--- a/mobile/android/base/db/HomeProvider.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/db/HomeProvider.java
@@ -78,17 +78,17 @@ public class HomeProvider extends SQLite
     }
 
     /**
      * Returns a cursor populated with static fake data.
      */
     private Cursor queryFakeItems(Uri uri, String[] projection, String selection, String[] selectionArgs, String sortOrder) {
         JSONArray items = null;
         try {
-            final String jsonString = RawResource.get(getContext(), R.raw.fake_home_items);
+            final String jsonString = RawResource.getAsString(getContext(), R.raw.fake_home_items);
             items = new JSONArray(jsonString);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             Log.e(LOGTAG, "Error getting fake home items", e);
             return null;
         } catch (JSONException e) {
             Log.e(LOGTAG, "Error parsing fake_home_items.json", e);
             return null;
         }

--- a/mobile/android/base/util/RawResource.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/util/RawResource.java
@@ -7,18 +7,27 @@ package org.mozilla.gecko.util;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 
+/**
+ * {@code RawResource} provides API to load raw resources in different
+ * forms. For now, we only load them as strings. We're using raw resources
+ * as localizable 'assets' as opposed to a string that can be directly
+ * translatable e.g. JSON file vs string.
+ *
+ * This is just a utility class to avoid code duplication for the different
+ * cases where need to read such assets.
+ */
 public final class RawResource {
-    public static String get(Context context, int id) throws IOException {
+    public static String getAsString(Context context, int id) throws IOException {
         InputStreamReader reader = null;
 
         try {
             final Resources res = context.getResources();
             final InputStream is = res.openRawResource(id);
             if (is == null) {
                 return null;
             }

--- a/mobile/android/tests/browser/junit3/src/tests/TestRawResource.java
+++ b/mobile/android/tests/browser/junit3/src/tests/TestRawResource.java
@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ import android.util.TypedValue;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.mozilla.gecko.util.RawResource;
 
 /**
- * Tests whether RawResource.get() produces the right String
+ * Tests whether RawResource.getAsString() produces the right String
  * result after reading the returned raw resource's InputStream.
  */
 public class TestRawResource extends BrowserTestCase {
     private static final int RAW_RESOURCE_ID = 1;
     private static final String RAW_CONTENTS = "RAW";
 
     private static class TestContext extends MockContext {
         private final Resources resources;
@@ -52,16 +52,16 @@ public class TestRawResource extends Bro
         }
     }
 
     public void testGet() {
         Context context = new TestContext();
         String result;
 
         try {
-            result = RawResource.get(context, RAW_RESOURCE_ID);
+            result = RawResource.getAsString(context, RAW_RESOURCE_ID);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             result = null;
         }
 
         assertEquals(RAW_CONTENTS, result);
     }
 }
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