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it includes predefined bindings for Java primitive types. 113 114 <p>This class takes care of converting the entries to/from <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple"><CODE>TupleInput</CODE></A> and <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple"><CODE>TupleOutput</CODE></A> objects. Its two abstract methods must 115 be implemented by a concrete subclass to convert between tuples and key or 116 data objects.</p> 117 <ul> 118 <li> <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#entryToObject(com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleInput)"><CODE>entryToObject(TupleInput)</CODE></A> </li> 119 <li> <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#objectToEntry(E, com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput)"><CODE>objectToEntry(Object,TupleOutput)</CODE></A> </li> 120 </ul> 121 122 <p>For key or data entries which are Java primitive classes (String, 123 Integer, etc) <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#getPrimitiveBinding(java.lang.Class)"><CODE>getPrimitiveBinding(java.lang.Class<T>)</CODE></A> may be used to return a built in 124 tuple binding. A custom tuple binding for these types is not needed. 125 <em>Note:</em> <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#getPrimitiveBinding(java.lang.Class)"><CODE>getPrimitiveBinding(java.lang.Class<T>)</CODE></A> returns bindings that do not 126 sort negative floating point numbers correctly by default. See <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/SortedFloatBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple"><CODE>SortedFloatBinding</CODE></A> and <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/SortedDoubleBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple"><CODE>SortedDoubleBinding</CODE></A> for details.</p> 127 128 <p>When a tuple binding is used as a key binding, it produces key values 129 with a reasonable default sort order. For more information on the default 130 sort order, see <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple"><CODE>TupleOutput</CODE></A>.</p> 131<P> 132 133<P> 134<HR> 135 136<P> 137 138<!-- ======== CONSTRUCTOR SUMMARY ======== --> 139 140<A NAME="constructor_summary"><!-- --></A> 141<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 142<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 143<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 144<B>Constructor Summary</B></FONT></TH> 145</TR> 146<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 147<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#TupleBinding()">TupleBinding</A></B>()</CODE> 148 149<BR> 150 Creates a tuple binding.</TD> 151</TR> 152</TABLE> 153 154<!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== --> 155 156<A NAME="method_summary"><!-- --></A> 157<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 158<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 159<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 160<B>Method Summary</B></FONT></TH> 161</TR> 162<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 163<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 164<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html" title="type parameter in TupleBinding">E</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 165<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#entryToObject(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">entryToObject</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</CODE> 166 167<BR> 168 Converts a entry buffer into an Object.</TD> 169</TR> 170<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 171<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 172<CODE>abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html" title="type parameter in TupleBinding">E</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 173<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.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> 174 175<BR> 176 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> 177</TR> 178<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 179<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 180<CODE>static 181<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 182<TR ALIGN="right" VALIGN=""> 183<TD NOWRAP><FONT SIZE="-1"> 184<CODE><T> <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleBinding</A><T></CODE></FONT></TD> 185</TR> 186</TABLE> 187</CODE></FONT></TD> 188<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#getPrimitiveBinding(java.lang.Class)">getPrimitiveBinding</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A><T> cls)</CODE> 189 190<BR> 191 Creates a tuple binding for a primitive Java class.</TD> 192</TR> 193<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 194<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 195<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD> 196<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#objectToEntry(E, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">objectToEntry</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html" title="type parameter in TupleBinding">E</A> object, 197 <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</CODE> 198 199<BR> 200 Converts an Object into a entry buffer.</TD> 201</TR> 202<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 203<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 204<CODE>abstract void</CODE></FONT></TD> 205<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#objectToEntry(E, com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput)">objectToEntry</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html" title="type parameter in TupleBinding">E</A> object, 206 <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> output)</CODE> 207 208<BR> 209 Converts a key or data object to a tuple entry.</TD> 210</TR> 211</TABLE> 212 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleBase"><!-- --></A> 213<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 214<TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 215<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> 216</TR> 217<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 218<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#getTupleOutput(E)">getTupleOutput</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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250</DL> 251 252<!-- ============ METHOD DETAIL ========== --> 253 254<A NAME="method_detail"><!-- --></A> 255<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 256<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 257<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="1"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 258<B>Method Detail</B></FONT></TH> 259</TR> 260</TABLE> 261 262<A NAME="entryToObject(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)"><!-- --></A><H3> 263entryToObject</H3> 264<PRE> 265public <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html" title="type parameter in TupleBinding">E</A> <B>entryToObject</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</PRE> 266<DL> 267<DD><B>Description copied from interface: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html#entryToObject(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">EntryBinding</A></CODE></B></DD> 268<DD>Converts a entry buffer into an Object. 269<P> 270<DD><DL> 271<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html#entryToObject(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">entryToObject</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bind">EntryBinding</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html" title="type parameter in TupleBinding">E</A>></CODE></DL> 272</DD> 273<DD><DL> 274<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>entry</CODE> - is the source entry buffer. 275<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the resulting Object.</DL> 276</DD> 277</DL> 278<HR> 279 280<A NAME="objectToEntry(java.lang.Object,com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)"><!-- --></A><A NAME="objectToEntry(E, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)"><!-- --></A><H3> 281objectToEntry</H3> 282<PRE> 283public void <B>objectToEntry</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html" title="type parameter in TupleBinding">E</A> object, 284 <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</PRE> 285<DL> 286<DD><B>Description copied from interface: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html#objectToEntry(E, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">EntryBinding</A></CODE></B></DD> 287<DD>Converts an Object into a entry buffer. 288<P> 289<DD><DL> 290<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html#objectToEntry(E, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">objectToEntry</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bind">EntryBinding</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html" title="type parameter in TupleBinding">E</A>></CODE></DL> 291</DD> 292<DD><DL> 293<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>object</CODE> - is the source Object.<DD><CODE>entry</CODE> - is the destination entry buffer.</DL> 294</DD> 295</DL> 296<HR> 297 298<A NAME="entryToObject(com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleInput)"><!-- --></A><H3> 299entryToObject</H3> 300<PRE> 301public abstract <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html" title="type parameter in TupleBinding">E</A> <B>entryToObject</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleInput</A> input)</PRE> 302<DL> 303<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. 304<P> 305<DD><DL> 306</DL> 307</DD> 308<DD><DL> 309<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>input</CODE> - is the tuple key or data entry. 310<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the key or data object constructed from the entry.</DL> 311</DD> 312</DL> 313<HR> 314 315<A NAME="objectToEntry(java.lang.Object,com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput)"><!-- --></A><A NAME="objectToEntry(E, com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput)"><!-- --></A><H3> 316objectToEntry</H3> 317<PRE> 318public abstract void <B>objectToEntry</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html" title="type parameter in TupleBinding">E</A> object, 319 <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> output)</PRE> 320<DL> 321<DD>Converts a key or data object to a tuple entry. 322<P> 323<DD><DL> 324</DL> 325</DD> 326<DD><DL> 327<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 328 written.</DL> 329</DD> 330</DL> 331<HR> 332 333<A NAME="getPrimitiveBinding(java.lang.Class)"><!-- --></A><H3> 334getPrimitiveBinding</H3> 335<PRE> 336public static <T> <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleBinding</A><T> <B>getPrimitiveBinding</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A><T> cls)</PRE> 337<DL> 338<DD>Creates a tuple binding for a primitive Java class. The following 339 Java classes are supported. 340 <ul> 341 <li><code>String</code></li> 342 <li><code>Character</code></li> 343 <li><code>Boolean</code></li> 344 <li><code>Byte</code></li> 345 <li><code>Short</code></li> 346 <li><code>Integer</code></li> 347 <li><code>Long</code></li> 348 <li><code>Float</code></li> 349 <li><code>Double</code></li> 350 </ul> 351 352 <p><em>Note:</em> <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#getPrimitiveBinding(java.lang.Class)"><CODE>getPrimitiveBinding(java.lang.Class<T>)</CODE></A> returns bindings that do 353 not sort negative floating point numbers correctly by default. 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