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The easiest way to 118 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> 119 </ol> 120<P> 121 122<P> 123<HR> 124 125<P> 126 127<!-- ======== CONSTRUCTOR SUMMARY ======== --> 128 129<A NAME="constructor_summary"><!-- --></A> 130<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 131<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 132<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 133<B>Constructor Summary</B></FONT></TH> 134</TR> 135<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 136<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/StringBinding.html#StringBinding()">StringBinding</A></B>()</CODE> 137 138<BR> 139 </TD> 140</TR> 141</TABLE> 142 143<!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== --> 144 145<A NAME="method_summary"><!-- --></A> 146<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 147<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 148<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 149<B>Method Summary</B></FONT></TH> 150</TR> 151<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 152<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 153<CODE> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 154<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/StringBinding.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> 155 156<BR> 157 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> 158</TR> 159<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 160<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 161<CODE>static <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 162<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/StringBinding.html#entryToString(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">entryToString</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</CODE> 163 164<BR> 165 Converts an entry buffer into a simple <code>String</code> value.</TD> 166</TR> 167<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 168<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 169<CODE>protected <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 170<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/StringBinding.html#getTupleOutput(java.lang.String)">getTupleOutput</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> object)</CODE> 171 172<BR> 173 Returns an empty TupleOutput instance that will be used by the tuple 174 binding or key creator.</TD> 175</TR> 176<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 177<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 178<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD> 179<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/StringBinding.html#objectToEntry(java.lang.String, com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput)">objectToEntry</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> object, 180 <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> output)</CODE> 181 182<BR> 183 Converts a key or data object to a tuple entry.</TD> 184</TR> 185<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 186<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 187<CODE>static void</CODE></FONT></TD> 188<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/StringBinding.html#stringToEntry(java.lang.String, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">stringToEntry</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> val, 189 <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</CODE> 190 191<BR> 192 Converts a simple <code>String</code> value into an entry buffer.</TD> 193</TR> 194</TABLE> 195 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleBinding"><!-- --></A> 196<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 197<TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 198<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> 199</TR> 200<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 201<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> 202</TR> 203</TABLE> 204 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleBase"><!-- --></A> 205<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 206<TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 207<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> 208</TR> 209<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 210<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 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HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple"><CODE>TupleInput</CODE></A> entry. 259<P> 260<DD><DL> 261<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/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A>></CODE></DL> 262</DD> 263<DD><DL> 264<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>input</CODE> - is the tuple key or data entry. 265<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the key or data object constructed from the entry.</DL> 266</DD> 267</DL> 268<HR> 269 270<A NAME="objectToEntry(java.lang.String, com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput)"><!-- --></A><H3> 271objectToEntry</H3> 272<PRE> 273public void <B>objectToEntry</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> object, 274 <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> output)</PRE> 275<DL> 276<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> 277<DD>Converts a key or data object to a tuple entry. 278<P> 279<DD><DL> 280<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/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A>></CODE></DL> 281</DD> 282<DD><DL> 283<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 284 written.</DL> 285</DD> 286</DL> 287<HR> 288 289<A NAME="getTupleOutput(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3> 290getTupleOutput</H3> 291<PRE> 292protected <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/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> object)</PRE> 293<DL> 294<DD><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#getTupleOutput(E)">TupleBase</A></CODE></B></DD> 295<DD>Returns an empty TupleOutput instance that will be used by the tuple 296 binding or key creator. 297 298 <p>The default implementation of this method creates a new TupleOutput 299 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> 300 301 <p>This method may be overridden to return a TupleOutput instance. For 302 example, an instance per thread could be created and returned by this 303 method. 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