From 47c85011ded213eeb896d53e294d90bf3730f0d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mino260806 <dmezghanni@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 19:35:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Paper.init when Context is not needed

---
 paperdb/src/main/java/io/paperdb/Paper.java | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/paperdb/src/main/java/io/paperdb/Paper.java b/paperdb/src/main/java/io/paperdb/Paper.java
index 3edc427..d04adf1 100644
--- a/paperdb/src/main/java/io/paperdb/Paper.java
+++ b/paperdb/src/main/java/io/paperdb/Paper.java
@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ public static void init(@NonNull Context context) {
         mContext = context.getApplicationContext();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Alternative to {@link #init(Context)} when {@link #book()} method is not needed.
+     *
+     * <p><b><font color="red">
+     *    Do not use this constructor unless you are explicitely specifying location by using {@link #bookOn(String)}
+     *    or {@link #bookOn(String, String)}.
+     * </font>
+     */
+    public static void init() {
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns book instance with the given name
      *
@@ -94,8 +105,9 @@ public static void init(@NonNull Context context) {
     }
 
     private static Book getBook(String location, String name) {
-        if (mContext == null) {
-            throw new PaperDbException("Paper.init is not called");
+        if (location == null && mContext == null) {
+            throw new PaperDbException("Paper.init(Context) is not called. If you are calling Paper.init(), " +
+                    "please call Paper.init(Context) instead.");
         }
         String key = (location == null ? "" : location) + name;
         synchronized (mBookMap) {