com.sleepycat.bind
Interface EntityBinding

All Known Implementing Classes:

SerialSerialBinding, TupleSerialBinding, TupleTupleBinding

public interface EntityBinding

A binding between a key-value entry pair and an entity object.

Author:

Mark Hayes

Method Summary

Object	entryToObject(DatabaseEntry key, DatabaseEntry data) Converts key and data entry buffers into an entity Object.
void	objectToData(Object object, DatabaseEntry data) Extracts the data entry from an entity Object.
void	objectToKey(Object object, DatabaseEntry key) Extracts the key entry from an entity Object.

Method Detail

entryToObject

public Object entryToObject(DatabaseEntry key,
                            DatabaseEntry data)

Converts key and data entry buffers into an entity Object.

Parameters:

key - is the source key entry.

data - is the source data entry.

Returns:

the resulting Object.

objectToKey

public void objectToKey(Object object,
                        DatabaseEntry key)

Extracts the key entry from an entity Object.

Parameters:

object - is the source Object.

key - is the destination entry buffer.

objectToData

public void objectToData(Object object,
                         DatabaseEntry data)

Extracts the data entry from an entity Object.

Parameters:

object - is the source Object.

data - is the destination entry buffer.