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Class TupleBinding</H2>
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An abstract tuple binding for tuple keys or values. This class takes care of
 converting the data to/from <A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html"><CODE>TupleInput</CODE></A> and <A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html"><CODE>TupleOutput</CODE></A>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Converts a key or value object to a tuple data.</TD>
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TupleBinding</H3>
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public <B>TupleBinding</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/tuple/TupleFormat.html">TupleFormat</A>&nbsp;format)</PRE>
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