com.sleepycat.bdb.bind
Class ByteArrayBinding

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.ByteArrayBinding

All Implemented Interfaces:

DataBinding

public class ByteArrayBinding

extends Object

implements DataBinding

A transparent binding where the data byte array is used as the object. The Object of the binding is of type byte[] and the data is nothing more than the byte array itself.

Constructor Summary

ByteArrayBinding(ByteArrayFormat format)
Creates a byte array binding.

Method Summary

Object	dataToObject(DataBuffer data) Converts a data buffer into an Object.
DataFormat	getDataFormat() Returns the format used for the data of this binding.
void	objectToData(Object object, DataBuffer data) Converts an Object into a data buffer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ByteArrayBinding

public ByteArrayBinding(ByteArrayFormat format)

Creates a byte array binding.

Parameters:

format - is the format of the new binding.

Method Detail

dataToObject

public Object dataToObject(DataBuffer data)
                    throws IOException

Description copied from interface: DataBinding

Converts a data buffer into an Object.

Specified by:

dataToObject in interface DataBinding

Parameters:

data - is the source data buffer.

Returns:

the resulting Object.

IOException

objectToData

public void objectToData(Object object,
                         DataBuffer data)
                  throws IOException

Description copied from interface: DataBinding

Converts an Object into a data buffer.

Specified by:

objectToData in interface DataBinding

Parameters:

object - is the source Object.

data - is the destination data buffer.

IOException

getDataFormat

public DataFormat getDataFormat()

Description copied from interface: DataBinding

Returns the format used for the data of this binding.

Specified by:

getDataFormat in interface DataBinding

Returns:

the data format.