/**
  * turns database cursor into object
  *
  * @param cursor cursor to database entry which should be returned into an object
  * @return object containing the database data
  */
 public static DeviceType cursorToDeviceType(Cursor cursor) {
   DeviceType deviceType = new DeviceType();
   deviceType.set_id(cursor.getLong(0));
   deviceType.setForgetIt(cursor.getString(1));
   deviceType.setHw(cursor.getString(2));
   deviceType.setCnt(cursor.getLong(3));
   deviceType.setChannel_type(cursor.getString(4));
   return deviceType;
 }