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Class TupleBinding</H2>
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<DT><B>All Implemented Interfaces:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bind">EntryBinding</A></DD>
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<DT><B>Direct Known Subclasses:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/BooleanBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">BooleanBinding</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/ByteBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">ByteBinding</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/CharacterBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">CharacterBinding</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/DoubleBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">DoubleBinding</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/FloatBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">FloatBinding</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/IntegerBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">IntegerBinding</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/LongBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">LongBinding</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/ShortBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">ShortBinding</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/StringBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">StringBinding</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleMarshalledBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleMarshalledBinding</A></DD>
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<DT>public abstract class <B>TupleBinding</B><DT>extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A><DT>implements <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bind">EntryBinding</A></DL>
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An abstract <code>EntryBinding</code> that treats a key or data entry as a
tuple; it includes predefined bindings for Java primitive types.
<p>This class takes care of converting the entries to/from <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple"><CODE>TupleInput</CODE></A> and <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple"><CODE>TupleOutput</CODE></A> objects. Its two abstract methods must
be implemented by a concrete subclass to convert between tuples and key or
data objects.</p>
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<li> <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#entryToObject(com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleInput)"><CODE>entryToObject(TupleInput)</CODE></A> </li>
<li> <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#objectToEntry(java.lang.Object, com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput)"><CODE>objectToEntry(Object,TupleOutput)</CODE></A> </li>
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<p>For key or data entries which are Java primitive classes (String,
Integer, etc) <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#getPrimitiveBinding(java.lang.Class)"><CODE>getPrimitiveBinding(java.lang.Class)</CODE></A> may be used to return a builtin
tuple binding. A custom tuple binding for these types is not needed.</p>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#TupleBinding()">TupleBinding</A></B>()</CODE>
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Creates a tuple binding.</TD>
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<CODE>static <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleInput</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#entryToInput(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">entryToInput</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</CODE>
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Utility method to create a new tuple input object for reading the data
from a given buffer.</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#entryToObject(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">entryToObject</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</CODE>
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Converts a entry buffer into an Object.</TD>
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<CODE>abstract <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#entryToObject(com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleInput)">entryToObject</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleInput</A> input)</CODE>
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Constructs a key or data object from a <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple"><CODE>TupleInput</CODE></A> entry.</TD>
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<CODE>static <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleBinding</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#getPrimitiveBinding(java.lang.Class)">getPrimitiveBinding</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A> cls)</CODE>
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Creates a tuple binding for a primitive Java class.</TD>
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<CODE>static void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#inputToEntry(com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleInput, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">inputToEntry</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleInput</A> input,
<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</CODE>
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Utility method to set the data in a entry buffer to the data in a tuple
input object.</TD>
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<CODE>static <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#newOutput()">newOutput</A></B>()</CODE>
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Utility method for use by bindings to create a tuple output object.</TD>
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<CODE>static <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#newOutput(byte[])">newOutput</A></B>(byte[] buffer)</CODE>
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Utility method for use by bindings to create a tuple output object
with a specific starting size.</TD>
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<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#objectToEntry(java.lang.Object, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">objectToEntry</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> object,
<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</CODE>
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Converts an Object into a entry buffer.</TD>
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<CODE>abstract void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#objectToEntry(java.lang.Object, com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput)">objectToEntry</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> object,
<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> output)</CODE>
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Converts a key or data object to a tuple entry.</TD>
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<CODE>static void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#outputToEntry(com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">outputToEntry</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> output,
<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</CODE>
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Utility method to set the data in a entry buffer to the data in a tuple
output object.</TD>
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TupleBinding</H3>
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public <B>TupleBinding</B>()</PRE>
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entryToObject</H3>
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public <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> <B>entryToObject</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</PRE>
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<DD><B>Description copied from interface: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bind">EntryBinding</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Converts a entry buffer into an Object.
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<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html#entryToObject(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">entryToObject</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bind">EntryBinding</A></CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>entry</CODE> - is the source entry buffer.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the resulting Object.</DL>
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objectToEntry</H3>
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public void <B>objectToEntry</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> object,
<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</PRE>
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<DD><B>Description copied from interface: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bind">EntryBinding</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Converts an Object into a entry buffer.
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<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html#objectToEntry(java.lang.Object, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">objectToEntry</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bind">EntryBinding</A></CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>object</CODE> - is the source Object.<DD><CODE>entry</CODE> - is the destination entry buffer.</DL>
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newOutput</H3>
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public static <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>newOutput</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Utility method for use by bindings to create a tuple output object.
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new tuple output object.</DL>
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newOutput</H3>
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public static <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>newOutput</B>(byte[] buffer)</PRE>
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<DD>Utility method for use by bindings to create a tuple output object
with a specific starting size.
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new tuple output object.</DL>
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outputToEntry</H3>
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public static void <B>outputToEntry</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> output,
<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</PRE>
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<DD>Utility method to set the data in a entry buffer to the data in a tuple
output object.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>output</CODE> - is the source tuple output object.<DD><CODE>entry</CODE> - is the destination entry buffer.</DL>
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inputToEntry</H3>
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public static void <B>inputToEntry</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleInput</A> input,
<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</PRE>
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<DD>Utility method to set the data in a entry buffer to the data in a tuple
input object.
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</DL>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>input</CODE> - is the source tuple input object.<DD><CODE>entry</CODE> - is the destination entry buffer.</DL>
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entryToInput</H3>
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public static <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleInput</A> <B>entryToInput</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</PRE>
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<DD>Utility method to create a new tuple input object for reading the data
from a given buffer. If an existing input is reused, it is reset before
returning it.
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</DL>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>entry</CODE> - is the source entry buffer.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the new tuple input object.</DL>
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entryToObject</H3>
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public abstract <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> <B>entryToObject</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleInput</A> input)</PRE>
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<DD>Constructs a key or data object from a <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple"><CODE>TupleInput</CODE></A> entry.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>input</CODE> - is the tuple key or data entry.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the key or data object constructed from the entry.</DL>
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public abstract void <B>objectToEntry</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> object,
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public static <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleBinding</A> <B>getPrimitiveBinding</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A> cls)</PRE>
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