Berkeley DB Java Edition
version 1.5.1

com.sleepycat.bind.tuple
Class TupleTupleKeyCreator

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:
ForeignKeyNullifier, SecondaryKeyCreator
Direct Known Subclasses:
TupleTupleMarshalledKeyCreator

public abstract class TupleTupleKeyCreator
extends Object
implements SecondaryKeyCreator, ForeignKeyNullifier

An abstract key creator that uses a tuple key and a tuple data entry. This class takes care of converting the key and data entry to/from TupleInput and TupleOutput objects. The following abstract method must be implemented by a concrete subclass to create the index key using these objects

If ForeignKeyDeleteAction.NULLIFY was specified when opening the secondary database, the following method must be overridden to nullify the foreign index key. If NULLIFY was not specified, this method need not be overridden.

If ForeignKeyDeleteAction.NULLIFY was specified when creating the secondary, this method is called when the entity for this foreign key is deleted. If NULLIFY was not specified, this method will not be called and may always return false.

Author:
Mark Hayes

Constructor Summary
TupleTupleKeyCreator()
          Creates a tuple-tuple key creator.
 
Method Summary
 boolean createSecondaryKey(SecondaryDatabase db, DatabaseEntry primaryKeyEntry, DatabaseEntry dataEntry, DatabaseEntry indexKeyEntry)
          Creates a secondary key entry, given a primary key and data entry.
abstract  boolean createSecondaryKey(TupleInput primaryKeyInput, TupleInput dataInput, TupleOutput indexKeyOutput)
          Creates the index key from primary key tuple and data tuple.
 boolean nullifyForeignKey(SecondaryDatabase db, DatabaseEntry dataEntry)
          Sets the foreign key reference to null in the datum of the primary database.
 boolean nullifyForeignKey(TupleInput dataInput, TupleOutput dataOutput)
          Clears the index key in the tuple data entry.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

TupleTupleKeyCreator

public TupleTupleKeyCreator()
Creates a tuple-tuple key creator.

Method Detail

createSecondaryKey

public boolean createSecondaryKey(SecondaryDatabase db,
                                  DatabaseEntry primaryKeyEntry,
                                  DatabaseEntry dataEntry,
                                  DatabaseEntry indexKeyEntry)
                           throws DatabaseException
Description copied from interface: SecondaryKeyCreator
Creates a secondary key entry, given a primary key and data entry.

Specified by:
createSecondaryKey in interface SecondaryKeyCreator
Parameters:
db - the database to which the secondary key will be added.
primaryKeyEntry - the primary key entry. This parameter must not be modified by this method.
dataEntry - the primary data entry. This parameter must not be modified by this method.
indexKeyEntry - the secondary key created by this method.
Returns:
true if a key was created, or false to indicate that the key is not present.
Throws:
DatabaseException - if an error occurs attempting to create the secondary key.

nullifyForeignKey

public boolean nullifyForeignKey(SecondaryDatabase db,
                                 DatabaseEntry dataEntry)
                          throws DatabaseException
Description copied from interface: ForeignKeyNullifier
Sets the foreign key reference to null in the datum of the primary database.

Specified by:
nullifyForeignKey in interface ForeignKeyNullifier
Parameters:
db - the database in which the foreign key integrity constraint is defined.
dataEntry - the existing primary key datum in which the foreign key reference should be set to null.
Returns:
true if the datum was modified, or false to indicate that the key is not present.
Throws:
DatabaseException - if an error occurs attempting to clear the key reference.

createSecondaryKey

public abstract boolean createSecondaryKey(TupleInput primaryKeyInput,
                                           TupleInput dataInput,
                                           TupleOutput indexKeyOutput)
Creates the index key from primary key tuple and data tuple.

Parameters:
primaryKeyInput - is the TupleInput for the primary key entry.
dataInput - is the TupleInput for the data entry.
indexKeyOutput - is the destination index key tuple.
Returns:
true if a key was created, or false to indicate that the key is not present.

nullifyForeignKey

public boolean nullifyForeignKey(TupleInput dataInput,
                                 TupleOutput dataOutput)
Clears the index key in the tuple data entry. The dataInput should be read and then written to the dataOutput, clearing the index key in the process.

The secondary key should be output or removed by this method such that createSecondaryKey(com.sleepycat.je.SecondaryDatabase, com.sleepycat.je.DatabaseEntry, com.sleepycat.je.DatabaseEntry, com.sleepycat.je.DatabaseEntry) will return false. Other fields in the data object should remain unchanged.

Parameters:
dataInput - is the TupleInput for the data entry.
dataOutput - is the destination TupleOutput.
Returns:
true if the key was cleared, or false to indicate that the key is not present and no change is necessary.

Berkeley DB Java Edition
version 1.5.1

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