;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void mergeLocalProperties(TransportId t, TransportProperties p)
 			throws DbException {
 		try {
-			db.transaction(false, txn -> {
+			Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
+			try {
 				// Merge the new properties with any existing properties
 				TransportProperties merged;
 				boolean changed;
@@ -263,7 +287,10 @@ class TransportPropertyManagerImpl implements TransportPropertyManager,
 							db.removeMessage(txn, latest.messageId);
 					}
 				}
-			});
+				db.commitTransaction(txn);
+			} finally {
+				db.endTransaction(txn);
+			}
 		} catch (FormatException e) {
 			throw new DbException(e);
 		}

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/settings/SettingsManagerImpl.java

@@ -23,8 +23,15 @@ class SettingsManagerImpl implements SettingsManager {
 
 	@Override
 	public Settings getSettings(String namespace) throws DbException {
-		return db.transactionWithResult(true, txn ->
+		Settings s;
-				db.getSettings(txn, namespace));
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
+		try {
+			s = db.getSettings(txn, namespace);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
+		return s;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -35,6 +42,12 @@ class SettingsManagerImpl implements SettingsManager {
 
 	@Override
 	public void mergeSettings(Settings s, String namespace) throws DbException {
-		db.transaction(false, txn -> db.mergeSettings(txn, s, namespace));
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
+		try {
+			db.mergeSettings(txn, s, namespace);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
 	}
 }

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/sync/DuplexOutgoingSession.java

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.contact.event.ContactRemovedEvent;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DatabaseComponent;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DatabaseExecutor;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DbException;
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.Transaction;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.Event;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.EventBus;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.EventListener;
@@ -229,8 +230,14 @@ class DuplexOutgoingSession implements SyncSession, EventListener {
 			if (interrupted) return;
 			if (!generateAckQueued.getAndSet(false)) throw new AssertionError();
 			try {
-				Ack a = db.transactionWithNullableResult(false, txn ->
+				Ack a;
-						db.generateAck(txn, contactId, MAX_MESSAGE_IDS));
+				Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
+				try {
+					a = db.generateAck(txn, contactId, MAX_MESSAGE_IDS);
+					db.commitTransaction(txn);
+				} finally {
+					db.endTransaction(txn);
+				}
 				if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO))
 					LOG.info("Generated ack: " + (a != null));
 				if (a != null) writerTasks.add(new WriteAck(a));
@@ -268,15 +275,16 @@ class DuplexOutgoingSession implements SyncSession, EventListener {
 			if (!generateBatchQueued.getAndSet(false))
 				throw new AssertionError();
 			try {
-				Collection<Message> b =
+				Collection<Message> b;
-						db.transactionWithNullableResult(false, txn -> {
+				Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
-							Collection<Message> batch =
+				try {
-									db.generateRequestedBatch(txn, contactId,
+					b = db.generateRequestedBatch(txn, contactId,
-											MAX_RECORD_PAYLOAD_BYTES,
+							MAX_RECORD_PAYLOAD_BYTES, maxLatency);
-											maxLatency);
+					setNextSendTime(db.getNextSendTime(txn, contactId));
-							setNextSendTime(db.getNextSendTime(txn, contactId));
+					db.commitTransaction(txn);
-							return batch;
+				} finally {
-						});
+					db.endTransaction(txn);
+				}
 				if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO))
 					LOG.info("Generated batch: " + (b != null));
 				if (b != null) writerTasks.add(new WriteBatch(b));
@@ -314,12 +322,16 @@ class DuplexOutgoingSession implements SyncSession, EventListener {
 			if (!generateOfferQueued.getAndSet(false))
 				throw new AssertionError();
 			try {
-				Offer o = db.transactionWithNullableResult(false, txn -> {
+				Offer o;
-					Offer offer = db.generateOffer(txn, contactId,
+				Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
-							MAX_MESSAGE_IDS, maxLatency);
+				try {
+					o = db.generateOffer(txn, contactId, MAX_MESSAGE_IDS,
+							maxLatency);
 					setNextSendTime(db.getNextSendTime(txn, contactId));
-					return offer;
+					db.commitTransaction(txn);
-				});
+				} finally {
+					db.endTransaction(txn);
+				}
 				if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO))
 					LOG.info("Generated offer: " + (o != null));
 				if (o != null) writerTasks.add(new WriteOffer(o));
@@ -357,8 +369,14 @@ class DuplexOutgoingSession implements SyncSession, EventListener {
 			if (!generateRequestQueued.getAndSet(false))
 				throw new AssertionError();
 			try {
-				Request r = db.transactionWithNullableResult(false, txn ->
+				Request r;
-						db.generateRequest(txn, contactId, MAX_MESSAGE_IDS));
+				Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
+				try {
+					r = db.generateRequest(txn, contactId, MAX_MESSAGE_IDS);
+					db.commitTransaction(txn);
+				} finally {
+					db.endTransaction(txn);
+				}
 				if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO))
 					LOG.info("Generated request: " + (r != null));
 				if (r != null) writerTasks.add(new WriteRequest(r));

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/sync/IncomingSession.java

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.contact.event.ContactRemovedEvent;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DatabaseComponent;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DatabaseExecutor;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DbException;
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.Transaction;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.Event;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.EventBus;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.EventListener;
@@ -119,8 +120,13 @@ class IncomingSession implements SyncSession, EventListener {
 		@Override
 		public void run() {
 			try {
-				db.transaction(false, txn ->
+				Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
-						db.receiveAck(txn, contactId, ack));
+				try {
+					db.receiveAck(txn, contactId, ack);
+					db.commitTransaction(txn);
+				} finally {
+					db.endTransaction(txn);
+				}
 			} catch (DbException e) {
 				logException(LOG, WARNING, e);
 				interrupt();
@@ -140,8 +146,13 @@ class IncomingSession implements SyncSession, EventListener {
 		@Override
 		public void run() {
 			try {
-				db.transaction(false, txn ->
+				Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
-						db.receiveMessage(txn, contactId, message));
+				try {
+					db.receiveMessage(txn, contactId, message);
+					db.commitTransaction(txn);
+				} finally {
+					db.endTransaction(txn);
+				}
 			} catch (DbException e) {
 				logException(LOG, WARNING, e);
 				interrupt();
@@ -161,8 +172,13 @@ class IncomingSession implements SyncSession, EventListener {
 		@Override
 		public void run() {
 			try {
-				db.transaction(false, txn ->
+				Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
-						db.receiveOffer(txn, contactId, offer));
+				try {
+					db.receiveOffer(txn, contactId, offer);
+					db.commitTransaction(txn);
+				} finally {
+					db.endTransaction(txn);
+				}
 			} catch (DbException e) {
 				logException(LOG, WARNING, e);
 				interrupt();
@@ -182,8 +198,13 @@ class IncomingSession implements SyncSession, EventListener {
 		@Override
 		public void run() {
 			try {
-				db.transaction(false, txn ->
+				Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
-						db.receiveRequest(txn, contactId, request));
+				try {
+					db.receiveRequest(txn, contactId, request);
+					db.commitTransaction(txn);
+				} finally {
+					db.endTransaction(txn);
+				}
 			} catch (DbException e) {
 				logException(LOG, WARNING, e);
 				interrupt();

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/sync/SimplexOutgoingSession.java

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.contact.event.ContactRemovedEvent;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DatabaseComponent;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DatabaseExecutor;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DbException;
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.Transaction;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.Event;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.EventBus;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.EventListener;
@@ -46,8 +47,7 @@ class SimplexOutgoingSession implements SyncSession, EventListener {
 	private static final Logger LOG =
 			Logger.getLogger(SimplexOutgoingSession.class.getName());
 
-	private static final ThrowingRunnable<IOException> CLOSE = () -> {
+	private static final ThrowingRunnable<IOException> CLOSE = () -> {};
-	};
 
 	private final DatabaseComponent db;
 	private final Executor dbExecutor;
@@ -128,8 +128,14 @@ class SimplexOutgoingSession implements SyncSession, EventListener {
 		public void run() {
 			if (interrupted) return;
 			try {
-				Ack a = db.transactionWithNullableResult(false, txn ->
+				Ack a;
-						db.generateAck(txn, contactId, MAX_MESSAGE_IDS));
+				Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
+				try {
+					a = db.generateAck(txn, contactId, MAX_MESSAGE_IDS);
+					db.commitTransaction(txn);
+				} finally {
+					db.endTransaction(txn);
+				}
 				if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO))
 					LOG.info("Generated ack: " + (a != null));
 				if (a == null) decrementOutstandingQueries();
@@ -166,10 +172,15 @@ class SimplexOutgoingSession implements SyncSession, EventListener {
 		public void run() {
 			if (interrupted) return;
 			try {
-				Collection<Message> b =
+				Collection<Message> b;
-						db.transactionWithNullableResult(false, txn ->
+				Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
-								db.generateBatch(txn, contactId,
+				try {
-										MAX_RECORD_PAYLOAD_BYTES, maxLatency));
+					b = db.generateBatch(txn, contactId,
+							MAX_RECORD_PAYLOAD_BYTES, maxLatency);
+					db.commitTransaction(txn);
+				} finally {
+					db.endTransaction(txn);
+				}
 				if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO))
 					LOG.info("Generated batch: " + (b != null));
 				if (b == null) decrementOutstandingQueries();

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/sync/ValidationManagerImpl.java

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package org.briarproject.bramble.sync;
 
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.Pair;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DatabaseComponent;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DatabaseExecutor;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DbException;
@@ -98,8 +97,14 @@ class ValidationManagerImpl implements ValidationManager, Service,
 	@DatabaseExecutor
 	private void validateOutstandingMessages() {
 		try {
-			Queue<MessageId> unvalidated = new LinkedList<>(
+			Queue<MessageId> unvalidated = new LinkedList<>();
-					db.transactionWithResult(true, db::getMessagesToValidate));
+			Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
+			try {
+				unvalidated.addAll(db.getMessagesToValidate(txn));
+				db.commitTransaction(txn);
+			} finally {
+				db.endTransaction(txn);
+			}
 			validateNextMessageAsync(unvalidated);
 		} catch (DbException e) {
 			logException(LOG, WARNING, e);
@@ -114,14 +119,18 @@ class ValidationManagerImpl implements ValidationManager, Service,
 	@DatabaseExecutor
 	private void validateNextMessage(Queue<MessageId> unvalidated) {
 		try {
-			Pair<Message, Group> mg = db.transactionWithResult(true, txn -> {
+			Message m;
+			Group g;
+			Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
+			try {
 				MessageId id = unvalidated.poll();
-				if (id == null) throw new AssertionError();
+				m = db.getMessage(txn, id);
-				Message m = db.getMessage(txn, id);
+				g = db.getGroup(txn, m.getGroupId());
-				Group g = db.getGroup(txn, m.getGroupId());
+				db.commitTransaction(txn);
-				return new Pair<>(m, g);
+			} finally {
-			});
+				db.endTransaction(txn);
-			validateMessageAsync(mg.getFirst(), mg.getSecond());
+			}
+			validateMessageAsync(m, g);
 			validateNextMessageAsync(unvalidated);
 		} catch (NoSuchMessageException e) {
 			LOG.info("Message removed before validation");
@@ -141,8 +150,14 @@ class ValidationManagerImpl implements ValidationManager, Service,
 	@DatabaseExecutor
 	private void deliverOutstandingMessages() {
 		try {
-			Queue<MessageId> pending = new LinkedList<>(
+			Queue<MessageId> pending = new LinkedList<>();
-					db.transactionWithResult(true, db::getPendingMessages));
+			Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
+			try {
+				pending.addAll(db.getPendingMessages(txn));
+				db.commitTransaction(txn);
+			} finally {
+				db.endTransaction(txn);
+			}
 			deliverNextPendingMessageAsync(pending);
 		} catch (DbException e) {
 			logException(LOG, WARNING, e);
@@ -157,12 +172,12 @@ class ValidationManagerImpl implements ValidationManager, Service,
 	@DatabaseExecutor
 	private void deliverNextPendingMessage(Queue<MessageId> pending) {
 		try {
-			Queue<MessageId> toShare = new LinkedList<>();
+			boolean anyInvalid = false, allDelivered = true;
-			Queue<MessageId> invalidate = new LinkedList<>();
+			Queue<MessageId> toShare = null;
-			db.transaction(false, txn -> {
+			Queue<MessageId> invalidate = null;
-				boolean anyInvalid = false, allDelivered = true;
+			Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
+			try {
 				MessageId id = pending.poll();
-				if (id == null) throw new AssertionError();
 				// Check if message is still pending
 				if (db.getMessageState(txn, id) == PENDING) {
 					// Check if dependencies are valid and delivered
@@ -174,7 +189,7 @@ class ValidationManagerImpl implements ValidationManager, Service,
 					}
 					if (anyInvalid) {
 						invalidateMessage(txn, id);
-						addDependentsToInvalidate(txn, id, invalidate);
+						invalidate = getDependentsToInvalidate(txn, id);
 					} else if (allDelivered) {
 						Message m = db.getMessage(txn, id);
 						Group g = db.getGroup(txn, m.getGroupId());
@@ -185,19 +200,22 @@ class ValidationManagerImpl implements ValidationManager, Service,
 						DeliveryResult result =
 								deliverMessage(txn, m, c, majorVersion, meta);
 						if (result.valid) {
-							addPendingDependents(txn, id, pending);
+							pending.addAll(getPendingDependents(txn, id));
 							if (result.share) {
 								db.setMessageShared(txn, id);
-								toShare.addAll(states.keySet());
+								toShare = new LinkedList<>(states.keySet());
 							}
 						} else {
-							addDependentsToInvalidate(txn, id, invalidate);
+							invalidate = getDependentsToInvalidate(txn, id);
 						}
 					}
 				}
-			});
+				db.commitTransaction(txn);
-			if (!invalidate.isEmpty()) invalidateNextMessageAsync(invalidate);
+			} finally {
-			if (!toShare.isEmpty()) shareNextMessageAsync(toShare);
+				db.endTransaction(txn);
+			}
+			if (invalidate != null) invalidateNextMessageAsync(invalidate);
+			if (toShare != null) shareNextMessageAsync(toShare);
 			deliverNextPendingMessageAsync(pending);
 		} catch (NoSuchMessageException e) {
 			LOG.info("Message removed before delivery");
@@ -246,11 +264,12 @@ class ValidationManagerImpl implements ValidationManager, Service,
 			MessageContext context) {
 		try {
 			MessageId id = m.getId();
-			Queue<MessageId> invalidate = new LinkedList<>();
+			boolean anyInvalid = false, allDelivered = true;
-			Queue<MessageId> pending = new LinkedList<>();
+			Queue<MessageId> invalidate = null;
-			Queue<MessageId> toShare = new LinkedList<>();
+			Queue<MessageId> pending = null;
-			db.transaction(false, txn -> {
+			Queue<MessageId> toShare = null;
-				boolean anyInvalid = false, allDelivered = true;
+			Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
+			try {
 				// Check if message has any dependencies
 				Collection<MessageId> dependencies = context.getDependencies();
 				if (!dependencies.isEmpty()) {
@@ -266,7 +285,7 @@ class ValidationManagerImpl implements ValidationManager, Service,
 				if (anyInvalid) {
 					if (db.getMessageState(txn, id) != INVALID) {
 						invalidateMessage(txn, id);
-						addDependentsToInvalidate(txn, id, invalidate);
+						invalidate = getDependentsToInvalidate(txn, id);
 					}
 				} else {
 					Metadata meta = context.getMetadata();
@@ -275,22 +294,25 @@ class ValidationManagerImpl implements ValidationManager, Service,
 						DeliveryResult result =
 								deliverMessage(txn, m, c, majorVersion, meta);
 						if (result.valid) {
-							addPendingDependents(txn, id, pending);
+							pending = getPendingDependents(txn, id);
 							if (result.share) {
 								db.setMessageShared(txn, id);
-								toShare.addAll(dependencies);
+								toShare = new LinkedList<>(dependencies);
 							}
 						} else {
-							addDependentsToInvalidate(txn, id, invalidate);
+							invalidate = getDependentsToInvalidate(txn, id);
 						}
 					} else {
 						db.setMessageState(txn, id, PENDING);
 					}
 				}
-			});
+				db.commitTransaction(txn);
-			if (!invalidate.isEmpty()) invalidateNextMessageAsync(invalidate);
+			} finally {
-			if (!pending.isEmpty()) deliverNextPendingMessageAsync(pending);
+				db.endTransaction(txn);
-			if (!toShare.isEmpty()) shareNextMessageAsync(toShare);
+			}
+			if (invalidate != null) invalidateNextMessageAsync(invalidate);
+			if (pending != null) deliverNextPendingMessageAsync(pending);
+			if (toShare != null) shareNextMessageAsync(toShare);
 		} catch (NoSuchMessageException e) {
 			LOG.info("Message removed during validation");
 		} catch (NoSuchGroupException e) {
@@ -320,12 +342,14 @@ class ValidationManagerImpl implements ValidationManager, Service,
 	}
 
 	@DatabaseExecutor
-	private void addPendingDependents(Transaction txn, MessageId m,
+	private Queue<MessageId> getPendingDependents(Transaction txn, MessageId m)
-			Queue<MessageId> pending) throws DbException {
+			throws DbException {
+		Queue<MessageId> pending = new LinkedList<>();
 		Map<MessageId, State> states = db.getMessageDependents(txn, m);
 		for (Entry<MessageId, State> e : states.entrySet()) {
 			if (e.getValue() == PENDING) pending.add(e.getKey());
 		}
+		return pending;
 	}
 
 	private void shareOutstandingMessagesAsync() {
@@ -335,8 +359,14 @@ class ValidationManagerImpl implements ValidationManager, Service,
 	@DatabaseExecutor
 	private void shareOutstandingMessages() {
 		try {
-			Queue<MessageId> toShare = new LinkedList<>(
+			Queue<MessageId> toShare = new LinkedList<>();
-					db.transactionWithResult(true, db::getMessagesToShare));
+			Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
+			try {
+				toShare.addAll(db.getMessagesToShare(txn));
+				db.commitTransaction(txn);
+			} finally {
+				db.endTransaction(txn);
+			}
 			shareNextMessageAsync(toShare);
 		} catch (DbException e) {
 			logException(LOG, WARNING, e);
@@ -357,12 +387,15 @@ class ValidationManagerImpl implements ValidationManager, Service,
 	@DatabaseExecutor
 	private void shareNextMessage(Queue<MessageId> toShare) {
 		try {
-			db.transaction(false, txn -> {
+			Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
+			try {
 				MessageId id = toShare.poll();
-				if (id == null) throw new AssertionError();
 				db.setMessageShared(txn, id);
 				toShare.addAll(db.getMessageDependencies(txn, id).keySet());
-			});
+				db.commitTransaction(txn);
+			} finally {
+				db.endTransaction(txn);
+			}
 			shareNextMessageAsync(toShare);
 		} catch (NoSuchMessageException e) {
 			LOG.info("Message removed before sharing");
@@ -383,14 +416,17 @@ class ValidationManagerImpl implements ValidationManager, Service,
 	@DatabaseExecutor
 	private void invalidateNextMessage(Queue<MessageId> invalidate) {
 		try {
-			db.transaction(false, txn -> {
+			Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
+			try {
 				MessageId id = invalidate.poll();
-				if (id == null) throw new AssertionError();
 				if (db.getMessageState(txn, id) != INVALID) {
 					invalidateMessage(txn, id);
-					addDependentsToInvalidate(txn, id, invalidate);
+					invalidate.addAll(getDependentsToInvalidate(txn, id));
 				}
-			});
+				db.commitTransaction(txn);
+			} finally {
+				db.endTransaction(txn);
+			}
 			invalidateNextMessageAsync(invalidate);
 		} catch (NoSuchMessageException e) {
 			LOG.info("Message removed before invalidation");
@@ -409,12 +445,14 @@ class ValidationManagerImpl implements ValidationManager, Service,
 	}
 
 	@DatabaseExecutor
-	private void addDependentsToInvalidate(Transaction txn,
+	private Queue<MessageId> getDependentsToInvalidate(Transaction txn,
-			MessageId m, Queue<MessageId> invalidate) throws DbException {
+			MessageId m) throws DbException {
+		Queue<MessageId> invalidate = new LinkedList<>();
 		Map<MessageId, State> states = db.getMessageDependents(txn, m);
 		for (Entry<MessageId, State> e : states.entrySet()) {
 			if (e.getValue() != INVALID) invalidate.add(e.getKey());
 		}
+		return invalidate;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -434,8 +472,14 @@ class ValidationManagerImpl implements ValidationManager, Service,
 	@DatabaseExecutor
 	private void loadGroupAndValidate(Message m) {
 		try {
-			Group g = db.transactionWithResult(true, txn ->
+			Group g;
-					db.getGroup(txn, m.getGroupId()));
+			Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(true);
+			try {
+				g = db.getGroup(txn, m.getGroupId());
+				db.commitTransaction(txn);
+			} finally {
+				db.endTransaction(txn);
+			}
 			validateMessageAsync(m, g);
 		} catch (NoSuchGroupException e) {
 			LOG.info("Group removed before validation");

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/transport/KeyManagerImpl.java

@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ class KeyManagerImpl implements KeyManager, Service, EventListener {
 		for (DuplexPluginFactory f : pluginConfig.getDuplexFactories())
 			transports.put(f.getId(), f.getMaxLatency());
 		try {
-			db.transaction(false, txn -> {
+			Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
+			try {
 				for (Contact c : db.getContacts(txn))
 					if (c.isActive()) activeContacts.put(c.getId(), true);
 				for (Entry<TransportId, Integer> e : transports.entrySet())
@@ -84,7 +85,10 @@ class KeyManagerImpl implements KeyManager, Service, EventListener {
 					managers.put(e.getKey(), m);
 					m.start(txn);
 				}
-			});
+				db.commitTransaction(txn);
+			} finally {
+				db.endTransaction(txn);
+			}
 		} catch (DbException e) {
 			throw new ServiceException(e);
 		}
@@ -137,8 +141,15 @@ class KeyManagerImpl implements KeyManager, Service, EventListener {
 			if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO)) LOG.info("No key manager for " + t);
 			return null;
 		}
-		return db.transactionWithNullableResult(false, txn ->
+		StreamContext ctx;
-				m.getStreamContext(txn, c));
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
+		try {
+			ctx = m.getStreamContext(txn, c);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
+		return ctx;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -149,8 +160,15 @@ class KeyManagerImpl implements KeyManager, Service, EventListener {
 			if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO)) LOG.info("No key manager for " + t);
 			return null;
 		}
-		return db.transactionWithNullableResult(false, txn ->
+		StreamContext ctx;
-				m.getStreamContext(txn, tag));
+		Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
+		try {
+			ctx = m.getStreamContext(txn, tag);
+			db.commitTransaction(txn);
+		} finally {
+			db.endTransaction(txn);
+		}
+		return ctx;
 	}
 
 	@Override

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/transport/TransportKeyManagerImpl.java

@@ -162,7 +162,13 @@ class TransportKeyManagerImpl implements TransportKeyManager {
 	private void rotateKeys() {
 		dbExecutor.execute(() -> {
 			try {
-				db.transaction(false, this::rotateKeys);
+				Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
+				try {
+					rotateKeys(txn);
+					db.commitTransaction(txn);
+				} finally {
+					db.endTransaction(txn);
+				}
 			} catch (DbException e) {
 				logException(LOG, WARNING, e);
 			}

bramble-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/versioning/ClientVersioningManagerImpl.java

@@ -123,12 +123,16 @@ class ClientVersioningManagerImpl implements ClientVersioningManager, Client,
 		List<ClientVersion> versions = new ArrayList<>(clients);
 		Collections.sort(versions);
 		try {
-			db.transaction(false, txn -> {
+			Transaction txn = db.startTransaction(false);
+			try {
 				if (updateClientVersions(txn, versions)) {
 					for (Contact c : db.getContacts(txn))
 						clientVersionsUpdated(txn, c, versions);
 				}
-			});
+				db.commitTransaction(txn);
+			} finally {
+				db.endTransaction(txn);
+			}
 		} catch (DbException e) {
 			throw new ServiceException(e);
 		}

bramble-core/src/main/resources/bridges

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-Bridge obfs4 78.46.188.239:37356 5A2D2F4158D0453E00C7C176978D3F41D69C45DB cert=3c0SwxpOisbohNxEc4tb875RVW8eOu1opRTVXJhafaKA/PNNtI7ElQIVOVZg1AdL5bxGCw iat-mode=0
+Bridge 131.252.210.150:8081 0E858AC201BF0F3FA3C462F64844CBFFC7297A42
-Bridge obfs4 52.15.78.72:9443 02069A3C5362476936B62BA6F5ACC41ABD573A9B cert=ijYG/OKc7kqu2YzKNFfeXN7/BG2BOgfEP2KyYEiGDQthnHbsOiTWHeIG0WJVW+BckzDgKw iat-mode=0
+Bridge 67.205.189.122:8443 12D64D5D44E20169585E7378580C0D33A872AD98
-Bridge obfs4 13.58.29.242:9443 0C58939A77DA6B6B29D4B5236A75865659607AE0 cert=OylWIEHb/ezpq1zWxW0sgKRn+9ARH2eOcQOZ8/Gew+4l+oKOhQ2jUX/Y+FSl61JorXZUWA iat-mode=0
+Bridge 45.32.148.146:8443 0CE016FB2462D8BF179AE71F7D702D09DEAC3F1D
-Bridge obfs4 45.33.37.112:9443 60A609BB4ABE8D46E634AE81ED29ADAB7776B399 cert=t5v19WmNv5Sc2YPNr8RQids365W7MY8zJwQVkOxBjUMFomMWARDzsbYpcWLLcw0J9Gm+BQ iat-mode=0
+Bridge 148.251.90.59:7510 019F727CA6DCA6CA5C90B55E477B7D87981E75BC
+Bridge 45.55.1.74:8443 6F18FEFBB0CAECD5ABA755312FCCB34FC11A7AB8
+Bridge 85.229.131.78:444 50E433CCC5FEC11CC34CB4D92033561E065EA106
+Bridge 178.62.62.193:8443 391B1F9B6A28A1C5FAE1872283985F975E5DB029
+Bridge 45.76.29.92:8443 ECF1DD51A46FDEF2C50CED992EEEAE8DED18DA0C

bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/client/ClientHelperImplTest.java

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.sync.Message;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.sync.MessageFactory;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.sync.MessageId;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.test.BrambleTestCase;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.test.DbExpectations;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.util.StringUtils;
 import org.jmock.Expectations;
 import org.jmock.Mockery;
@@ -86,11 +85,14 @@ public class ClientHelperImplTest extends BrambleTestCase {
 		boolean shared = new Random().nextBoolean();
 		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, false);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(metadataEncoder).encode(dictionary);
 			will(returnValue(metadata));
 			oneOf(db).addLocalMessage(txn, message, metadata, shared);
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		clientHelper.addLocalMessage(message, dictionary, shared);
@@ -114,10 +116,13 @@ public class ClientHelperImplTest extends BrambleTestCase {
 		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, true);
 
 		expectToList(true);
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getMessage(txn, messageId);
 			will(returnValue(message));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		clientHelper.getMessageAsList(messageId);
@@ -128,12 +133,15 @@ public class ClientHelperImplTest extends BrambleTestCase {
 	public void testGetGroupMetadataAsDictionary() throws Exception {
 		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, true);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getGroupMetadata(txn, groupId);
 			will(returnValue(metadata));
 			oneOf(metadataParser).parse(metadata);
 			will(returnValue(dictionary));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		assertEquals(dictionary,
@@ -145,12 +153,15 @@ public class ClientHelperImplTest extends BrambleTestCase {
 	public void testGetMessageMetadataAsDictionary() throws Exception {
 		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, true);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageMetadata(txn, messageId);
 			will(returnValue(metadata));
 			oneOf(metadataParser).parse(metadata);
 			will(returnValue(dictionary));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		assertEquals(dictionary,
@@ -164,12 +175,15 @@ public class ClientHelperImplTest extends BrambleTestCase {
 		map.put(messageId, dictionary);
 		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, true);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageMetadata(txn, groupId);
 			will(returnValue(Collections.singletonMap(messageId, metadata)));
 			oneOf(metadataParser).parse(metadata);
 			will(returnValue(dictionary));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		assertEquals(map, clientHelper.getMessageMetadataAsDictionary(groupId));
@@ -186,14 +200,17 @@ public class ClientHelperImplTest extends BrambleTestCase {
 		queryMetadata.put("query", getRandomBytes(42));
 		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, true);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(metadataEncoder).encode(query);
 			will(returnValue(queryMetadata));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageMetadata(txn, groupId, queryMetadata);
 			will(returnValue(Collections.singletonMap(messageId, metadata)));
 			oneOf(metadataParser).parse(metadata);
 			will(returnValue(dictionary));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		assertEquals(map,
@@ -205,11 +222,14 @@ public class ClientHelperImplTest extends BrambleTestCase {
 	public void testMergeGroupMetadata() throws Exception {
 		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, false);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(metadataEncoder).encode(dictionary);
 			will(returnValue(metadata));
 			oneOf(db).mergeGroupMetadata(txn, groupId, metadata);
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		clientHelper.mergeGroupMetadata(groupId, dictionary);
@@ -220,11 +240,14 @@ public class ClientHelperImplTest extends BrambleTestCase {
 	public void testMergeMessageMetadata() throws Exception {
 		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, false);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(metadataEncoder).encode(dictionary);
 			will(returnValue(metadata));
 			oneOf(db).mergeMessageMetadata(txn, messageId, metadata);
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		clientHelper.mergeMessageMetadata(messageId, dictionary);

bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/contact/ContactManagerImplTest.java

@@ -5,17 +5,12 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.contact.ContactId;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.contact.ContactManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.crypto.SecretKey;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DatabaseComponent;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DbException;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.NoSuchContactException;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.Transaction;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.Author;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorId;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorInfo;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.IdentityManager;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.LocalAuthor;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.transport.KeyManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.test.BrambleMockTestCase;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.test.DbExpectations;
 import org.jmock.Expectations;
 import org.jmock.Mockery;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -25,20 +20,10 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Random;
 
-import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
-import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorConstants.MAX_AUTHOR_NAME_LENGTH;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorInfo.Status.OURSELVES;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorInfo.Status.UNKNOWN;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorInfo.Status.UNVERIFIED;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorInfo.Status.VERIFIED;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getAuthor;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getLocalAuthor;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getRandomId;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getSecretKey;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.StringUtils.getRandomString;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 public class ContactManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
@@ -46,20 +31,16 @@ public class ContactManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 	private final Mockery context = new Mockery();
 	private final DatabaseComponent db = context.mock(DatabaseComponent.class);
 	private final KeyManager keyManager = context.mock(KeyManager.class);
-	private final IdentityManager identityManager =
-			context.mock(IdentityManager.class);
 	private final ContactManager contactManager;
 	private final ContactId contactId = new ContactId(42);
 	private final Author remote = getAuthor();
 	private final AuthorId local = new AuthorId(getRandomId());
-	private final LocalAuthor localAuthor = getLocalAuthor();
-	private final String alias = getRandomString(MAX_AUTHOR_NAME_LENGTH);
 	private final boolean verified = false, active = true;
 	private final Contact contact =
-			new Contact(contactId, remote, local, alias, verified, active);
+			new Contact(contactId, remote, local, verified, active);
 
 	public ContactManagerImplTest() {
-		contactManager = new ContactManagerImpl(db, keyManager, identityManager);
+		contactManager = new ContactManagerImpl(db, keyManager);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -69,14 +50,17 @@ public class ContactManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		boolean alice = new Random().nextBoolean();
 		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, false);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(false), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).addContact(txn, remote, local, verified, active);
 			will(returnValue(contactId));
 			oneOf(keyManager).addContact(txn, contactId, master, timestamp,
 					alice, active);
 			oneOf(db).getContact(txn, contactId);
 			will(returnValue(contact));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		assertEquals(contactId, contactManager.addContact(remote, local,
@@ -86,10 +70,13 @@ public class ContactManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 	@Test
 	public void testGetContact() throws Exception {
 		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, true);
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getContact(txn, contactId);
 			will(returnValue(contact));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		assertEquals(contact, contactManager.getContact(contactId));
@@ -99,10 +86,13 @@ public class ContactManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 	public void testGetContactByAuthor() throws Exception {
 		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, true);
 		Collection<Contact> contacts = Collections.singleton(contact);
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getContactsByAuthorId(txn, remote.getId());
 			will(returnValue(contacts));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		assertEquals(contact, contactManager.getContact(remote.getId(), local));
@@ -111,10 +101,12 @@ public class ContactManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 	@Test(expected = NoSuchContactException.class)
 	public void testGetContactByUnknownAuthor() throws Exception {
 		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, true);
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getContactsByAuthorId(txn, remote.getId());
-			will(returnValue(emptyList()));
+			will(returnValue(Collections.emptyList()));
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		contactManager.getContact(remote.getId(), local);
@@ -124,26 +116,30 @@ public class ContactManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 	public void testGetContactByUnknownLocalAuthor() throws Exception {
 		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, true);
 		Collection<Contact> contacts = Collections.singleton(contact);
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getContactsByAuthorId(txn, remote.getId());
 			will(returnValue(contacts));
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		contactManager.getContact(remote.getId(), new AuthorId(getRandomId()));
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testGetActiveContacts() throws Exception {
+	public void testActiveContacts() throws Exception {
 		Collection<Contact> activeContacts = Collections.singletonList(contact);
 		Collection<Contact> contacts = new ArrayList<>(activeContacts);
-		contacts.add(new Contact(new ContactId(3), remote, local, alias, true,
+		contacts.add(new Contact(new ContactId(3), remote, local, true, false));
-				false));
 		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, true);
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getContacts(txn);
 			will(returnValue(contacts));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		assertEquals(activeContacts, contactManager.getActiveContacts());
@@ -152,11 +148,14 @@ public class ContactManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 	@Test
 	public void testRemoveContact() throws Exception {
 		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, false);
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getContact(txn, contactId);
 			will(returnValue(contact));
 			oneOf(db).removeContact(txn, contactId);
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		contactManager.removeContact(contactId);
@@ -172,108 +171,19 @@ public class ContactManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		contactManager.setContactActive(txn, contactId, active);
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	public void testSetContactAlias() throws Exception {
-		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, false);
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn));
-			oneOf(db).setContactAlias(txn, contactId, alias);
-		}});
-
-		contactManager.setContactAlias(contactId, alias);
-	}
-
-	@Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
-	public void testSetContactAliasTooLong() throws Exception {
-		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, false);
-		contactManager.setContactAlias(txn, contactId,
-				getRandomString(MAX_AUTHOR_NAME_LENGTH + 1));
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void testContactExists() throws Exception {
 		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, true);
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).containsContact(txn, remote.getId(), local);
 			will(returnValue(true));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		assertTrue(contactManager.contactExists(remote.getId(), local));
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	public void testGetAuthorInfo() throws Exception {
-		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, true);
-		Collection<Contact> contacts = singletonList(
-				new Contact(new ContactId(1), remote, localAuthor.getId(),
-						alias, false, true));
-
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
-			oneOf(identityManager).getLocalAuthor(txn);
-			will(returnValue(localAuthor));
-			oneOf(db).getContactsByAuthorId(txn, remote.getId());
-			will(returnValue(contacts));
-		}});
-		AuthorInfo authorInfo =
-				contactManager.getAuthorInfo(txn, remote.getId());
-		assertEquals(UNVERIFIED, authorInfo.getStatus());
-		assertEquals(alias, contact.getAlias());
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void testGetAuthorInfoTransaction() throws DbException {
-		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, true);
-
-		// check unknown author
-		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(identityManager).getLocalAuthor(txn);
-			will(returnValue(localAuthor));
-			oneOf(db).getContactsByAuthorId(txn, remote.getId());
-			will(returnValue(emptyList()));
-		}});
-		AuthorInfo authorInfo =
-				contactManager.getAuthorInfo(txn, remote.getId());
-		assertEquals(UNKNOWN, authorInfo.getStatus());
-		assertNull(authorInfo.getAlias());
-
-		// check unverified contact
-		Collection<Contact> contacts = singletonList(
-				new Contact(new ContactId(1), remote, localAuthor.getId(),
-						alias, false, true));
-		checkAuthorInfoContext(txn, remote.getId(), contacts);
-		authorInfo = contactManager.getAuthorInfo(txn, remote.getId());
-		assertEquals(UNVERIFIED, authorInfo.getStatus());
-		assertEquals(alias, contact.getAlias());
-
-		// check verified contact
-		contacts = singletonList(new Contact(new ContactId(1), remote,
-				localAuthor.getId(), alias, true, true));
-		checkAuthorInfoContext(txn, remote.getId(), contacts);
-		authorInfo = contactManager.getAuthorInfo(txn, remote.getId());
-		assertEquals(VERIFIED, authorInfo.getStatus());
-		assertEquals(alias, contact.getAlias());
-
-		// check ourselves
-		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(identityManager).getLocalAuthor(txn);
-			will(returnValue(localAuthor));
-			never(db).getContactsByAuthorId(txn, remote.getId());
-		}});
-		authorInfo = contactManager.getAuthorInfo(txn, localAuthor.getId());
-		assertEquals(OURSELVES, authorInfo.getStatus());
-		assertNull(authorInfo.getAlias());
-	}
-
-	private void checkAuthorInfoContext(Transaction txn, AuthorId authorId,
-			Collection<Contact> contacts) throws DbException {
-		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(identityManager).getLocalAuthor(txn);
-			will(returnValue(localAuthor));
-			oneOf(db).getContactsByAuthorId(txn, authorId);
-			will(returnValue(contacts));
-		}});
-	}
-
 }

bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/data/BdfReaderImplFuzzingTest.java

@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-package org.briarproject.bramble.data;
-
-import org.briarproject.bramble.test.BrambleTestCase;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.util.Random;
-
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.data.BdfReader.DEFAULT_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.data.BdfReader.DEFAULT_NESTED_LIMIT;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.isOptionalTestEnabled;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
-
-public class BdfReaderImplFuzzingTest extends BrambleTestCase {
-
-	@Before
-	public void setUp() {
-		assumeTrue(isOptionalTestEnabled(BdfReaderImplFuzzingTest.class));
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void testStringFuzzing() throws Exception {
-		Random random = new Random();
-		byte[] buf = new byte[22];
-		ByteArrayInputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(buf);
-		for (int i = 0; i < 100_000_000; i++) {
-			random.nextBytes(buf);
-			buf[0] = 0x41; // String with 1-byte length
-			buf[1] = 0x14; // Length 20 bytes
-			in.reset();
-			BdfReaderImpl r = new BdfReaderImpl(in, DEFAULT_NESTED_LIMIT,
-					DEFAULT_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE);
-			int length = r.readString().length();
-			assertTrue(length >= 0);
-			assertTrue(length <= 20);
-			assertTrue(r.eof());
-		}
-	}
-}

bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/db/JdbcDatabaseTest.java

@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonMap;
 import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.Metadata.REMOVE;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorConstants.MAX_AUTHOR_NAME_LENGTH;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.sync.Group.Visibility.INVISIBLE;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.sync.Group.Visibility.SHARED;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.sync.Group.Visibility.VISIBLE;
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getRandomId;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getSecretKey;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getTestDirectory;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getTransportId;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.StringUtils.getRandomString;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
@@ -1715,39 +1713,6 @@ public abstract class JdbcDatabaseTest extends BrambleTestCase {
 		db.close();
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	public void testSetContactAlias() throws Exception {
-		Database<Connection> db = open(false);
-		Connection txn = db.startTransaction();
-
-		// Add a contact
-		db.addLocalAuthor(txn, localAuthor);
-		assertEquals(contactId, db.addContact(txn, author, localAuthor.getId(),
-				true, true));
-
-		// The contact should have no alias
-		Contact contact = db.getContact(txn, contactId);
-		assertNull(contact.getAlias());
-
-		// Set a contact alias
-		String alias = getRandomString(MAX_AUTHOR_NAME_LENGTH);
-		db.setContactAlias(txn, contactId, alias);
-
-		// The contact should have an alias
-		contact = db.getContact(txn, contactId);
-		assertEquals(alias, contact.getAlias());
-
-		// Set the contact alias null
-		db.setContactAlias(txn, contactId, null);
-
-		// The contact should have no alias
-		contact = db.getContact(txn, contactId);
-		assertNull(contact.getAlias());
-
-		db.commitTransaction(txn);
-		db.close();
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void testSetMessageState() throws Exception {
 		Database<Connection> db = open(false);

bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/identity/IdentityManagerImplTest.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.briarproject.bramble.identity;
 
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.contact.Contact;
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.contact.ContactId;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.crypto.CryptoComponent;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.crypto.KeyPair;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.crypto.PrivateKey;
@@ -7,18 +9,25 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.crypto.PublicKey;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DatabaseComponent;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DbException;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.Transaction;
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.Author;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorFactory;
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorId;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.IdentityManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.LocalAuthor;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.test.BrambleMockTestCase;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.test.DbExpectations;
 import org.jmock.Expectations;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 
+import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.Author.Status.OURSELVES;
+import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.Author.Status.UNKNOWN;
+import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.Author.Status.UNVERIFIED;
+import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.Author.Status.VERIFIED;
+import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getAuthor;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getLocalAuthor;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
@@ -65,10 +74,13 @@ public class IdentityManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testRegisterAndStoreLocalAuthor() throws Exception {
+	public void testRegisterAndStoreLocalAuthor() throws DbException {
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).addLocalAuthor(txn, localAuthor);
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		identityManager.registerLocalAuthor(localAuthor);
@@ -77,11 +89,14 @@ public class IdentityManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testGetLocalAuthor() throws Exception {
+	public void testGetLocalAuthor() throws DbException {
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getLocalAuthors(txn);
 			will(returnValue(localAuthors));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 		assertEquals(localAuthor, identityManager.getLocalAuthor());
 	}
@@ -92,4 +107,60 @@ public class IdentityManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		assertEquals(localAuthor, identityManager.getLocalAuthor());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testGetAuthorStatus() throws DbException {
+		Author author = getAuthor();
+		AuthorId authorId = author.getId();
+		Collection<Contact> contacts = new ArrayList<>();
+
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
+			oneOf(db).getLocalAuthors(txn);
+			will(returnValue(localAuthors));
+			oneOf(db).getContactsByAuthorId(txn, authorId);
+			will(returnValue(contacts));
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
+		}});
+		assertEquals(UNKNOWN, identityManager.getAuthorStatus(authorId));
+
+		// add one unverified contact
+		Contact contact = new Contact(new ContactId(1), author,
+				localAuthor.getId(), false, true);
+		contacts.add(contact);
+
+		checkAuthorStatusContext(authorId, contacts);
+		assertEquals(UNVERIFIED, identityManager.getAuthorStatus(authorId));
+
+		// add one verified contact
+		Contact contact2 = new Contact(new ContactId(1), author,
+				localAuthor.getId(), true, true);
+		contacts.add(contact2);
+
+		checkAuthorStatusContext(authorId, contacts);
+		assertEquals(VERIFIED, identityManager.getAuthorStatus(authorId));
+
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
+			never(db).getLocalAuthors(txn);
+			never(db).getContactsByAuthorId(txn, authorId);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
+		}});
+		assertEquals(OURSELVES,
+				identityManager.getAuthorStatus(localAuthor.getId()));
+	}
+
+	private void checkAuthorStatusContext(AuthorId authorId,
+			Collection<Contact> contacts) throws DbException {
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
+			never(db).getLocalAuthors(txn);
+			oneOf(db).getContactsByAuthorId(txn, authorId);
+			will(returnValue(contacts));
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
+		}});
+	}
+
 }

bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/properties/TransportPropertyManagerImplTest.java

@@ -21,18 +21,16 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.sync.MessageId;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.system.Clock;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.versioning.ClientVersioningManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.test.BrambleMockTestCase;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.test.DbExpectations;
 import org.jmock.Expectations;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
-import static java.util.Collections.singletonMap;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.properties.TransportPropertyManager.CLIENT_ID;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.properties.TransportPropertyManager.MAJOR_VERSION;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.sync.Group.Visibility.SHARED;
@@ -41,7 +39,6 @@ import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getGroup;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getLocalAuthor;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getMessage;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getRandomId;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.StringUtils.getRandomString;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 
@@ -353,11 +350,14 @@ public class TransportPropertyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 				new BdfEntry("local", true)
 		));
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(clientHelper).getMessageMetadataAsDictionary(txn,
 					localGroup.getId());
 			will(returnValue(messageMetadata));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		TransportPropertyManagerImpl t = createInstance();
@@ -385,8 +385,9 @@ public class TransportPropertyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		));
 		BdfList fooUpdate = BdfList.of("foo", 1, fooPropertiesDict);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(clientHelper).getMessageMetadataAsDictionary(txn,
 					localGroup.getId());
 			will(returnValue(messageMetadata));
@@ -395,6 +396,8 @@ public class TransportPropertyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			oneOf(clientHelper).parseAndValidateTransportProperties(
 					fooPropertiesDict);
 			will(returnValue(fooProperties));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		TransportPropertyManagerImpl t = createInstance();
@@ -409,7 +412,8 @@ public class TransportPropertyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		Contact contact1 = getContact(false);
 		Contact contact2 = getContact(true);
 		Contact contact3 = getContact(true);
-		List<Contact> contacts = asList(contact1, contact2, contact3);
+		List<Contact> contacts =
+				Arrays.asList(contact1, contact2, contact3);
 		Group contactGroup2 = getGroup(CLIENT_ID, MAJOR_VERSION);
 		Group contactGroup3 = getGroup(CLIENT_ID, MAJOR_VERSION);
 		Map<MessageId, BdfDictionary> messageMetadata3 =
@@ -437,8 +441,9 @@ public class TransportPropertyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		));
 		BdfList fooUpdate = BdfList.of("foo", 1, fooPropertiesDict);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getContacts(txn);
 			will(returnValue(contacts));
 			// First contact: skipped because not active
@@ -461,6 +466,8 @@ public class TransportPropertyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			oneOf(clientHelper).parseAndValidateTransportProperties(
 					fooPropertiesDict);
 			will(returnValue(fooProperties));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		TransportPropertyManagerImpl t = createInstance();
@@ -477,16 +484,17 @@ public class TransportPropertyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			throws Exception {
 		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, false);
 		MessageId updateId = new MessageId(getRandomId());
-		Map<MessageId, BdfDictionary> messageMetadata = singletonMap(updateId,
+		Map<MessageId, BdfDictionary> messageMetadata =
-				BdfDictionary.of(
+				Collections.singletonMap(updateId, BdfDictionary.of(
 						new BdfEntry("transportId", "foo"),
 						new BdfEntry("version", 1),
 						new BdfEntry("local", true)
 				));
 		BdfList update = BdfList.of("foo", 1, fooPropertiesDict);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			// Merge the new properties with the existing properties
 			oneOf(clientHelper).getMessageMetadataAsDictionary(txn,
 					localGroup.getId());
@@ -497,6 +505,8 @@ public class TransportPropertyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 					fooPropertiesDict);
 			will(returnValue(fooProperties));
 			// Properties are unchanged so we're done
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		TransportPropertyManagerImpl t = createInstance();
@@ -509,8 +519,9 @@ public class TransportPropertyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		Contact contact = getContact(true);
 		Group contactGroup = getGroup(CLIENT_ID, MAJOR_VERSION);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			// There are no existing properties to merge with
 			oneOf(clientHelper).getMessageMetadataAsDictionary(txn,
 					localGroup.getId());
@@ -529,6 +540,8 @@ public class TransportPropertyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			will(returnValue(Collections.emptyMap()));
 			expectStoreMessage(txn, contactGroup.getId(), "foo",
 					fooPropertiesDict, 1, true, true);
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		TransportPropertyManagerImpl t = createInstance();
@@ -547,10 +560,10 @@ public class TransportPropertyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		);
 		MessageId localGroupUpdateId = new MessageId(getRandomId());
 		Map<MessageId, BdfDictionary> localGroupMessageMetadata =
-				singletonMap(localGroupUpdateId, oldMetadata);
+				Collections.singletonMap(localGroupUpdateId, oldMetadata);
 		MessageId contactGroupUpdateId = new MessageId(getRandomId());
 		Map<MessageId, BdfDictionary> contactGroupMessageMetadata =
-				singletonMap(contactGroupUpdateId, oldMetadata);
+				Collections.singletonMap(contactGroupUpdateId, oldMetadata);
 		TransportProperties oldProperties = new TransportProperties();
 		oldProperties.put("fooKey1", "oldFooValue1");
 		BdfDictionary oldPropertiesDict = BdfDictionary.of(
@@ -558,8 +571,9 @@ public class TransportPropertyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		);
 		BdfList oldUpdate = BdfList.of("foo", 1, oldPropertiesDict);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			// Merge the new properties with the existing properties
 			oneOf(clientHelper).getMessageMetadataAsDictionary(txn,
 					localGroup.getId());
@@ -587,6 +601,8 @@ public class TransportPropertyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 					fooPropertiesDict, 2, true, true);
 			// Delete the previous update
 			oneOf(db).removeMessage(txn, contactGroupUpdateId);
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		TransportPropertyManagerImpl t = createInstance();
@@ -596,7 +612,7 @@ public class TransportPropertyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 	private Contact getContact(boolean active) {
 		ContactId c = new ContactId(nextContactId++);
 		return new Contact(c, getAuthor(), localAuthor.getId(),
-				getRandomString(5), true, active);
+				true, active);
 	}
 
 	private void expectGetLocalProperties(Transaction txn) throws Exception {

bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/sync/SimplexOutgoingSessionTest.java

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.sync.MessageId;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.sync.SyncRecordWriter;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.transport.StreamWriter;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.test.BrambleMockTestCase;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.test.DbExpectations;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.test.ImmediateExecutor;
+import org.jmock.Expectations;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
@@ -45,20 +45,24 @@ public class SimplexOutgoingSessionTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		Transaction noAckTxn = new Transaction(null, false);
 		Transaction noMsgTxn = new Transaction(null, false);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
 			// Add listener
 			oneOf(eventBus).addListener(session);
 			// No acks to send
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithNullableResult(with(false),
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
-					withNullableDbCallable(noAckTxn));
+			will(returnValue(noAckTxn));
 			oneOf(db).generateAck(noAckTxn, contactId, MAX_MESSAGE_IDS);
 			will(returnValue(null));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(noAckTxn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(noAckTxn);
 			// No messages to send
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithNullableResult(with(false),
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
-					withNullableDbCallable(noMsgTxn));
+			will(returnValue(noMsgTxn));
 			oneOf(db).generateBatch(with(noMsgTxn), with(contactId),
 					with(any(int.class)), with(MAX_LATENCY));
 			will(returnValue(null));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(noMsgTxn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(noMsgTxn);
 			// Send the end of stream marker
 			oneOf(streamWriter).sendEndOfStream();
 			// Remove listener
@@ -79,33 +83,41 @@ public class SimplexOutgoingSessionTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		Transaction msgTxn = new Transaction(null, false);
 		Transaction noMsgTxn = new Transaction(null, false);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
 			// Add listener
 			oneOf(eventBus).addListener(session);
 			// One ack to send
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithNullableResult(with(false),
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
-					withNullableDbCallable(ackTxn));
+			will(returnValue(ackTxn));
 			oneOf(db).generateAck(ackTxn, contactId, MAX_MESSAGE_IDS);
 			will(returnValue(ack));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(ackTxn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(ackTxn);
 			oneOf(recordWriter).writeAck(ack);
 			// One message to send
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithNullableResult(with(false),
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
-					withNullableDbCallable(msgTxn));
+			will(returnValue(msgTxn));
 			oneOf(db).generateBatch(with(msgTxn), with(contactId),
 					with(any(int.class)), with(MAX_LATENCY));
 			will(returnValue(singletonList(message)));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(msgTxn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(msgTxn);
 			oneOf(recordWriter).writeMessage(message);
 			// No more acks
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithNullableResult(with(false),
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
-					withNullableDbCallable(noAckTxn));
+			will(returnValue(noAckTxn));
 			oneOf(db).generateAck(noAckTxn, contactId, MAX_MESSAGE_IDS);
 			will(returnValue(null));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(noAckTxn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(noAckTxn);
 			// No more messages
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithNullableResult(with(false),
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
-					withNullableDbCallable(noMsgTxn));
+			will(returnValue(noMsgTxn));
 			oneOf(db).generateBatch(with(noMsgTxn), with(contactId),
 					with(any(int.class)), with(MAX_LATENCY));
 			will(returnValue(null));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(noMsgTxn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(noMsgTxn);
 			// Send the end of stream marker
 			oneOf(streamWriter).sendEndOfStream();
 			// Remove listener

bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/sync/ValidationManagerImplTest.java

@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.sync.ValidationManager.MessageValidator;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.sync.ValidationManager.State;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.sync.event.MessageAddedEvent;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.test.BrambleMockTestCase;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.test.DbExpectations;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.test.ImmediateExecutor;
+import org.jmock.Expectations;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 
-import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
@@ -83,19 +83,28 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		Transaction txn1 = new Transaction(null, true);
 		Transaction txn2 = new Transaction(null, true);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
 			// validateOutstandingMessages()
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getMessagesToValidate(txn);
 			will(returnValue(emptyList()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 			// deliverOutstandingMessages()
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn1));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn1));
 			oneOf(db).getPendingMessages(txn1);
 			will(returnValue(emptyList()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn1);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn1);
 			// shareOutstandingMessages()
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn2));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn2));
 			oneOf(db).getMessagesToShare(txn2);
 			will(returnValue(emptyList()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn2);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn2);
 		}});
 
 		vm.startService();
@@ -112,22 +121,29 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		Transaction txn5 = new Transaction(null, true);
 		Transaction txn6 = new Transaction(null, true);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
 			// Get messages to validate
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getMessagesToValidate(txn);
-			will(returnValue(asList(messageId, messageId1)));
+			will(returnValue(Arrays.asList(messageId, messageId1)));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 			// Load the first raw message and group
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn1));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn1));
 			oneOf(db).getMessage(txn1, messageId);
 			will(returnValue(message));
 			oneOf(db).getGroup(txn1, groupId);
 			will(returnValue(group));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn1);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn1);
 			// Validate the first message: valid
 			oneOf(validator).validateMessage(message, group);
 			will(returnValue(validResult));
 			// Store the validation result for the first message
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn2));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn2));
 			oneOf(db).mergeMessageMetadata(txn2, messageId, metadata);
 			// Deliver the first message
 			oneOf(hook).incomingMessage(txn2, message, metadata);
@@ -136,17 +152,23 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			// Get any pending dependents
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependents(txn2, messageId);
 			will(returnValue(emptyMap()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn2);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn2);
 			// Load the second raw message and group
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn3));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn3));
 			oneOf(db).getMessage(txn3, messageId1);
 			will(returnValue(message1));
 			oneOf(db).getGroup(txn3, groupId);
 			will(returnValue(group));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn3);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn3);
 			// Validate the second message: invalid
 			oneOf(validator).validateMessage(message1, group);
 			will(throwException(new InvalidMessageException()));
 			// Store the validation result for the second message
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn4));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn4));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageState(txn4, messageId1);
 			will(returnValue(UNKNOWN));
 			oneOf(db).setMessageState(txn4, messageId1, INVALID);
@@ -155,14 +177,22 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			// Recursively invalidate any dependents
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependents(txn4, messageId1);
 			will(returnValue(emptyMap()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn4);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn4);
 			// Get pending messages to deliver
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn5));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn5));
 			oneOf(db).getPendingMessages(txn5);
 			will(returnValue(emptyList()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn5);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn5);
 			// Get messages to share
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn6));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn6));
 			oneOf(db).getMessagesToShare(txn6);
 			will(returnValue(emptyList()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn6);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn6);
 		}});
 
 		vm.startService();
@@ -176,17 +206,24 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		Transaction txn3 = new Transaction(null, false);
 		Transaction txn4 = new Transaction(null, true);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
 			// Get messages to validate
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getMessagesToValidate(txn);
 			will(returnValue(emptyList()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 			// Get pending messages to deliver
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn1));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn1));
 			oneOf(db).getPendingMessages(txn1);
 			will(returnValue(singletonList(messageId)));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn1);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn1);
 			// Check whether the message is ready to deliver
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn2));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn2));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageState(txn2, messageId);
 			will(returnValue(PENDING));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependencies(txn2, messageId);
@@ -205,8 +242,11 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			// Get any pending dependents
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependents(txn2, messageId);
 			will(returnValue(singletonMap(messageId2, PENDING)));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn2);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn2);
 			// Check whether the dependent is ready to deliver
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn3));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn3));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageState(txn3, messageId2);
 			will(returnValue(PENDING));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependencies(txn3, messageId2);
@@ -225,11 +265,16 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			// Get any pending dependents
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependents(txn3, messageId2);
 			will(returnValue(emptyMap()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn3);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn3);
 
 			// Get messages to share
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn4));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn4));
 			oneOf(db).getMessagesToShare(txn4);
 			will(returnValue(emptyList()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn4);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn4);
 		}});
 
 		vm.startService();
@@ -243,30 +288,45 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		Transaction txn3 = new Transaction(null, false);
 		Transaction txn4 = new Transaction(null, false);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
 			// No messages to validate
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getMessagesToValidate(txn);
 			will(returnValue(emptyList()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 			// No pending messages to deliver
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn1));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn1));
 			oneOf(db).getPendingMessages(txn1);
 			will(returnValue(emptyList()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn1);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn1);
 
 			// Get messages to share
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn2));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn2));
 			oneOf(db).getMessagesToShare(txn2);
 			will(returnValue(singletonList(messageId)));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn2);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn2);
 			// Share message and get dependencies
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn3));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn3));
 			oneOf(db).setMessageShared(txn3, messageId);
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependencies(txn3, messageId);
 			will(returnValue(singletonMap(messageId2, DELIVERED)));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn3);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn3);
 			// Share dependency
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn4));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn4));
 			oneOf(db).setMessageShared(txn4, messageId2);
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependencies(txn4, messageId2);
 			will(returnValue(emptyMap()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn4);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn4);
 		}});
 
 		vm.startService();
@@ -278,16 +338,20 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		Transaction txn1 = new Transaction(null, false);
 		Transaction txn2 = new Transaction(null, false);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
 			// Load the group
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getGroup(txn, groupId);
 			will(returnValue(group));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 			// Validate the message: valid
 			oneOf(validator).validateMessage(message, group);
 			will(returnValue(validResultWithDependencies));
 			// Store the validation result
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn1));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn1));
 			oneOf(db).addMessageDependencies(txn1, message,
 					validResultWithDependencies.getDependencies());
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependencies(txn1, messageId);
@@ -302,11 +366,16 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			will(returnValue(emptyMap()));
 			// Share message
 			oneOf(db).setMessageShared(txn1, messageId);
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn1);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn1);
 			// Share dependencies
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn2));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn2));
 			oneOf(db).setMessageShared(txn2, messageId1);
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependencies(txn2, messageId1);
 			will(returnValue(emptyMap()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn2);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn2);
 		}});
 
 		vm.eventOccurred(new MessageAddedEvent(message, contactId));
@@ -322,26 +391,36 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		Transaction txn4 = new Transaction(null, true);
 		Transaction txn5 = new Transaction(null, true);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
 			// Get messages to validate
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getMessagesToValidate(txn);
-			will(returnValue(asList(messageId, messageId1)));
+			will(returnValue(Arrays.asList(messageId, messageId1)));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 			// Load the first raw message - *gasp* it's gone!
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn1));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn1));
 			oneOf(db).getMessage(txn1, messageId);
 			will(throwException(new NoSuchMessageException()));
+			never(db).commitTransaction(txn1);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn1);
 			// Load the second raw message and group
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn2));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn2));
 			oneOf(db).getMessage(txn2, messageId1);
 			will(returnValue(message1));
 			oneOf(db).getGroup(txn2, groupId);
 			will(returnValue(group));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn2);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn2);
 			// Validate the second message: invalid
 			oneOf(validator).validateMessage(message1, group);
 			will(throwException(new InvalidMessageException()));
 			// Invalidate the second message
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn3));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn3));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageState(txn3, messageId1);
 			will(returnValue(UNKNOWN));
 			oneOf(db).setMessageState(txn3, messageId1, INVALID);
@@ -350,14 +429,22 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			// Recursively invalidate dependents
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependents(txn3, messageId1);
 			will(returnValue(emptyMap()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn3);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn3);
 			// Get pending messages to deliver
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn4));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn4));
 			oneOf(db).getPendingMessages(txn4);
 			will(returnValue(emptyList()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn4);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn4);
 			// Get messages to share
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn5));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn5));
 			oneOf(db).getMessagesToShare(txn5);
 			will(returnValue(emptyList()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn5);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn5);
 		}});
 
 		vm.startService();
@@ -373,29 +460,39 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		Transaction txn4 = new Transaction(null, true);
 		Transaction txn5 = new Transaction(null, true);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
 			// Get messages to validate
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getMessagesToValidate(txn);
-			will(returnValue(asList(messageId, messageId1)));
+			will(returnValue(Arrays.asList(messageId, messageId1)));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 			// Load the first raw message
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn1));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn1));
 			oneOf(db).getMessage(txn1, messageId);
 			will(returnValue(message));
 			// Load the group - *gasp* it's gone!
 			oneOf(db).getGroup(txn1, groupId);
 			will(throwException(new NoSuchGroupException()));
+			never(db).commitTransaction(txn1);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn1);
 			// Load the second raw message and group
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn2));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn2));
 			oneOf(db).getMessage(txn2, messageId1);
 			will(returnValue(message1));
 			oneOf(db).getGroup(txn2, groupId);
 			will(returnValue(group));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn2);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn2);
 			// Validate the second message: invalid
 			oneOf(validator).validateMessage(message1, group);
 			will(throwException(new InvalidMessageException()));
 			// Store the validation result for the second message
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn3));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn3));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageState(txn3, messageId1);
 			will(returnValue(UNKNOWN));
 			oneOf(db).setMessageState(txn3, messageId1, INVALID);
@@ -404,14 +501,22 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			// Recursively invalidate dependents
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependents(txn3, messageId1);
 			will(returnValue(emptyMap()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn3);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn3);
 			// Get pending messages to deliver
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn4));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn4));
 			oneOf(db).getPendingMessages(txn4);
 			will(returnValue(emptyList()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn4);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn4);
 			// Get messages to share
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn5));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn5));
 			oneOf(db).getMessagesToShare(txn5);
 			will(returnValue(emptyList()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn5);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn5);
 		}});
 
 		vm.startService();
@@ -422,16 +527,20 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, true);
 		Transaction txn1 = new Transaction(null, false);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
 			// Load the group
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getGroup(txn, groupId);
 			will(returnValue(group));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 			// Validate the message: valid
 			oneOf(validator).validateMessage(message, group);
 			will(returnValue(validResult));
 			// Store the validation result
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn1));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn1));
 			oneOf(db).mergeMessageMetadata(txn1, messageId, metadata);
 			// Deliver the message
 			oneOf(hook).incomingMessage(txn1, message, metadata);
@@ -440,6 +549,8 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			// Get any pending dependents
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependents(txn1, messageId);
 			will(returnValue(emptyMap()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn1);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn1);
 		}});
 
 		vm.eventOccurred(new MessageAddedEvent(message, contactId));
@@ -456,22 +567,28 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, true);
 		Transaction txn1 = new Transaction(null, false);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
 			// Load the group
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getGroup(txn, groupId);
 			will(returnValue(group));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 			// Validate the message: valid
 			oneOf(validator).validateMessage(message, group);
 			will(returnValue(validResultWithDependencies));
 			// Store the validation result
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn1));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn1));
 			oneOf(db).addMessageDependencies(txn1, message,
 					validResultWithDependencies.getDependencies());
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependencies(txn1, messageId);
 			will(returnValue(singletonMap(messageId1, UNKNOWN)));
 			oneOf(db).mergeMessageMetadata(txn1, messageId, metadata);
 			oneOf(db).setMessageState(txn1, messageId, PENDING);
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn1);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn1);
 		}});
 
 		vm.eventOccurred(new MessageAddedEvent(message, contactId));
@@ -483,16 +600,20 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, true);
 		Transaction txn1 = new Transaction(null, false);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
 			// Load the group
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getGroup(txn, groupId);
 			will(returnValue(group));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 			// Validate the message: valid
 			oneOf(validator).validateMessage(message, group);
 			will(returnValue(validResultWithDependencies));
 			// Store the validation result
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn1));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn1));
 			oneOf(db).addMessageDependencies(txn1, message,
 					validResultWithDependencies.getDependencies());
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependencies(txn1, messageId);
@@ -505,6 +626,8 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			// Get any pending dependents
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependents(txn1, messageId);
 			will(returnValue(emptyMap()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn1);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn1);
 		}});
 
 		vm.eventOccurred(new MessageAddedEvent(message, contactId));
@@ -517,16 +640,20 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		Transaction txn1 = new Transaction(null, false);
 		Transaction txn2 = new Transaction(null, false);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
 			// Load the group
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getGroup(txn, groupId);
 			will(returnValue(group));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 			// Validate the message: valid
 			oneOf(validator).validateMessage(message, group);
 			will(returnValue(validResultWithDependencies));
 			// Store the validation result
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn1));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn1));
 			oneOf(db).addMessageDependencies(txn1, message,
 					validResultWithDependencies.getDependencies());
 			// Check for invalid dependencies
@@ -541,8 +668,11 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			// Recursively invalidate dependents
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependents(txn1, messageId);
 			will(returnValue(singletonMap(messageId2, UNKNOWN)));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn1);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn1);
 			// Invalidate dependent in a new transaction
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn2));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn2));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageState(txn2, messageId2);
 			will(returnValue(UNKNOWN));
 			oneOf(db).setMessageState(txn2, messageId2, INVALID);
@@ -550,6 +680,8 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			oneOf(db).deleteMessageMetadata(txn2, messageId2);
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependents(txn2, messageId2);
 			will(returnValue(emptyMap()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn2);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn2);
 		}});
 
 		vm.eventOccurred(new MessageAddedEvent(message, contactId));
@@ -570,16 +702,20 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		Transaction txn5 = new Transaction(null, false);
 		Transaction txn6 = new Transaction(null, false);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
 			// Load the group
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getGroup(txn, groupId);
 			will(returnValue(group));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 			// Validate the message: invalid
 			oneOf(validator).validateMessage(message, group);
 			will(throwException(new InvalidMessageException()));
 			// Invalidate the message
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn1));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn1));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageState(txn1, messageId);
 			will(returnValue(UNKNOWN));
 			oneOf(db).setMessageState(txn1, messageId, INVALID);
@@ -588,8 +724,11 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			// The message has two dependents: 1 and 2
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependents(txn1, messageId);
 			will(returnValue(twoDependents));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn1);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn1);
 			// Invalidate message 1
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn2));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn2));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageState(txn2, messageId1);
 			will(returnValue(PENDING));
 			oneOf(db).setMessageState(txn2, messageId1, INVALID);
@@ -598,8 +737,11 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			// Message 1 has one dependent: 3
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependents(txn2, messageId1);
 			will(returnValue(singletonMap(messageId3, PENDING)));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn2);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn2);
 			// Invalidate message 2
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn3));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn3));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageState(txn3, messageId2);
 			will(returnValue(PENDING));
 			oneOf(db).setMessageState(txn3, messageId2, INVALID);
@@ -608,8 +750,11 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			// Message 2 has one dependent: 3 (same dependent as 1)
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependents(txn3, messageId2);
 			will(returnValue(singletonMap(messageId3, PENDING)));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn3);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn3);
 			// Invalidate message 3 (via 1)
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn4));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn4));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageState(txn4, messageId3);
 			will(returnValue(PENDING));
 			oneOf(db).setMessageState(txn4, messageId3, INVALID);
@@ -618,12 +763,18 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			// Message 3 has one dependent: 4
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependents(txn4, messageId3);
 			will(returnValue(singletonMap(messageId4, PENDING)));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn4);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn4);
 			// Invalidate message 3 (again, via 2)
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn5));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn5));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageState(txn5, messageId3);
 			will(returnValue(INVALID)); // Already invalidated
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn5);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn5);
 			// Invalidate message 4 (via 1 and 3)
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn6));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn6));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageState(txn6, messageId4);
 			will(returnValue(PENDING));
 			oneOf(db).setMessageState(txn6, messageId4, INVALID);
@@ -632,6 +783,8 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			// Message 4 has no dependents
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependents(txn6, messageId4);
 			will(returnValue(emptyMap()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn6);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn6);
 		}});
 
 		vm.eventOccurred(new MessageAddedEvent(message, contactId));
@@ -657,16 +810,20 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		Transaction txn5 = new Transaction(null, false);
 		Transaction txn6 = new Transaction(null, false);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
 			// Load the group
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getGroup(txn, groupId);
 			will(returnValue(group));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 			// Validate the message: valid
 			oneOf(validator).validateMessage(message, group);
 			will(returnValue(validResult));
 			// Store the validation result
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn1));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn1));
 			oneOf(db).mergeMessageMetadata(txn1, messageId, metadata);
 			// Deliver the message
 			oneOf(hook).incomingMessage(txn1, message, metadata);
@@ -675,8 +832,11 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			// The message has two pending dependents: 1 and 2
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependents(txn1, messageId);
 			will(returnValue(twoDependents));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn1);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn1);
 			// Check whether message 1 is ready to be delivered
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn2));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn2));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageState(txn2, messageId1);
 			will(returnValue(PENDING));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependencies(txn2, messageId1);
@@ -695,8 +855,11 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			// Message 1 has one pending dependent: 3
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependents(txn2, messageId1);
 			will(returnValue(singletonMap(messageId3, PENDING)));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn2);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn2);
 			// Check whether message 2 is ready to be delivered
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn3));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn3));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageState(txn3, messageId2);
 			will(returnValue(PENDING));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependencies(txn3, messageId2);
@@ -715,8 +878,11 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			// Message 2 has one pending dependent: 3 (same dependent as 1)
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependents(txn3, messageId2);
 			will(returnValue(singletonMap(messageId3, PENDING)));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn3);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn3);
 			// Check whether message 3 is ready to be delivered (via 1)
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn4));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn4));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageState(txn4, messageId3);
 			will(returnValue(PENDING));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependencies(txn4, messageId3);
@@ -734,12 +900,18 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			// Message 3 has one pending dependent: 4
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependents(txn4, messageId3);
 			will(returnValue(singletonMap(messageId4, PENDING)));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn4);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn4);
 			// Check whether message 3 is ready to be delivered (again, via 2)
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn5));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn5));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageState(txn5, messageId3);
 			will(returnValue(DELIVERED)); // Already delivered
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn5);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn5);
 			// Check whether message 4 is ready to be delivered (via 1 and 3)
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn6));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn6));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageState(txn6, messageId4);
 			will(returnValue(PENDING));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependencies(txn6, messageId4);
@@ -758,6 +930,8 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			// Message 4 has no pending dependents
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependents(txn6, messageId4);
 			will(returnValue(emptyMap()));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn6);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn6);
 		}});
 
 		vm.eventOccurred(new MessageAddedEvent(message, contactId));
@@ -772,16 +946,20 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		Transaction txn1 = new Transaction(null, false);
 		Transaction txn2 = new Transaction(null, false);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
 			// Load the group
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithResult(with(true), withDbCallable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(true);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getGroup(txn, groupId);
 			will(returnValue(group));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 			// Validate the message: valid
 			oneOf(validator).validateMessage(message, group);
 			will(returnValue(validResult));
 			// Store the validation result
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn1));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn1));
 			oneOf(db).mergeMessageMetadata(txn1, messageId, metadata);
 			// Deliver the message
 			oneOf(hook).incomingMessage(txn1, message, metadata);
@@ -790,12 +968,17 @@ public class ValidationManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			// Get any pending dependents
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependents(txn1, messageId);
 			will(returnValue(singletonMap(messageId1, PENDING)));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn1);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn1);
 			// Check whether the pending dependent is ready to be delivered
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn2));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn2));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageState(txn2, messageId1);
 			will(returnValue(PENDING));
 			oneOf(db).getMessageDependencies(txn2, messageId1);
 			will(returnValue(twoDependencies));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn2);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn2);
 		}});
 
 		vm.eventOccurred(new MessageAddedEvent(message, contactId));

bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/test/DbExpectations.java

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-package org.briarproject.bramble.test;
-
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DbCallable;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DbRunnable;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.NullableDbCallable;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.Transaction;
-import org.jmock.Expectations;
-
-public class DbExpectations extends Expectations {
-
-	protected <E extends Exception> DbRunnable<E> withDbRunnable(
-			Transaction txn) {
-		addParameterMatcher(any(DbRunnable.class));
-		currentBuilder().setAction(new RunTransactionAction(txn));
-		return null;
-	}
-
-	protected <R, E extends Exception> DbCallable<R, E> withDbCallable(
-			Transaction txn) {
-		addParameterMatcher(any(DbCallable.class));
-		currentBuilder().setAction(new RunTransactionWithResultAction(txn));
-		return null;
-	}
-
-	protected <R, E extends Exception> NullableDbCallable<R, E> withNullableDbCallable(
-			Transaction txn) {
-		addParameterMatcher(any(NullableDbCallable.class));
-		currentBuilder().setAction(
-				new RunTransactionWithNullableResultAction(txn));
-		return null;
-	}
-
-}

bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/test/RunTransactionAction.java

@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-package org.briarproject.bramble.test;
-
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DbRunnable;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.Transaction;
-import org.hamcrest.Description;
-import org.jmock.api.Action;
-import org.jmock.api.Invocation;
-
-public class RunTransactionAction implements Action {
-
-	private final Transaction txn;
-
-	@SuppressWarnings("WeakerAccess")
-	public RunTransactionAction(Transaction txn) {
-		this.txn = txn;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public Object invoke(Invocation invocation) throws Throwable {
-		DbRunnable task = (DbRunnable) invocation.getParameter(1);
-		task.run(txn);
-		return null;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void describeTo(Description description) {
-		description.appendText("runs a task inside a database transaction");
-	}
-
-}

bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/test/RunTransactionWithNullableResultAction.java

@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-package org.briarproject.bramble.test;
-
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.NullableDbCallable;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.Transaction;
-import org.hamcrest.Description;
-import org.jmock.api.Action;
-import org.jmock.api.Invocation;
-
-public class RunTransactionWithNullableResultAction implements Action {
-
-	private final Transaction txn;
-
-	public RunTransactionWithNullableResultAction(Transaction txn) {
-		this.txn = txn;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public Object invoke(Invocation invocation) throws Throwable {
-		NullableDbCallable task =
-				(NullableDbCallable) invocation.getParameter(1);
-		return task.call(txn);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void describeTo(Description description) {
-		description.appendText("runs a task inside a database transaction");
-	}
-}

bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/test/RunTransactionWithResultAction.java

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package org.briarproject.bramble.test;
-
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DbCallable;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.Transaction;
-import org.hamcrest.Description;
-import org.jmock.api.Action;
-import org.jmock.api.Invocation;
-
-public class RunTransactionWithResultAction implements Action {
-
-	private final Transaction txn;
-
-	public RunTransactionWithResultAction(Transaction txn) {
-		this.txn = txn;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public Object invoke(Invocation invocation) throws Throwable {
-		DbCallable task = (DbCallable) invocation.getParameter(1);
-		return task.call(txn);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void describeTo(Description description) {
-		description.appendText("runs a task inside a database transaction");
-	}
-}

bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/transport/KeyManagerImplTest.java

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.plugin.simplex.SimplexPluginFactory;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.transport.KeySetId;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.transport.StreamContext;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.test.BrambleMockTestCase;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.test.DbExpectations;
 import org.jmock.Expectations;
 import org.jmock.lib.concurrent.DeterministicExecutor;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -34,9 +33,7 @@ import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getRandomBytes;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getRandomId;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getSecretKey;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getTransportId;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.StringUtils.getRandomString;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 
 public class KeyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 
@@ -69,17 +66,17 @@ public class KeyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		Author remoteAuthor = getAuthor();
 		AuthorId localAuthorId = new AuthorId(getRandomId());
 		Collection<Contact> contacts = new ArrayList<>();
-		contacts.add(new Contact(contactId, remoteAuthor, localAuthorId,
+		contacts.add(new Contact(contactId, remoteAuthor, localAuthorId, true,
-				getRandomString(5), true, true));
+				true));
 		contacts.add(new Contact(inactiveContactId, remoteAuthor, localAuthorId,
-				getRandomString(5), true, false));
+				true, false));
 		SimplexPluginFactory pluginFactory =
 				context.mock(SimplexPluginFactory.class);
 		Collection<SimplexPluginFactory> factories =
 				singletonList(pluginFactory);
 		int maxLatency = 1337;
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
 			oneOf(pluginConfig).getSimplexFactories();
 			will(returnValue(factories));
 			oneOf(pluginFactory).getId();
@@ -91,10 +88,13 @@ public class KeyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 					.createTransportKeyManager(transportId, maxLatency);
 			will(returnValue(transportKeyManager));
 			oneOf(pluginConfig).getDuplexFactories();
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(db).getContacts(txn);
 			will(returnValue(contacts));
 			oneOf(transportKeyManager).start(txn);
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		keyManager.startService();
@@ -120,21 +120,25 @@ public class KeyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testGetStreamContextForInactiveContact() throws Exception {
-		assertNull(keyManager.getStreamContext(inactiveContactId, transportId));
+		assertEquals(null,
+				keyManager.getStreamContext(inactiveContactId, transportId));
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testGetStreamContextForUnknownTransport() throws Exception {
-		assertNull(keyManager.getStreamContext(contactId, unknownTransportId));
+		assertEquals(null,
+				keyManager.getStreamContext(contactId, unknownTransportId));
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testGetStreamContextForContact() throws Exception {
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithNullableResult(with(false),
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
-					withNullableDbCallable(txn));
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(transportKeyManager).getStreamContext(txn, contactId);
 			will(returnValue(streamContext));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		assertEquals(streamContext,
@@ -144,16 +148,19 @@ public class KeyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 	@Test
 	public void testGetStreamContextForTagAndUnknownTransport()
 			throws Exception {
-		assertNull(keyManager.getStreamContext(unknownTransportId, tag));
+		assertEquals(null,
+				keyManager.getStreamContext(unknownTransportId, tag));
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testGetStreamContextForTag() throws Exception {
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithNullableResult(with(false),
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
-					withNullableDbCallable(txn));
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(transportKeyManager).getStreamContext(txn, tag);
 			will(returnValue(streamContext));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		assertEquals(streamContext,
@@ -170,7 +177,7 @@ public class KeyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 
 		keyManager.eventOccurred(event);
 		executor.runUntilIdle();
-		assertNull(keyManager.getStreamContext(contactId, transportId));
+		assertEquals(null, keyManager.getStreamContext(contactId, transportId));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -178,11 +185,13 @@ public class KeyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		ContactStatusChangedEvent event =
 				new ContactStatusChangedEvent(inactiveContactId, true);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transactionWithNullableResult(with(false),
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
-					withNullableDbCallable(txn));
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			oneOf(transportKeyManager).getStreamContext(txn, inactiveContactId);
 			will(returnValue(streamContext));
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		keyManager.eventOccurred(event);

bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/transport/TransportKeyManagerImplTest.java

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.transport.OutgoingKeys;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.transport.StreamContext;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.transport.TransportKeys;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.test.BrambleMockTestCase;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.test.DbExpectations;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.test.RunAction;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils;
 import org.hamcrest.Description;
@@ -319,7 +318,7 @@ public class TransportKeyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, false);
 		Transaction txn1 = new Transaction(null, false);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
 			// Get the current time (the start of rotation period 1000)
 			oneOf(clock).currentTimeMillis();
 			will(returnValue(rotationPeriodLength * 1000));
@@ -343,7 +342,8 @@ public class TransportKeyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			oneOf(dbExecutor).execute(with(any(Runnable.class)));
 			will(new RunAction());
 			// Start a transaction for key rotation
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn1));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn1));
 			// Get the current time (the start of rotation period 1001)
 			oneOf(clock).currentTimeMillis();
 			will(returnValue(rotationPeriodLength * 1001));
@@ -364,6 +364,9 @@ public class TransportKeyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			// Schedule key rotation at the start of the next rotation period
 			oneOf(scheduler).schedule(with(any(Runnable.class)),
 					with(rotationPeriodLength), with(MILLISECONDS));
+			// Commit the key rotation transaction
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn1);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn1);
 		}});
 
 		TransportKeyManager transportKeyManager = new TransportKeyManagerImpl(
@@ -536,7 +539,7 @@ public class TransportKeyManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		}
 
 		@Override
-		public Object invoke(Invocation invocation) {
+		public Object invoke(Invocation invocation) throws Throwable {
 			byte[] tag = (byte[]) invocation.getParameter(0);
 			random.nextBytes(tag);
 			if (tags != null) tags.add(tag);

bramble-core/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/versioning/ClientVersioningManagerImplTest.java

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.sync.MessageId;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.system.Clock;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.versioning.ClientVersioningManager.ClientVersioningHook;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.test.BrambleMockTestCase;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.test.DbExpectations;
 import org.jmock.Expectations;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getGroup;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getLocalAuthor;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getMessage;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.test.TestUtils.getRandomId;
-import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.StringUtils.getRandomString;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.versioning.ClientVersioningConstants.GROUP_KEY_CONTACT_ID;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.versioning.ClientVersioningConstants.MSG_KEY_LOCAL;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.versioning.ClientVersioningConstants.MSG_KEY_UPDATE_VERSION;
@@ -58,13 +56,12 @@ public class ClientVersioningManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 	private final Group localGroup = getGroup(CLIENT_ID, MAJOR_VERSION);
 	private final Group contactGroup = getGroup(CLIENT_ID, MAJOR_VERSION);
 	private final Contact contact = new Contact(new ContactId(123),
-			getAuthor(), getLocalAuthor().getId(), getRandomString(5), true,
+			getAuthor(), getLocalAuthor().getId(), true, true);
-			true);
 	private final ClientId clientId = getClientId();
 	private final long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
 	private final Transaction txn = new Transaction(null, false);
 
-	private ClientVersioningManagerImpl createInstance() {
+	private ClientVersioningManagerImpl createInstance() throws Exception {
 		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
 			oneOf(contactGroupFactory).createLocalGroup(CLIENT_ID,
 					MAJOR_VERSION);
@@ -163,8 +160,9 @@ public class ClientVersioningManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		BdfList localUpdateBody = BdfList.of(BdfList.of(
 				BdfList.of(clientId.getString(), 123, 234, false)), 1L);
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			// No client versions have been stored yet
 			oneOf(db).getMessageIds(txn, localGroup.getId());
 			will(returnValue(emptyList()));
@@ -190,6 +188,8 @@ public class ClientVersioningManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			oneOf(clientHelper).getMessageAsList(txn, localUpdateId);
 			will(returnValue(localUpdateBody));
 			// Latest local update is up-to-date, no visibilities have changed
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		ClientVersioningManagerImpl c = createInstance();
@@ -204,14 +204,17 @@ public class ClientVersioningManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 		BdfList localVersionsBody =
 				BdfList.of(BdfList.of(clientId.getString(), 123, 234));
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			// Load the old client versions
 			oneOf(db).getMessageIds(txn, localGroup.getId());
 			will(returnValue(singletonList(localVersionsId)));
 			oneOf(clientHelper).getMessageAsList(txn, localVersionsId);
 			will(returnValue(localVersionsBody));
 			// Client versions are up-to-date
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		ClientVersioningManagerImpl c = createInstance();
@@ -246,8 +249,9 @@ public class ClientVersioningManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 				new BdfEntry(MSG_KEY_UPDATE_VERSION, 2L),
 				new BdfEntry(MSG_KEY_LOCAL, true));
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			// Load the old client versions
 			oneOf(db).getMessageIds(txn, localGroup.getId());
 			will(returnValue(singletonList(oldLocalVersionsId)));
@@ -289,6 +293,8 @@ public class ClientVersioningManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 			oneOf(clientHelper).addLocalMessage(txn, newLocalUpdate,
 					newLocalUpdateMeta, true);
 			// No visibilities have changed
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		ClientVersioningManagerImpl c = createInstance();
@@ -342,8 +348,9 @@ public class ClientVersioningManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 				new BdfEntry(MSG_KEY_UPDATE_VERSION, 2L),
 				new BdfEntry(MSG_KEY_LOCAL, true));
 
-		context.checking(new DbExpectations() {{
+		context.checking(new Expectations() {{
-			oneOf(db).transaction(with(false), withDbRunnable(txn));
+			oneOf(db).startTransaction(false);
+			will(returnValue(txn));
 			// Load the old client versions
 			oneOf(db).getMessageIds(txn, localGroup.getId());
 			will(returnValue(singletonList(oldLocalVersionsId)));
@@ -388,6 +395,8 @@ public class ClientVersioningManagerImplTest extends BrambleMockTestCase {
 					newLocalUpdateMeta, true);
 			// The client's visibility has changed
 			oneOf(hook).onClientVisibilityChanging(txn, contact, visibility);
+			oneOf(db).commitTransaction(txn);
+			oneOf(db).endTransaction(txn);
 		}});
 
 		ClientVersioningManagerImpl c = createInstance();

bramble-core/witness.gradle

@@ -1,20 +1,12 @@
 dependencyVerification {
     verify = [
         'cglib:cglib:3.2.0:cglib-3.2.0.jar:adb13bab79712ad6bdf1bd59f2a3918018a8016e722e8a357065afb9e6690861',
-        'com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:1.3.9:jsr305-1.3.9.jar:905721a0eea90a81534abb7ee6ef4ea2e5e645fa1def0a5cd88402df1b46c9ed',
+        'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.0.2:dagger-compiler-2.0.2.jar:b74bc9de063dd4c6400b232231f2ef5056145b8fbecbf5382012007dd1c071b3',
-        'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.19:dagger-compiler-2.19.jar:27a4b202a2de908182edb261f8c0a264e08e5e4733d7514bc7fbf0d31da5c0fc',
+        'com.google.dagger:dagger-producers:2.0-beta:dagger-producers-2.0-beta.jar:99ec15e8a0507ba569e7655bc1165ee5e5ca5aa914b3c8f7e2c2458f724edd6b',
-        'com.google.dagger:dagger-producers:2.19:dagger-producers-2.19.jar:a17663abe0fc38b676026950907d4c5f5e2bf338375415861eaff6e3bdb0b768',
+        'com.google.dagger:dagger:2.0.2:dagger-2.0.2.jar:84c0282ed8be73a29e0475d639da030b55dee72369e58dd35ae7d4fe6243dcf9',
-        'com.google.dagger:dagger-spi:2.19:dagger-spi-2.19.jar:e7a6379d82c841f6aac2866948ad1eed716528707814602842a8d844ce04e2e1',
+        'com.google.guava:guava:18.0:guava-18.0.jar:d664fbfc03d2e5ce9cab2a44fb01f1d0bf9dfebeccc1a473b1f9ea31f79f6f99',
-        'com.google.dagger:dagger:2.19:dagger-2.19.jar:514b6f1e0727c6572e1d65cb27e4ae668b7aeaeb93a29515182965265b609939',
-        'com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.1.3:error_prone_annotations-2.1.3.jar:03d0329547c13da9e17c634d1049ea2ead093925e290567e1a364fd6b1fc7ff8',
-        'com.google.errorprone:javac-shaded:9-dev-r4023-3:javac-shaded-9-dev-r4023-3.jar:65bfccf60986c47fbc17c9ebab0be626afc41741e0a6ec7109e0768817a36f30',
-        'com.google.googlejavaformat:google-java-format:1.5:google-java-format-1.5.jar:aa19ad7850fb85178aa22f2fddb163b84d6ce4d0035872f30d4408195ca1144e',
-        'com.google.guava:guava:25.0-jre:guava-25.0-jre.jar:3fd4341776428c7e0e5c18a7c10de129475b69ab9d30aeafbb5c277bb6074fa9',
-        'com.google.j2objc:j2objc-annotations:1.1:j2objc-annotations-1.1.jar:40ceb7157feb263949e0f503fe5f71689333a621021aa20ce0d0acee3badaa0f',
         'com.h2database:h2:1.4.192:h2-1.4.192.jar:225b22e9857235c46c93861410b60b8c81c10dc8985f4faf188985ba5445126c',
         'com.madgag.spongycastle:core:1.58.0.0:core-1.58.0.0.jar:199617dd5698c5a9312b898c0a4cec7ce9dd8649d07f65d91629f58229d72728',
-        'com.squareup:javapoet:1.11.1:javapoet-1.11.1.jar:9cbf2107be499ec6e95afd36b58e3ca122a24166cdd375732e51267d64058e90',
-        'javax.annotation:jsr250-api:1.0:jsr250-api-1.0.jar:a1a922d0d9b6d183ed3800dfac01d1e1eb159f0e8c6f94736931c1def54a941f',
         'javax.inject:javax.inject:1:javax.inject-1.jar:91c77044a50c481636c32d916fd89c9118a72195390452c81065080f957de7ff',
         'junit:junit:4.12:junit-4.12.jar:59721f0805e223d84b90677887d9ff567dc534d7c502ca903c0c2b17f05c116a',
         'net.i2p.crypto:eddsa:0.2.0:eddsa-0.2.0.jar:a7cb1b85c16e2f0730b9204106929a1d9aaae1df728adc7041a8b8b605692140',
@@ -23,9 +15,7 @@ dependencyVerification {
         'org.beanshell:bsh:1.3.0:bsh-1.3.0.jar:9b04edc75d19db54f1b4e8b5355e9364384c6cf71eb0a1b9724c159d779879f8',
         'org.bitlet:weupnp:0.1.4:weupnp-0.1.4.jar:88df7e6504929d00bdb832863761385c68ab92af945b04f0770b126270a444fb',
         'org.briarproject:jtorctl:0.3:jtorctl-0.3.jar:f2939238a097898998432effe93b0334d97a787972ab3a91a8973a1d309fc864',
-        'org.checkerframework:checker-compat-qual:2.5.3:checker-compat-qual-2.5.3.jar:d76b9afea61c7c082908023f0cbc1427fab9abd2df915c8b8a3e7a509bccbc6d',
         'org.codehaus.mojo.signature:java16:1.1:java16-1.1.signature:53799223a2c98dba2d0add810bed76315460df285c69e4f397ae6098f87dd619',
-        'org.codehaus.mojo:animal-sniffer-annotations:1.14:animal-sniffer-annotations-1.14.jar:2068320bd6bad744c3673ab048f67e30bef8f518996fa380033556600669905d',
         'org.codehaus.mojo:animal-sniffer-ant-tasks:1.16:animal-sniffer-ant-tasks-1.16.jar:890040976fbe2d584619a6a61b1fd2e925b3b5eb342a85eb2762c467c0d64e90',
         'org.codehaus.mojo:animal-sniffer:1.16:animal-sniffer-1.16.jar:72be8bcc226ba43b937c722a08a07852bfa1b11400089265d5df0ee7b38b1d52',
         'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3:hamcrest-core-1.3.jar:66fdef91e9739348df7a096aa384a5685f4e875584cce89386a7a47251c4d8e9',

bramble-java/build.gradle

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ apply plugin: 'java-library'
 sourceCompatibility = 1.8
 targetCompatibility = 1.8
 
+apply plugin: 'net.ltgt.apt'
 apply plugin: 'idea'
 apply plugin: 'witness'
 apply from: 'witness.gradle'
-apply from: '../dagger.gradle'
 
 configurations {
 	tor
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ dependencies {
 	implementation 'net.java.dev.jna:jna:4.5.2'
 	implementation 'net.java.dev.jna:jna-platform:4.5.2'
 	tor 'org.briarproject:tor:0.3.4.8@zip'
-	tor 'org.briarproject:obfs4proxy:0.0.7@zip'
 
-	annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.19'
+	apt 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.0.2'
 
 	testImplementation project(path: ':bramble-api', configuration: 'testOutput')
 	testImplementation project(path: ':bramble-core', configuration: 'testOutput')
@@ -27,35 +26,19 @@ dependencies {
 	testImplementation "org.jmock:jmock:2.8.2"
 	testImplementation "org.jmock:jmock-junit4:2.8.2"
 	testImplementation "org.jmock:jmock-legacy:2.8.2"
+	testImplementation "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library:1.3"
+	testImplementation "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3"
 
-	testAnnotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.19'
+	testApt 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.0.2'
 }
 
-def torBinariesDir = 'src/main/resources'
+project.afterEvaluate {
-
+	copy {
-task cleanTorBinaries {
+		from configurations.tor.collect { zipTree(it) }
-	doLast {
+		into 'src/main/resources'
-		delete fileTree(torBinariesDir) { include '*.zip' }
 	}
 }
 
-clean.dependsOn cleanTorBinaries
-
-task unpackTorBinaries {
-	doLast {
-		copy {
-			from configurations.tor.collect { zipTree(it) }
-			into torBinariesDir
-		}
-	}
-	dependsOn cleanTorBinaries
-}
-
-processResources {
-	inputs.dir torBinariesDir
-	dependsOn unpackTorBinaries
-}
-
 tasks.withType(Test) {
 	systemProperty 'java.library.path', 'libs'
 }

bramble-java/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/network/JavaNetworkManager.java

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package org.briarproject.bramble.network;
 
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.EventBus;
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.lifecycle.Service;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.network.NetworkManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.network.NetworkStatus;
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.network.event.NetworkStatusEvent;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.MethodsNotNullByDefault;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.ParametersNotNullByDefault;
 
@@ -20,13 +23,25 @@ import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.LogUtils.logException;
 
 @MethodsNotNullByDefault
 @ParametersNotNullByDefault
-class JavaNetworkManager implements NetworkManager {
+class JavaNetworkManager implements NetworkManager, Service {
 
 	private static final Logger LOG =
 			Logger.getLogger(JavaNetworkManager.class.getName());
 
+	private final EventBus eventBus;
+
 	@Inject
-	JavaNetworkManager() {
+	JavaNetworkManager(EventBus eventBus) {
+		this.eventBus = eventBus;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void startService() {
+		eventBus.broadcast(new NetworkStatusEvent(getNetworkStatus()));
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void stopService() {
 	}
 
 	@Override

bramble-java/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/network/JavaNetworkModule.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.briarproject.bramble.network;
 
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.lifecycle.LifecycleManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.network.NetworkManager;
 
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
@@ -12,7 +13,9 @@ public class JavaNetworkModule {
 
 	@Provides
 	@Singleton
-	NetworkManager provideNetworkManager(JavaNetworkManager networkManager) {
+	NetworkManager provideNetworkManager(LifecycleManager lifecycleManager,
+			JavaNetworkManager networkManager) {
+		lifecycleManager.registerService(networkManager);
 		return networkManager;
 	}
 }

bramble-java/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/plugin/bluetooth/JavaBluetoothPlugin.java

@@ -108,12 +108,6 @@ class JavaBluetoothPlugin extends BluetoothPlugin<StreamConnectionNotifier> {
 		return wrapSocket((StreamConnection) Connector.open(url));
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	@Nullable
-	DuplexTransportConnection discoverAndConnect(String uuid) {
-		return null; // TODO
-	}
-
 	private String makeUrl(String address, String uuid) {
 		return "btspp://" + address + ":" + uuid + ";name=RFCOMM";
 	}

bramble-java/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/plugin/modem/ModemImpl.java

@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.system.Clock;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.nio.charset.CharacterCodingException;
-import java.nio.charset.Charset;
-import java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 import java.util.concurrent.Semaphore;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.Condition;
@@ -26,7 +22,6 @@ import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import jssc.SerialPortEvent;
 import jssc.SerialPortEventListener;
 
-import static java.nio.charset.CodingErrorAction.IGNORE;
 import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS;
 import static java.util.logging.Level.INFO;
 import static java.util.logging.Level.WARNING;
@@ -40,8 +35,6 @@ class ModemImpl implements Modem, WriteHandler, SerialPortEventListener {
 
 	private static final Logger LOG =
 			Logger.getLogger(ModemImpl.class.getName());
-
-	private static final Charset US_ASCII = Charset.forName("US-ASCII");
 	private static final int MAX_LINE_LENGTH = 256;
 	private static final int[] BAUD_RATES = {
 		256000, 128000, 115200, 57600, 38400, 19200, 14400, 9600, 4800, 1200
@@ -113,7 +106,7 @@ class ModemImpl implements Modem, WriteHandler, SerialPortEventListener {
 				throw e;
 			}
 			// Wait for the event thread to receive "OK"
-			boolean success;
+			boolean success = false;
 			try {
 				lock.lock();
 				try {
@@ -360,7 +353,8 @@ class ModemImpl implements Modem, WriteHandler, SerialPortEventListener {
 		for (int i = 0; i < b.length; i++) {
 			line[lineLen] = b[i];
 			if (b[i] == '\n') {
-				String s = toAscii(line, lineLen).trim();
+				// FIXME: Use CharsetDecoder to catch invalid ASCII
+				String s = new String(line, 0, lineLen, "US-ASCII").trim();
 				lineLen = 0;
 				if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO)) LOG.info("Modem status: " + s);
 				if (s.startsWith("CONNECT")) {
@@ -442,7 +436,7 @@ class ModemImpl implements Modem, WriteHandler, SerialPortEventListener {
 				throw e;
 			}
 			// Wait for the event thread to receive "CONNECT"
-			boolean success;
+			boolean success = false;
 			try {
 				lock.lock();
 				try {
@@ -467,16 +461,4 @@ class ModemImpl implements Modem, WriteHandler, SerialPortEventListener {
 			stateChange.release();
 		}
 	}
-
-	private String toAscii(byte[] bytes, int len) {
-		CharsetDecoder decoder = US_ASCII.newDecoder();
-		decoder.onMalformedInput(IGNORE);
-		decoder.onUnmappableCharacter(IGNORE);
-		ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes, 0, len);
-		try {
-			return decoder.decode(buffer).toString();
-		} catch (CharacterCodingException e) {
-			throw new AssertionError(e);
-		}
-	}
 }

bramble-java/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/plugin/tor/LinuxTorPlugin.java

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package org.briarproject.bramble.plugin.tor;
 
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.battery.BatteryManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.network.NetworkManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.NotNullByDefault;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.plugin.Backoff;
@@ -24,14 +23,12 @@ class LinuxTorPlugin extends TorPlugin {
 	LinuxTorPlugin(Executor ioExecutor, NetworkManager networkManager,
 			LocationUtils locationUtils, SocketFactory torSocketFactory,
 			Clock clock, ResourceProvider resourceProvider,
-			CircumventionProvider circumventionProvider,
+			CircumventionProvider circumventionProvider, Backoff backoff,
-			BatteryManager batteryManager, Backoff backoff,
 			DuplexPluginCallback callback, String architecture, int maxLatency,
 			int maxIdleTime, File torDirectory) {
 		super(ioExecutor, networkManager, locationUtils, torSocketFactory,
-				clock, resourceProvider, circumventionProvider, batteryManager,
+				clock, resourceProvider, circumventionProvider, backoff,
-				backoff, callback, architecture, maxLatency, maxIdleTime,
+				callback, architecture, maxLatency, maxIdleTime, torDirectory);
-				torDirectory);
 	}
 
 	@Override

bramble-java/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/plugin/tor/LinuxTorPluginFactory.java

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package org.briarproject.bramble.plugin.tor;
 
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.battery.BatteryManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.EventBus;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.network.NetworkManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.NotNullByDefault;
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ public class LinuxTorPluginFactory implements DuplexPluginFactory {
 	private final BackoffFactory backoffFactory;
 	private final ResourceProvider resourceProvider;
 	private final CircumventionProvider circumventionProvider;
-	private final BatteryManager batteryManager;
 	private final Clock clock;
 	private final File torDirectory;
 
@@ -53,8 +51,8 @@ public class LinuxTorPluginFactory implements DuplexPluginFactory {
 			NetworkManager networkManager, LocationUtils locationUtils,
 			EventBus eventBus, SocketFactory torSocketFactory,
 			BackoffFactory backoffFactory, ResourceProvider resourceProvider,
-			CircumventionProvider circumventionProvider,
+			CircumventionProvider circumventionProvider, Clock clock,
-			BatteryManager batteryManager, Clock clock, File torDirectory) {
+			File torDirectory) {
 		this.ioExecutor = ioExecutor;
 		this.networkManager = networkManager;
 		this.locationUtils = locationUtils;
@@ -63,7 +61,6 @@ public class LinuxTorPluginFactory implements DuplexPluginFactory {
 		this.backoffFactory = backoffFactory;
 		this.resourceProvider = resourceProvider;
 		this.circumventionProvider = circumventionProvider;
-		this.batteryManager = batteryManager;
 		this.clock = clock;
 		this.torDirectory = torDirectory;
 	}
@@ -95,10 +92,11 @@ public class LinuxTorPluginFactory implements DuplexPluginFactory {
 
 		Backoff backoff = backoffFactory.createBackoff(MIN_POLLING_INTERVAL,
 				MAX_POLLING_INTERVAL, BACKOFF_BASE);
-		LinuxTorPlugin plugin = new LinuxTorPlugin(ioExecutor, networkManager,
+		LinuxTorPlugin plugin =
-				locationUtils, torSocketFactory, clock, resourceProvider,
+				new LinuxTorPlugin(ioExecutor, networkManager, locationUtils,
-				circumventionProvider, batteryManager, backoff, callback,
+						torSocketFactory, clock, resourceProvider,
-				architecture, MAX_LATENCY, MAX_IDLE_TIME, torDirectory);
+						circumventionProvider, backoff, callback, architecture,
+						MAX_LATENCY, MAX_IDLE_TIME, torDirectory);
 		eventBus.addListener(plugin);
 		return plugin;
 	}

bramble-java/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/plugin/tor/BridgeTest.java

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package org.briarproject.bramble.plugin.tor;
 
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.battery.BatteryManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.EventBus;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.network.NetworkManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.plugin.BackoffFactory;
@@ -59,8 +58,6 @@ public class BridgeTest extends BrambleTestCase {
 	@Inject
 	CircumventionProvider circumventionProvider;
 	@Inject
-	BatteryManager batteryManager;
-	@Inject
 	EventBus eventBus;
 	@Inject
 	BackoffFactory backoffFactory;
@@ -110,8 +107,7 @@ public class BridgeTest extends BrambleTestCase {
 		};
 		factory = new LinuxTorPluginFactory(ioExecutor, networkManager,
 				locationUtils, eventBus, torSocketFactory, backoffFactory,
-				resourceProvider, bridgeProvider, batteryManager, clock,
+				resourceProvider, bridgeProvider, clock, torDir);
-				torDir);
 	}
 
 	@After

bramble-java/src/test/java/org/briarproject/bramble/test/BrambleJavaIntegrationTestComponent.java

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.briarproject.bramble.test;
 
 import org.briarproject.bramble.BrambleJavaModule;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.battery.DefaultBatteryManagerModule;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.event.EventModule;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.plugin.PluginModule;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.plugin.tor.BridgeTest;
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ import dagger.Component;
 @Component(modules = {
 		BrambleJavaModule.class,
 		TestLifecycleModule.class,
-		DefaultBatteryManagerModule.class,
 		PluginModule.class,  // needed for BackoffFactory
 		EventModule.class,
 		SystemModule.class,

bramble-java/witness.gradle

@@ -1,18 +1,10 @@
 dependencyVerification {
     verify = [
         'cglib:cglib:3.2.0:cglib-3.2.0.jar:adb13bab79712ad6bdf1bd59f2a3918018a8016e722e8a357065afb9e6690861',
-        'com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:1.3.9:jsr305-1.3.9.jar:905721a0eea90a81534abb7ee6ef4ea2e5e645fa1def0a5cd88402df1b46c9ed',
+        'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.0.2:dagger-compiler-2.0.2.jar:b74bc9de063dd4c6400b232231f2ef5056145b8fbecbf5382012007dd1c071b3',
-        'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.19:dagger-compiler-2.19.jar:27a4b202a2de908182edb261f8c0a264e08e5e4733d7514bc7fbf0d31da5c0fc',
+        'com.google.dagger:dagger-producers:2.0-beta:dagger-producers-2.0-beta.jar:99ec15e8a0507ba569e7655bc1165ee5e5ca5aa914b3c8f7e2c2458f724edd6b',
-        'com.google.dagger:dagger-producers:2.19:dagger-producers-2.19.jar:a17663abe0fc38b676026950907d4c5f5e2bf338375415861eaff6e3bdb0b768',
+        'com.google.dagger:dagger:2.0.2:dagger-2.0.2.jar:84c0282ed8be73a29e0475d639da030b55dee72369e58dd35ae7d4fe6243dcf9',
-        'com.google.dagger:dagger-spi:2.19:dagger-spi-2.19.jar:e7a6379d82c841f6aac2866948ad1eed716528707814602842a8d844ce04e2e1',
+        'com.google.guava:guava:18.0:guava-18.0.jar:d664fbfc03d2e5ce9cab2a44fb01f1d0bf9dfebeccc1a473b1f9ea31f79f6f99',
-        'com.google.dagger:dagger:2.19:dagger-2.19.jar:514b6f1e0727c6572e1d65cb27e4ae668b7aeaeb93a29515182965265b609939',
-        'com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.1.3:error_prone_annotations-2.1.3.jar:03d0329547c13da9e17c634d1049ea2ead093925e290567e1a364fd6b1fc7ff8',
-        'com.google.errorprone:javac-shaded:9-dev-r4023-3:javac-shaded-9-dev-r4023-3.jar:65bfccf60986c47fbc17c9ebab0be626afc41741e0a6ec7109e0768817a36f30',
-        'com.google.googlejavaformat:google-java-format:1.5:google-java-format-1.5.jar:aa19ad7850fb85178aa22f2fddb163b84d6ce4d0035872f30d4408195ca1144e',
-        'com.google.guava:guava:25.0-jre:guava-25.0-jre.jar:3fd4341776428c7e0e5c18a7c10de129475b69ab9d30aeafbb5c277bb6074fa9',
-        'com.google.j2objc:j2objc-annotations:1.1:j2objc-annotations-1.1.jar:40ceb7157feb263949e0f503fe5f71689333a621021aa20ce0d0acee3badaa0f',
-        'com.squareup:javapoet:1.11.1:javapoet-1.11.1.jar:9cbf2107be499ec6e95afd36b58e3ca122a24166cdd375732e51267d64058e90',
-        'javax.annotation:jsr250-api:1.0:jsr250-api-1.0.jar:a1a922d0d9b6d183ed3800dfac01d1e1eb159f0e8c6f94736931c1def54a941f',
         'javax.inject:javax.inject:1:javax.inject-1.jar:91c77044a50c481636c32d916fd89c9118a72195390452c81065080f957de7ff',
         'junit:junit:4.12:junit-4.12.jar:59721f0805e223d84b90677887d9ff567dc534d7c502ca903c0c2b17f05c116a',
         'net.java.dev.jna:jna-platform:4.5.2:jna-platform-4.5.2.jar:f1d00c167d8921c6e23c626ef9f1c3ae0be473c95c68ffa012bc7ae55a87e2d6',
@@ -20,10 +12,7 @@ dependencyVerification {
         'org.apache.ant:ant-launcher:1.9.4:ant-launcher-1.9.4.jar:7bccea20b41801ca17bcbc909a78c835d0f443f12d639c77bd6ae3d05861608d',
         'org.apache.ant:ant:1.9.4:ant-1.9.4.jar:649ae0730251de07b8913f49286d46bba7b92d47c5f332610aa426c4f02161d8',
         'org.beanshell:bsh:1.3.0:bsh-1.3.0.jar:9b04edc75d19db54f1b4e8b5355e9364384c6cf71eb0a1b9724c159d779879f8',
-        'org.briarproject:obfs4proxy:0.0.7:obfs4proxy-0.0.7.zip:5b2f693262ce43a7e130f7cc7d5d1617925330640a2eb6d71085e95df8ee0642',
         'org.briarproject:tor:0.3.4.8:tor-0.3.4.8.zip:bc0158c34002f471a4fe14a6a481816c918eb520a220bb027f64be902beb757f',
-        'org.checkerframework:checker-compat-qual:2.5.3:checker-compat-qual-2.5.3.jar:d76b9afea61c7c082908023f0cbc1427fab9abd2df915c8b8a3e7a509bccbc6d',
-        'org.codehaus.mojo:animal-sniffer-annotations:1.14:animal-sniffer-annotations-1.14.jar:2068320bd6bad744c3673ab048f67e30bef8f518996fa380033556600669905d',
         'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3:hamcrest-core-1.3.jar:66fdef91e9739348df7a096aa384a5685f4e875584cce89386a7a47251c4d8e9',
         'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library:1.3:hamcrest-library-1.3.jar:711d64522f9ec410983bd310934296da134be4254a125080a0416ec178dfad1c',
         'org.jmock:jmock-junit4:2.8.2:jmock-junit4-2.8.2.jar:f7ee4df4f7bd7b7f1cafad3b99eb74d579f109d5992ff625347352edb55e674c',

briar-android/build.gradle

@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ android {
 	defaultConfig {
 		minSdkVersion 15
 		targetSdkVersion 26
-		versionCode 10105
+		versionCode 10103
-		versionName "1.1.5"
+		versionName "1.1.3"
 		applicationId "org.briarproject.briar.android"
 		buildConfigField "String", "GitHash",
 				"\"${getStdout(['git', 'rev-parse', '--short=7', 'HEAD'], 'No commit hash')}\""
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ dependencies {
 	implementation "com.android.support:cardview-v7:$supportVersion"
 	implementation "com.android.support:support-annotations:$supportVersion"
 	implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.1.3'
-	implementation "android.arch.lifecycle:extensions:1.1.1"
 
 	implementation('ch.acra:acra:4.11') {
 		exclude module: 'support-v4'
@@ -118,25 +117,27 @@ dependencies {
 	implementation 'uk.co.samuelwall:material-tap-target-prompt:2.12.4'
 	implementation 'com.vanniktech:emoji-google:0.5.1'
 
-	annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.19'
+	annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.0.2'
 
 	compileOnly 'javax.annotation:jsr250-api:1.0'
 
 	testImplementation project(path: ':bramble-api', configuration: 'testOutput')
 	testImplementation project(path: ':bramble-core', configuration: 'testOutput')
-	testImplementation 'org.robolectric:robolectric:4.0.1'
+	testImplementation 'org.robolectric:robolectric:3.8'
 	testImplementation 'org.robolectric:shadows-support-v4:3.3.2'
 	testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:2.13.0'
 	testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
 	testImplementation "org.jmock:jmock:2.8.2"
 	testImplementation "org.jmock:jmock-junit4:2.8.2"
 	testImplementation "org.jmock:jmock-legacy:2.8.2"
+	testImplementation "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library:1.3"
+	testImplementation "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3"
 
 	def espressoVersion = '3.0.2'
 	androidTestImplementation "com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:$espressoVersion"
 	androidTestImplementation "com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-contrib:$espressoVersion"
 	androidTestImplementation "com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-intents:$espressoVersion"
-	androidTestAnnotationProcessor "com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.19"
+	androidTestAnnotationProcessor "com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:2.0.2"
 	androidTestCompileOnly 'javax.annotation:jsr250-api:1.0'
 	androidTestImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
 	androidTestScreenshotImplementation "tools.fastlane:screengrab:1.2.0"

briar-android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 	<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" android:required="false"/>
 	<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen" android:required="false" />
 
-	<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
 	<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
 	<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
 	<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH" />
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@
 		</activity>
 
 		<activity
-			android:name="org.briarproject.briar.android.conversation.ConversationActivity"
+			android:name="org.briarproject.briar.android.contact.ConversationActivity"
 			android:label="@string/app_name"
 			android:theme="@style/BriarTheme.NoActionBar"
 			android:parentActivityName="org.briarproject.briar.android.navdrawer.NavDrawerActivity"
@@ -190,10 +189,10 @@
 		<activity
 			android:name="org.briarproject.briar.android.sharing.BlogInvitationActivity"
 			android:label="@string/blogs_sharing_invitations_title"
-			android:parentActivityName="org.briarproject.briar.android.conversation.ConversationActivity">
+			android:parentActivityName="org.briarproject.briar.android.contact.ConversationActivity">
 			<meta-data
 				android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
-				android:value="org.briarproject.briar.android.conversation.ConversationActivity"
+				android:value="org.briarproject.briar.android.contact.ConversationActivity"
 				/>
 		</activity>
 
@@ -327,11 +326,11 @@
 		<activity
 			android:name="org.briarproject.briar.android.introduction.IntroductionActivity"
 			android:label="@string/introduction_activity_title"
-			android:parentActivityName="org.briarproject.briar.android.conversation.ConversationActivity"
+			android:parentActivityName="org.briarproject.briar.android.contact.ConversationActivity"
 			android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden|adjustResize">
 			<meta-data
 				android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
-				android:value="org.briarproject.briar.android.conversation.ConversationActivity"
+				android:value="org.briarproject.briar.android.contact.ConversationActivity"
 				/>
 		</activity>
 

briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/AndroidComponent.java

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package org.briarproject.briar.android;
 
-import android.arch.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider;
-
 import org.briarproject.bramble.BrambleAndroidModule;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.BrambleCoreEagerSingletons;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.BrambleCoreModule;
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ import org.briarproject.briar.api.feed.FeedManager;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.forum.ForumManager;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.forum.ForumSharingManager;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.introduction.IntroductionManager;
-import org.briarproject.briar.api.conversation.ConversationManager;
+import org.briarproject.briar.api.messaging.ConversationManager;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.messaging.MessagingManager;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.messaging.PrivateMessageFactory;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.privategroup.GroupMessageFactory;
@@ -156,8 +154,6 @@ public interface AndroidComponent
 
 	CircumventionProvider circumventionProvider();
 
-	ViewModelProvider.Factory viewModelFactory();
-
 	void inject(SignInReminderReceiver briarService);
 
 	void inject(BriarService briarService);

briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/AndroidNotificationManagerImpl.java

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.system.AndroidExecutor;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.system.Clock;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.util.StringUtils;
 import org.briarproject.briar.R;
-import org.briarproject.briar.android.conversation.ConversationActivity;
+import org.briarproject.briar.android.contact.ConversationActivity;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.forum.ForumActivity;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.login.SignInReminderReceiver;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.navdrawer.NavDrawerActivity;
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ import org.briarproject.briar.android.splash.SplashScreenActivity;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.util.BriarNotificationBuilder;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.android.AndroidNotificationManager;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.blog.event.BlogPostAddedEvent;
-import org.briarproject.briar.api.conversation.event.ConversationMessageReceivedEvent;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.forum.event.ForumPostReceivedEvent;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.introduction.event.IntroductionSucceededEvent;
+import org.briarproject.briar.api.messaging.event.PrivateMessageReceivedEvent;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.privategroup.event.GroupMessageAddedEvent;
 
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ import static android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat.PRIORITY_MIN;
 import static android.support.v4.app.NotificationCompat.VISIBILITY_SECRET;
 import static android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat.getColor;
 import static org.briarproject.briar.android.activity.BriarActivity.GROUP_ID;
-import static org.briarproject.briar.android.conversation.ConversationActivity.CONTACT_ID;
+import static org.briarproject.briar.android.contact.ConversationActivity.CONTACT_ID;
 import static org.briarproject.briar.android.navdrawer.NavDrawerActivity.INTENT_BLOGS;
 import static org.briarproject.briar.android.navdrawer.NavDrawerActivity.INTENT_CONTACTS;
 import static org.briarproject.briar.android.navdrawer.NavDrawerActivity.INTENT_FORUMS;
@@ -219,9 +219,8 @@ class AndroidNotificationManagerImpl implements AndroidNotificationManager,
 			SettingsUpdatedEvent s = (SettingsUpdatedEvent) e;
 			if (s.getNamespace().equals(SETTINGS_NAMESPACE))
 				settings = s.getSettings();
-		} else if (e instanceof ConversationMessageReceivedEvent) {
+		} else if (e instanceof PrivateMessageReceivedEvent) {
-			ConversationMessageReceivedEvent p =
+			PrivateMessageReceivedEvent p = (PrivateMessageReceivedEvent) e;
-					(ConversationMessageReceivedEvent) e;
 			showContactNotification(p.getContactId());
 		} else if (e instanceof GroupMessageAddedEvent) {
 			GroupMessageAddedEvent g = (GroupMessageAddedEvent) e;

briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/AppModule.java

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import android.os.StrictMode;
 
 import com.vanniktech.emoji.RecentEmoji;
 
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.battery.BatteryManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.crypto.CryptoComponent;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.crypto.PublicKey;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.DatabaseConfig;
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.plugin.tor.CircumventionProvider;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.util.AndroidUtils;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.util.StringUtils;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.account.LockManagerImpl;
-import org.briarproject.briar.android.viewmodel.ViewModelModule;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.android.AndroidNotificationManager;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.android.DozeWatchdog;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.android.LockManager;
@@ -59,7 +57,7 @@ import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.reporting.ReportingConstants.DEV_ONION_ADDRESS;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.api.reporting.ReportingConstants.DEV_PUBLIC_KEY_HEX;
 
-@Module(includes = ViewModelModule.class)
+@Module
 public class AppModule {
 
 	static class EagerSingletons {
@@ -105,16 +103,15 @@ public class AppModule {
 			Application app, NetworkManager networkManager,
 			LocationUtils locationUtils, EventBus eventBus,
 			ResourceProvider resourceProvider,
-			CircumventionProvider circumventionProvider,
+			CircumventionProvider circumventionProvider, Clock clock) {
-			BatteryManager batteryManager, Clock clock) {
 		Context appContext = app.getApplicationContext();
 		DuplexPluginFactory bluetooth =
 				new AndroidBluetoothPluginFactory(ioExecutor, androidExecutor,
-						appContext, random, eventBus, clock, backoffFactory);
+						appContext, random, eventBus, backoffFactory);
 		DuplexPluginFactory tor = new AndroidTorPluginFactory(ioExecutor,
 				scheduler, appContext, networkManager, locationUtils, eventBus,
 				torSocketFactory, backoffFactory, resourceProvider,
-				circumventionProvider, batteryManager, clock);
+				circumventionProvider, clock);
 		DuplexPluginFactory lan = new AndroidLanTcpPluginFactory(ioExecutor,
 				eventBus, backoffFactory, appContext);
 		Collection<DuplexPluginFactory> duplex = asList(bluetooth, tor, lan);

briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/RecentEmojiImpl.java

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.util.StringUtils;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ class RecentEmojiImpl implements RecentEmoji, Client {
 	private static final int EMOJI_LRU_SIZE = 50;
 
 	// UI thread
-	private final LinkedList<Emoji> recentlyUsed = new LinkedList<>();
+	private final LinkedHashSet<Emoji> recentlyUsed = new LinkedHashSet<>();
 
 	private final Executor dbExecutor;
 	private final AndroidExecutor androidExecutor;
@@ -61,9 +62,13 @@ class RecentEmojiImpl implements RecentEmoji, Client {
 	@Override
 	public void addEmoji(Emoji emoji) {
 		recentlyUsed.remove(emoji);
-		recentlyUsed.add(0, emoji);
+		recentlyUsed.add(emoji);
 
-		if (recentlyUsed.size() > EMOJI_LRU_SIZE) recentlyUsed.removeLast();
+		if (recentlyUsed.size() > EMOJI_LRU_SIZE) {
+			Iterator<Emoji> iterator = recentlyUsed.iterator();
+			iterator.next();
+			iterator.remove();
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override

briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/activity/ActivityComponent.java

@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ import org.briarproject.briar.android.blog.ReblogFragment;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.blog.RssFeedImportActivity;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.blog.RssFeedManageActivity;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.blog.WriteBlogPostActivity;
-import org.briarproject.briar.android.conversation.AliasDialogFragment;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.contact.ContactListFragment;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.contact.ContactModule;
-import org.briarproject.briar.android.conversation.ConversationActivity;
+import org.briarproject.briar.android.contact.ConversationActivity;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.forum.CreateForumActivity;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.forum.ForumActivity;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.forum.ForumListFragment;
@@ -212,7 +211,4 @@ public interface ActivityComponent {
 	void inject(ScreenFilterDialogFragment fragment);
 
 	void inject(ContactExchangeErrorFragment fragment);
-
-	void inject(AliasDialogFragment aliasDialogFragment);
-
 }

briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/activity/BaseActivity.java

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import org.briarproject.briar.api.android.ScreenFilterMonitor.AppDetails;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
@@ -43,8 +42,6 @@ import static android.arch.lifecycle.Lifecycle.State.STARTED;
 import static android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT;
 import static android.view.WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SECURE;
 import static android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT;
-import static java.util.logging.Level.INFO;
-import static java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger;
 import static org.briarproject.briar.android.TestingConstants.PREVENT_SCREENSHOTS;
 
 /**
@@ -54,8 +51,6 @@ import static org.briarproject.briar.android.TestingConstants.PREVENT_SCREENSHOT
 public abstract class BaseActivity extends AppCompatActivity
 		implements DestroyableContext, OnTapFilteredListener {
 
-	private final static Logger LOG = getLogger(BaseActivity.class.getName());
-
 	@Inject
 	protected ScreenFilterMonitor screenFilterMonitor;
 
@@ -124,8 +119,6 @@ public abstract class BaseActivity extends AppCompatActivity
 	@Override
 	protected void onStart() {
 		super.onStart();
-		if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO))
-			LOG.info("Starting " + this.getClass().getSimpleName());
 		for (ActivityLifecycleController alc : lifecycleControllers) {
 			alc.onActivityStart();
 		}
@@ -144,8 +137,6 @@ public abstract class BaseActivity extends AppCompatActivity
 	@Override
 	protected void onStop() {
 		super.onStop();
-		if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO))
-			LOG.info("Stopping " + this.getClass().getSimpleName());
 		for (ActivityLifecycleController alc : lifecycleControllers) {
 			alc.onActivityStop();
 		}

briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/activity/RequestCodes.java

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ public interface RequestCodes {
 	int REQUEST_WRITE_BLOG_POST = 5;
 	int REQUEST_SHARE_BLOG = 6;
 	int REQUEST_RINGTONE = 7;
-	int REQUEST_PERMISSION_CAMERA_LOCATION = 8;
+	int REQUEST_PERMISSION_CAMERA = 8;
 	int REQUEST_DOZE_WHITELISTING = 9;
-	int REQUEST_BLUETOOTH_DISCOVERABLE = 10;
+	int REQUEST_ENABLE_BLUETOOTH = 10;
 	int REQUEST_UNLOCK = 11;
 	int REQUEST_KEYGUARD_UNLOCK = 12;
 

briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/blog/BlogPostItem.java

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package org.briarproject.briar.android.blog;
 import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
 
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.Author;
-import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorInfo;
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.Author.Status;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.sync.GroupId;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.sync.MessageId;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.blog.BlogPostHeader;
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import javax.annotation.concurrent.NotThreadSafe;
 public class BlogPostItem implements Comparable<BlogPostItem> {
 
 	private final BlogPostHeader header;
-	@Nullable
 	protected String text;
 	private boolean read;
 
@@ -41,11 +40,10 @@ public class BlogPostItem implements Comparable<BlogPostItem> {
 		return header.getAuthor();
 	}
 
-	AuthorInfo getAuthorInfo() {
+	Status getAuthorStatus() {
-		return header.getAuthorInfo();
+		return header.getAuthorStatus();
 	}
 
-	@Nullable
 	public String getText() {
 		return text;
 	}

briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/blog/BlogPostViewHolder.java

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.widget.ImageButton;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.Author;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.sync.MessageId;
 import org.briarproject.briar.R;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.view.AuthorView;
@@ -97,7 +98,9 @@ class BlogPostViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
 
 		// author and date
 		BlogPostHeader post = item.getPostHeader();
-		author.setAuthor(post.getAuthor(), post.getAuthorInfo());
+		Author a = post.getAuthor();
+		author.setAuthor(a);
+		author.setAuthorStatus(post.getAuthorStatus());
 		author.setDate(post.getTimestamp());
 		author.setPersona(
 				item.isRssFeed() ? AuthorView.RSS_FEED : AuthorView.NORMAL);
@@ -140,7 +143,8 @@ class BlogPostViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
 
 	private void onBindComment(BlogCommentItem item) {
 		// reblogger
-		reblogger.setAuthor(item.getAuthor(), item.getAuthorInfo());
+		reblogger.setAuthor(item.getAuthor());
+		reblogger.setAuthorStatus(item.getAuthorStatus());
 		reblogger.setDate(item.getTimestamp());
 		if (!fullText) {
 			reblogger.setAuthorClickable(v -> listener.onAuthorClick(item));
@@ -161,7 +165,8 @@ class BlogPostViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
 			AuthorView author = v.findViewById(R.id.authorView);
 			TextView text = v.findViewById(R.id.textView);
 
-			author.setAuthor(c.getAuthor(), c.getAuthorInfo());
+			author.setAuthor(c.getAuthor());
+			author.setAuthorStatus(c.getAuthorStatus());
 			author.setDate(c.getTimestamp());
 			// TODO make author clickable #624
 

briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/contact/BaseContactListAdapter.java

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.briarproject.briar.android.contact;
 
 import android.content.Context;
-import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
 import android.view.View;
 
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.contact.ContactId;
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@ import org.briarproject.briar.android.util.BriarAdapter;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import static android.support.v7.util.SortedList.INVALID_POSITION;
-import static org.briarproject.briar.android.util.UiUtils.getContactDisplayName;
 
 public abstract class BaseContactListAdapter<I extends ContactItem, VH extends ContactItemViewHolder<I>>
 		extends BriarAdapter<I, VH> {
@@ -25,15 +23,15 @@ public abstract class BaseContactListAdapter<I extends ContactItem, VH extends C
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void onBindViewHolder(@NonNull VH ui, int position) {
+	public void onBindViewHolder(VH ui, int position) {
 		I item = items.get(position);
 		ui.bind(item, listener);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public int compare(I c1, I c2) {
-		return getContactDisplayName(c1.getContact())
+		return c1.getContact().getAuthor().getName()
-				.compareTo(getContactDisplayName(c2.getContact()));
+				.compareTo(c2.getContact().getAuthor().getName());
 	}
 
 	@Override

briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/contact/ContactItemViewHolder.java

@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import im.delight.android.identicons.IdenticonDrawable;
 
-import static org.briarproject.briar.android.util.UiUtils.getContactDisplayName;
-
 @UiThread
 @NotNullByDefault
 public class ContactItemViewHolder<I extends ContactItem>
@@ -43,7 +41,8 @@ public class ContactItemViewHolder<I extends ContactItem>
 		Author author = item.getContact().getAuthor();
 		avatar.setImageDrawable(
 				new IdenticonDrawable(author.getId().getBytes()));
-		name.setText(getContactDisplayName(item.getContact()));
+		String contactName = author.getName();
+		name.setText(contactName);
 
 		if (bulb != null) {
 			// online/offline

briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/contact/ContactListFragment.java

@@ -31,15 +31,14 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.plugin.event.ContactDisconnectedEvent;
 import org.briarproject.briar.R;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.activity.ActivityComponent;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.contact.BaseContactListAdapter.OnContactClickListener;
-import org.briarproject.briar.android.conversation.ConversationActivity;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.fragment.BaseFragment;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.keyagreement.ContactExchangeActivity;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.view.BriarRecyclerView;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.android.AndroidNotificationManager;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.client.MessageTracker.GroupCount;
-import org.briarproject.briar.api.conversation.ConversationManager;
+import org.briarproject.briar.api.messaging.ConversationManager;
-import org.briarproject.briar.api.conversation.ConversationMessageHeader;
+import org.briarproject.briar.api.messaging.PrivateMessageHeader;
-import org.briarproject.briar.api.conversation.event.ConversationMessageReceivedEvent;
+import org.briarproject.briar.api.messaging.event.PrivateMessageReceivedEvent;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ import static java.util.logging.Level.WARNING;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.LogUtils.logDuration;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.LogUtils.logException;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.LogUtils.now;
-import static org.briarproject.briar.android.conversation.ConversationActivity.CONTACT_ID;
+import static org.briarproject.briar.android.contact.ConversationActivity.CONTACT_ID;
 
 @MethodsNotNullByDefault
 @ParametersNotNullByDefault
@@ -243,16 +242,15 @@ public class ContactListFragment extends BaseFragment implements EventListener {
 		} else if (e instanceof ContactRemovedEvent) {
 			LOG.info("Contact removed, removing item");
 			removeItem(((ContactRemovedEvent) e).getContactId());
-		} else if (e instanceof ConversationMessageReceivedEvent) {
+		} else if (e instanceof PrivateMessageReceivedEvent) {
-			LOG.info("Conversation message received, updating item");
+			LOG.info("Private message received, updating item");
-			ConversationMessageReceivedEvent p =
+			PrivateMessageReceivedEvent p = (PrivateMessageReceivedEvent) e;
-					(ConversationMessageReceivedEvent) e;
+			PrivateMessageHeader h = p.getMessageHeader();
-			ConversationMessageHeader h = p.getMessageHeader();
 			updateItem(p.getContactId(), h);
 		}
 	}
 
-	private void updateItem(ContactId c, ConversationMessageHeader h) {
+	private void updateItem(ContactId c, PrivateMessageHeader h) {
 		runOnUiThreadUnlessDestroyed(() -> {
 			adapter.incrementRevision();
 			int position = adapter.findItemPosition(c);

briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/contact/ContactListItem.java

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package org.briarproject.briar.android.contact;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.contact.Contact;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.NotNullByDefault;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.client.MessageTracker.GroupCount;
-import org.briarproject.briar.api.conversation.ConversationMessageHeader;
+import org.briarproject.briar.api.messaging.PrivateMessageHeader;
 
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.NotThreadSafe;
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class ContactListItem extends ContactItem {
 		this.timestamp = count.getLatestMsgTime();
 	}
 
-	void addMessage(ConversationMessageHeader h) {
+	void addMessage(PrivateMessageHeader h) {
 		empty = false;
 		if (h.getTimestamp() > timestamp) timestamp = h.getTimestamp();
 		if (!h.isRead()) unread++;

briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/contact/ConversationActivity.java

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-package org.briarproject.briar.android.conversation;
+package org.briarproject.briar.android.contact;
 
+import android.arch.lifecycle.MutableLiveData;
 import android.arch.lifecycle.Observer;
-import android.arch.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider;
-import android.arch.lifecycle.ViewModelProviders;
 import android.content.DialogInterface;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.os.Bundle;
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ import android.widget.TextView;
 import android.widget.Toast;
 
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.FormatException;
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.contact.Contact;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.contact.ContactId;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.contact.ContactManager;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.contact.event.ContactRemovedEvent;
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.briarproject.bramble.api.db.NoSuchContactException;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.Event;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.EventBus;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.event.EventListener;
+import org.briarproject.bramble.api.identity.AuthorId;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.MethodsNotNullByDefault;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.nullsafety.ParametersNotNullByDefault;
 import org.briarproject.bramble.api.plugin.ConnectionRegistry;
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ import org.briarproject.briar.R;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.activity.ActivityComponent;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.activity.BriarActivity;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.blog.BlogActivity;
-import org.briarproject.briar.android.conversation.ConversationVisitor.TextCache;
+import org.briarproject.briar.android.contact.ConversationAdapter.ConversationListener;
+import org.briarproject.briar.android.contact.ConversationVisitor.TextCache;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.forum.ForumActivity;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.introduction.IntroductionActivity;
 import org.briarproject.briar.android.privategroup.conversation.GroupActivity;
@@ -62,17 +64,16 @@ import org.briarproject.briar.api.android.AndroidNotificationManager;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.blog.BlogSharingManager;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.client.ProtocolStateException;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.client.SessionId;
-import org.briarproject.briar.api.conversation.ConversationManager;
-import org.briarproject.briar.api.conversation.ConversationMessageHeader;
-import org.briarproject.briar.api.conversation.ConversationRequest;
-import org.briarproject.briar.api.conversation.ConversationResponse;
-import org.briarproject.briar.api.conversation.event.ConversationMessageReceivedEvent;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.forum.ForumSharingManager;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.introduction.IntroductionManager;
+import org.briarproject.briar.api.messaging.ConversationManager;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.messaging.MessagingManager;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.messaging.PrivateMessage;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.messaging.PrivateMessageFactory;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.messaging.PrivateMessageHeader;
+import org.briarproject.briar.api.messaging.PrivateRequest;
+import org.briarproject.briar.api.messaging.PrivateResponse;
+import org.briarproject.briar.api.messaging.event.PrivateMessageReceivedEvent;
 import org.briarproject.briar.api.privategroup.invitation.GroupInvitationManager;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -95,8 +96,6 @@ import uk.co.samuelwall.materialtaptargetprompt.MaterialTapTargetPrompt.PromptSt
 import static android.support.v4.view.ViewCompat.setTransitionName;
 import static android.support.v7.util.SortedList.INVALID_POSITION;
 import static android.widget.Toast.LENGTH_SHORT;
-import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
-import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 import static java.util.logging.Level.INFO;
 import static java.util.logging.Level.WARNING;
 import static org.briarproject.bramble.util.LogUtils.logDuration;
@@ -106,7 +105,6 @@ import static org.briarproject.briar.android.activity.RequestCodes.REQUEST_INTRO
 import static org.briarproject.briar.android.settings.SettingsFragment.SETTINGS_NAMESPACE;
 import static org.briarproject.briar.android.util.UiUtils.getAvatarTransitionName;
 import static org.briarproject.briar.android.util.UiUtils.getBulbTransitionName;
-import static org.briarproject.briar.android.util.UiUtils.observeOnce;
 import static org.briarproject.briar.api.messaging.MessagingConstants.MAX_PRIVATE_MESSAGE_TEXT_LENGTH;
 import static uk.co.samuelwall.materialtaptargetprompt.MaterialTapTargetPrompt.STATE_DISMISSED;
 import static uk.co.samuelwall.materialtaptargetprompt.MaterialTapTargetPrompt.STATE_FINISHED;
@@ -133,8 +131,8 @@ public class ConversationActivity extends BriarActivity
 	Executor cryptoExecutor;
 
 	private final Map<MessageId, String> textCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+	private final MutableLiveData<String> contactName = new MutableLiveData<>();
 
-	private ConversationViewModel viewModel;
 	private ConversationVisitor visitor;
 	private ConversationAdapter adapter;
 	private Toolbar toolbar;
@@ -165,18 +163,14 @@ public class ConversationActivity extends BriarActivity
 	volatile BlogSharingManager blogSharingManager;
 	@Inject
 	volatile GroupInvitationManager groupInvitationManager;
-	@Inject
-	ViewModelProvider.Factory viewModelFactory;
 
 	private volatile ContactId contactId;
 	@Nullable
+	private volatile AuthorId contactAuthorId;
+	@Nullable
 	private volatile GroupId messagingGroupId;
 
-	private final Observer<String> contactNameObserver = name -> {
+	@SuppressWarnings("ConstantConditions")
-		requireNonNull(name);
-		loadMessages();
-	};
-
 	@Override
 	public void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle state) {
 		setSceneTransitionAnimation();
@@ -187,37 +181,20 @@ public class ConversationActivity extends BriarActivity
 		if (id == -1) throw new IllegalStateException();
 		contactId = new ContactId(id);
 
-		viewModel = ViewModelProviders.of(this, viewModelFactory)
-				.get(ConversationViewModel.class);
-		viewModel.setContactId(contactId);
-
 		setContentView(R.layout.activity_conversation);
 
 		// Custom Toolbar
-		toolbar = requireNonNull(setUpCustomToolbar(true));
+		toolbar = setUpCustomToolbar(true);
-		toolbarAvatar = toolbar.findViewById(R.id.contactAvatar);
+		if (toolbar != null) {
-		toolbarStatus = toolbar.findViewById(R.id.contactStatus);
+			toolbarAvatar = toolbar.findViewById(R.id.contactAvatar);
-		toolbarTitle = toolbar.findViewById(R.id.contactName);
+			toolbarStatus = toolbar.findViewById(R.id.contactStatus);
-
+			toolbarTitle = toolbar.findViewById(R.id.contactName);
-		observeOnce(viewModel.getContactAuthorId(), this, authorId -> {
+		}
-			requireNonNull(authorId);
-			toolbarAvatar.setImageDrawable(
-					new IdenticonDrawable(authorId.getBytes()));
-		});
-		viewModel.getContactDisplayName().observe(this, contactName -> {
-			requireNonNull(contactName);
-			toolbarTitle.setText(contactName);
-		});
-		viewModel.isContactDeleted().observe(this, deleted -> {
-			requireNonNull(deleted);
-			if (deleted) finish();
-		});
 
 		setTransitionName(toolbarAvatar, getAvatarTransitionName(contactId));
 		setTransitionName(toolbarStatus, getBulbTransitionName(contactId));
 
-		visitor = new ConversationVisitor(this, this,
+		visitor = new ConversationVisitor(this, this, contactName);
-				viewModel.getContactDisplayName());
 		adapter = new ConversationAdapter(this, this);
 		list = findViewById(R.id.conversationView);
 		list.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(this));
@@ -252,7 +229,7 @@ public class ConversationActivity extends BriarActivity
 		notificationManager.blockContactNotification(contactId);
 		notificationManager.clearContactNotification(contactId);
 		displayContactOnlineStatus();
-		viewModel.getContactDisplayName().observe(this, contactNameObserver);
+		loadContactDetailsAndMessages();
 		list.startPeriodicUpdate();
 	}
 
@@ -261,7 +238,6 @@ public class ConversationActivity extends BriarActivity
 		super.onStop();
 		eventBus.removeListener(this);
 		notificationManager.unblockContactNotification(contactId);
-		viewModel.getContactDisplayName().removeObserver(contactNameObserver);
 		list.stopPeriodicUpdate();
 	}
 
@@ -273,8 +249,6 @@ public class ConversationActivity extends BriarActivity
 
 		enableIntroductionActionIfAvailable(
 				menu.findItem(R.id.action_introduction));
-		enableAliasActionIfAvailable(
-				menu.findItem(R.id.action_set_alias));
 
 		return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
 	}
@@ -292,10 +266,6 @@ public class ConversationActivity extends BriarActivity
 				intent.putExtra(CONTACT_ID, contactId.getInt());
 				startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_INTRODUCTION);
 				return true;
-			case R.id.action_set_alias:
-				AliasDialogFragment.newInstance().show(
-						getSupportFragmentManager(), AliasDialogFragment.TAG);
-				return true;
 			case R.id.action_social_remove_person:
 				askToRemoveContact();
 				return true;
@@ -304,6 +274,36 @@ public class ConversationActivity extends BriarActivity
 		}
 	}
 
+	private void loadContactDetailsAndMessages() {
+		runOnDbThread(() -> {
+			try {
+				long start = now();
+				if (contactAuthorId == null) {
+					Contact contact = contactManager.getContact(contactId);
+					contactName.postValue(contact.getAuthor().getName());
+					contactAuthorId = contact.getAuthor().getId();
+				}
+				logDuration(LOG, "Loading contact", start);
+				loadMessages();
+				displayContactDetails();
+			} catch (NoSuchContactException e) {
+				finishOnUiThread();
+			} catch (DbException e) {
+				logException(LOG, WARNING, e);
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+	// contactAuthorId and contactName are expected to be set
+	private void displayContactDetails() {
+		runOnUiThreadUnlessDestroyed(() -> {
+			//noinspection ConstantConditions
+			toolbarAvatar.setImageDrawable(
+					new IdenticonDrawable(contactAuthorId.getBytes()));
+			toolbarTitle.setText(contactName.getValue());
+		});
+	}
+
 	private void displayContactOnlineStatus() {
 		runOnUiThreadUnlessDestroyed(() -> {
 			if (connectionRegistry.isConnected(contactId)) {
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ public class ConversationActivity extends BriarActivity
 		runOnDbThread(() -> {
 			try {
 				long start = now();
-				Collection<ConversationMessageHeader> headers =
+				Collection<PrivateMessageHeader> headers =
 						conversationManager.getMessageHeaders(contactId);
 				logDuration(LOG, "Loading messages", start);
 				displayMessages(revision, headers);
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ public class ConversationActivity extends BriarActivity
 	}
 
 	private void displayMessages(int revision,
-			Collection<ConversationMessageHeader> headers) {
+			Collection<PrivateMessageHeader> headers) {
 		runOnUiThreadUnlessDestroyed(() -> {
 			if (revision == adapter.getRevision()) {
 				adapter.incrementRevision();
@@ -364,10 +364,9 @@ public class ConversationActivity extends BriarActivity
 	 */
 	@SuppressWarnings("ConstantConditions")
 	private List<ConversationItem> createItems(
-			Collection<ConversationMessageHeader> headers) {
+			Collection<PrivateMessageHeader> headers) {
 		List<ConversationItem> items = new ArrayList<>(headers.size());
-		for (ConversationMessageHeader h : headers)
+		for (PrivateMessageHeader h : headers) items.add(h.accept(visitor));
-			items.add(h.accept(visitor));
 		return items;
 	}
 
@@ -387,8 +386,8 @@ public class ConversationActivity extends BriarActivity
 	private void displayMessageText(MessageId m, String text) {
 		runOnUiThreadUnlessDestroyed(() -> {
 			textCache.put(m, text);
-			SparseArray<ConversationMessageItem> messages =
+			SparseArray<ConversationItem> messages =
-					adapter.getMessageItems();
+					adapter.getPrivateMessages();
 			for (int i = 0; i < messages.size(); i++) {
 				ConversationItem item = messages.valueAt(i);
 				if (item.getId().equals(m)) {
@@ -409,12 +408,11 @@ public class ConversationActivity extends BriarActivity
 				LOG.info("Contact removed");
 				finishOnUiThread();
 			}
-		} else if (e instanceof ConversationMessageReceivedEvent) {
+		} else if (e instanceof PrivateMessageReceivedEvent) {
-			ConversationMessageReceivedEvent p =
+			PrivateMessageReceivedEvent p = (PrivateMessageReceivedEvent) e;
-					(ConversationMessageReceivedEvent) e;
 			if (p.getContactId().equals(contactId)) {
 				LOG.info("Message received, adding");
-				onNewConversationMessage(p.getMessageHeader());
+				onNewPrivateMessage(p.getMessageHeader());
 			}
 		} else if (e instanceof MessagesSentEvent) {
 			MessagesSentEvent m = (MessagesSentEvent) e;
@@ -452,16 +450,27 @@ public class ConversationActivity extends BriarActivity
 		});
 	}
 
-	private void onNewConversationMessage(ConversationMessageHeader h) {
+	private void onNewPrivateMessage(PrivateMessageHeader h) {
 		runOnUiThreadUnlessDestroyed(() -> {
-			if (h instanceof ConversationRequest ||
+			if (h instanceof PrivateRequest || h instanceof PrivateResponse) {
-					h instanceof ConversationResponse) {
+				String cName = contactName.getValue();
-				// contact name might not have been loaded
+				if (cName == null) {
-				observeOnce(viewModel.getContactDisplayName(), this,
+					// Wait for the contact name to be loaded
-						name -> addConversationItem(h.accept(visitor)));
+					contactName.observe(this, new Observer<String>() {
+						@Override
+						public void onChanged(@Nullable String cName) {
+							if (cName != null) {
+								addConversationItem(h.accept(visitor));
+								contactName.removeObserver(this);
+							}
+						}
+					});
+				} else {
+					addConversationItem(h.accept(visitor));
+				}
 			} else {
-				// visitor also loads message text (if existing)
 				addConversationItem(h.accept(visitor));
+				loadMessageText(h.getId());
 			}
 		});
 	}
@@ -471,9 +480,10 @@ public class ConversationActivity extends BriarActivity
 		runOnUiThreadUnlessDestroyed(() -> {
 			adapter.incrementRevision();
 			Set<MessageId> messages = new HashSet<>(messageIds);
-			SparseArray<ConversationItem> list = adapter.getOutgoingMessages();
+			SparseArray<ConversationOutItem> list =
+					adapter.getOutgoingMessages();
 			for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
-				ConversationItem item = list.valueAt(i);
+				ConversationOutItem item = list.valueAt(i);
 				if (messages.contains(item.getId())) {
 					item.setSent(sent);
 					item.setSeen(seen);
@@ -518,7 +528,7 @@ public class ConversationActivity extends BriarActivity
 			try {
 				//noinspection ConstantConditions init in loadGroupId()
 				storeMessage(privateMessageFactory.createPrivateMessage(
-						messagingGroupId, timestamp, text, emptyList()), text);
+						messagingGroupId, timestamp, text), text);
 			} catch (FormatException e) {
 				throw new RuntimeException(e);
 			}
@@ -534,8 +544,7 @@ public class ConversationActivity extends BriarActivity
 				Message message = m.getMessage();
 				PrivateMessageHeader h = new PrivateMessageHeader(
 						message.getId(), message.getGroupId(),
-						message.getTimestamp(), true, false, false, false,
+						message.getTimestamp(), true, false, false, false);
-						true, emptyList());
 				textCache.put(message.getId(), text);
 				addConversationItem(h.accept(visitor));
 			} catch (DbException e) {
@@ -596,10 +605,6 @@ public class ConversationActivity extends BriarActivity
 		});
 	}
 
-	private void enableAliasActionIfAvailable(MenuItem item) {
-		observeOnce(viewModel.getContact(), this, c -> item.setEnabled(true));
-	}
-
 	private void enableIntroductionAction(MenuItem item) {
 		runOnUiThreadUnlessDestroyed(() -> item.setEnabled(true));
 	}