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<h2 title="Interface EntityBinding" class="title">Interface EntityBinding<E></h2>
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<pre>public interface <span class="strong">EntityBinding<E></span></pre>
<div class="block">A binding between a key-value entry pair and an entity object.
<p><em>WARNING:</em> Binding instances are typically shared by multiple
threads and binding methods are called without any special synchronization.
Therefore, bindings must be thread safe. In general no shared state should
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntityBinding.html" title="type parameter in EntityBinding">E</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntityBinding.html#entryToObject(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry,%20com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">entryToObject</a></strong>(<a href="../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</a> key,
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<div class="block">Converts key and data entry buffers into an entity Object.</div>
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<pre><a href="../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntityBinding.html" title="type parameter in EntityBinding">E</a> entryToObject(<a href="../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</a> key,
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<div class="block">Converts key and data entry buffers into an entity Object.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>key</code> - is the source key entry.</dd><dd><code>data</code> - is the source data entry.</dd>
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<div class="block">Extracts the key entry from an entity Object.</div>
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<pre>void objectToData(<a href="../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntityBinding.html" title="type parameter in EntityBinding">E</a> object,
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<div class="block">Extracts the data entry from an entity Object.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>object</code> - is the source Object.</dd><dd><code>data</code> - is the destination entry buffer.</dd></dl>
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