com.sleepycat.bdb.bind
Interface DataBinding

All Known Implementing Classes:

ByteArrayBinding, RecordNumberBinding, SerialBinding, TupleBinding, TupleInputBinding

public interface DataBinding

The interface implemented by all data-to-object bindings.

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.

Method Detail

dataToObject

public Object dataToObject(DataBuffer data)
                    throws IOException

Converts a data buffer into an Object.

Parameters:

data - is the source data buffer.

Returns:

the resulting Object.

IOException

objectToData

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

Converts an Object into a data buffer.

Parameters:

object - is the source Object.

data - is the destination data buffer.

IOException

getDataFormat

public DataFormat getDataFormat()

Returns the format used for the data of this binding.

Returns:

the data format.