Get the id of the first row whose column matches conditions

import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
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import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.XmlResourceParser;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import android.util.Log;


public class DbUtils {

  private SQLiteDatabase mDb;
  private Context mContext;

  private static final String TAG = DbUtils.class.getSimpleName();

  /** Get the id of the first row whose column matches conditions **/
  public static long getId(SQLiteDatabase db, String table, String column, String toMatch) {
    String[] selectionArgs = new String[] { toMatch };
    Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery("SELECT id FROM " + table + " where " + column + "=? LIMIT 1", selectionArgs);

    long id = -1;

    if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
      id = cursor.getLong(cursor.getColumnIndex("id"));
    }
    cursor.close();
    return id;
  }
}