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--> <!-- =========== FIELD SUMMARY =========== --> <!-- ======== CONSTRUCTOR SUMMARY ======== --> <!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== --> <A NAME="method_summary"><!-- --></A> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> <TD COLSPAN=2><FONT SIZE="+2"> <B>Method Summary</B></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html">Object</A></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/DataBinding.html#dataToObject(com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer)">dataToObject</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/DataBuffer.html">DataBuffer</A> data)</CODE> <BR> Converts a data buffer into an Object.</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE> <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/DataFormat.html">DataFormat</A></CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/DataBinding.html#getDataFormat()">getDataFormat</A></B>()</CODE> <BR> Returns the format used for the data of this binding.</TD> </TR> <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> <CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD> <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/DataBinding.html#objectToData(java.lang.Object, com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer)">objectToData</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html">Object</A> object, <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/DataBuffer.html">DataBuffer</A> data)</CODE> <BR> Converts an Object into a data buffer.</TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P> <!-- ============ FIELD DETAIL =========== --> <!-- ========= CONSTRUCTOR DETAIL ======== --> <!-- ============ METHOD DETAIL ========== --> <A NAME="method_detail"><!-- 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objectToData</H3> <PRE> public void <B>objectToData</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html">Object</A> object, <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/DataBuffer.html">DataBuffer</A> data) throws <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html">IOException</A></PRE> <DL> <DD>Converts an Object into a data buffer. <P> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>object</CODE> - is the source Object.<DD><CODE>data</CODE> - is the destination data buffer. <DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html">IOException</A></CODE></DL> </DD> </DL> <HR> <A NAME="getDataFormat()"><!-- --></A><H3> getDataFormat</H3> <PRE> public <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/DataFormat.html">DataFormat</A> <B>getDataFormat</B>()</PRE> <DL> <DD>Returns the format used for the data of this binding. <P> <DD><DL> <DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the data format.</DL> </DD> </DL> <!-- ========= END OF CLASS DATA ========= 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