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The easiest way to 119 obtain a binding instance is with the <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#getPrimitiveBinding(java.lang.Class)"><CODE>TupleBinding.getPrimitiveBinding(java.lang.Class<T>)</CODE></A> method.</li> 120 </ol> 121<P> 122 123<P> 124<HR> 125 126<P> 127 128<!-- ======== CONSTRUCTOR SUMMARY ======== --> 129 130<A NAME="constructor_summary"><!-- --></A> 131<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 132<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 133<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 134<B>Constructor Summary</B></FONT></TH> 135</TR> 136<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 137<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/CharacterBinding.html#CharacterBinding()">CharacterBinding</A></B>()</CODE> 138 139<BR> 140 </TD> 141</TR> 142</TABLE> 143 144<!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== --> 145 146<A NAME="method_summary"><!-- --></A> 147<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 148<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 149<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 150<B>Method Summary</B></FONT></TH> 151</TR> 152<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 153<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 154<CODE>static void</CODE></FONT></TD> 155<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/CharacterBinding.html#charToEntry(char, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">charToEntry</A></B>(char val, 156 <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</CODE> 157 158<BR> 159 Converts a simple <code>char</code> value into an entry buffer.</TD> 160</TR> 161<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 162<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 163<CODE>static char</CODE></FONT></TD> 164<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/CharacterBinding.html#entryToChar(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">entryToChar</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</CODE> 165 166<BR> 167 Converts an entry buffer into a simple <code>char</code> value.</TD> 168</TR> 169<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 170<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 171<CODE> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Character.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Character</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 172<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/CharacterBinding.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> 173 174<BR> 175 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> 176</TR> 177<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 178<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 179<CODE>protected <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 180<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/CharacterBinding.html#getTupleOutput(java.lang.Character)">getTupleOutput</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Character.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Character</A> object)</CODE> 181 182<BR> 183 Returns an empty TupleOutput instance that will be used by the tuple 184 binding or key creator.</TD> 185</TR> 186<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 187<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 188<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD> 189<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/CharacterBinding.html#objectToEntry(java.lang.Character, com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput)">objectToEntry</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Character.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Character</A> object, 190 <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> output)</CODE> 191 192<BR> 193 Converts a key or data object to a tuple entry.</TD> 194</TR> 195</TABLE> 196 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleBinding"><!-- --></A> 197<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 198<TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 199<TH ALIGN="left"><B>Methods inherited from class com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleBinding</A></B></TH> 200</TR> 201<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 202<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#entryToObject(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">entryToObject</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#getPrimitiveBinding(java.lang.Class)">getPrimitiveBinding</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#objectToEntry(E, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">objectToEntry</A></CODE></TD> 203</TR> 204</TABLE> 205 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleBase"><!-- --></A> 206<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 207<TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 208<TH ALIGN="left"><B>Methods inherited from class com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleBase</A></B></TH> 209</TR> 210<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 211<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#entryToInput(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">entryToInput</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#getTupleBufferSize()">getTupleBufferSize</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#inputToEntry(com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleInput, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">inputToEntry</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#newOutput()">newOutput</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#newOutput(byte[])">newOutput</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#outputToEntry(com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">outputToEntry</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#setTupleBufferSize(int)">setTupleBufferSize</A></CODE></TD> 212</TR> 213</TABLE> 214 <A 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HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#getClass()" title="class or interface in java.lang">getClass</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#hashCode()" title="class or interface in java.lang">hashCode</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#notify()" title="class or interface in java.lang">notify</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#notifyAll()" title="class or interface in java.lang">notifyAll</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#toString()" title="class or interface in java.lang">toString</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#wait()" title="class or interface in java.lang">wait</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#wait(long)" title="class or interface in java.lang">wait</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#wait(long, int)" title="class or interface in java.lang">wait</A></CODE></TD> 221</TR> 222</TABLE> 223 224<P> 225 226<!-- ========= CONSTRUCTOR DETAIL ======== --> 227 228<A NAME="constructor_detail"><!-- --></A> 229<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 230<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 231<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="1"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 232<B>Constructor Detail</B></FONT></TH> 233</TR> 234</TABLE> 235 236<A NAME="CharacterBinding()"><!-- --></A><H3> 237CharacterBinding</H3> 238<PRE> 239public <B>CharacterBinding</B>()</PRE> 240<DL> 241</DL> 242 243<!-- ============ METHOD DETAIL ========== --> 244 245<A NAME="method_detail"><!-- --></A> 246<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 247<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 248<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="1"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 249<B>Method Detail</B></FONT></TH> 250</TR> 251</TABLE> 252 253<A NAME="entryToObject(com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleInput)"><!-- --></A><H3> 254entryToObject</H3> 255<PRE> 256public <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Character.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Character</A> <B>entryToObject</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleInput</A> input)</PRE> 257<DL> 258<DD><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#entryToObject(com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleInput)">TupleBinding</A></CODE></B></DD> 259<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. 260<P> 261<DD><DL> 262<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#entryToObject(com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleInput)">entryToObject</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleBinding</A><<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Character.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Character</A>></CODE></DL> 263</DD> 264<DD><DL> 265<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>input</CODE> - is the tuple key or data entry. 266<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the key or data object constructed from the entry.</DL> 267</DD> 268</DL> 269<HR> 270 271<A NAME="objectToEntry(java.lang.Character, com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput)"><!-- --></A><H3> 272objectToEntry</H3> 273<PRE> 274public void <B>objectToEntry</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Character.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Character</A> object, 275 <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> output)</PRE> 276<DL> 277<DD><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#objectToEntry(E, com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput)">TupleBinding</A></CODE></B></DD> 278<DD>Converts a key or data object to a tuple entry. 279<P> 280<DD><DL> 281<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#objectToEntry(E, com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput)">objectToEntry</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleBinding</A><<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Character.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Character</A>></CODE></DL> 282</DD> 283<DD><DL> 284<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>object</CODE> - is the key or data object.<DD><CODE>output</CODE> - is the tuple entry to which the key or data should be 285 written.</DL> 286</DD> 287</DL> 288<HR> 289 290<A NAME="getTupleOutput(java.lang.Character)"><!-- --></A><H3> 291getTupleOutput</H3> 292<PRE> 293protected <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>getTupleOutput</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Character.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Character</A> object)</PRE> 294<DL> 295<DD><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#getTupleOutput(E)">TupleBase</A></CODE></B></DD> 296<DD>Returns an empty TupleOutput instance that will be used by the tuple 297 binding or key creator. 298 299 <p>The default implementation of this method creates a new TupleOutput 300 with an initial buffer size that can be changed using the <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#setTupleBufferSize(int)"><CODE>TupleBase.setTupleBufferSize(int)</CODE></A> method.</p> 301 302 <p>This method may be overridden to return a TupleOutput instance. For 303 example, an instance per thread could be created and returned by this 304 method. 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