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it includes predefined bindings for Java primitive types. 110 111 <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 112 be implemented by a concrete subclass to convert between tuples and key or 113 data objects.</p> 114 <ul> 115 <li> <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#entryToObject(com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleInput)"><CODE>entryToObject(TupleInput)</CODE></A> </li> 116 <li> <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#objectToEntry(java.lang.Object, com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput)"><CODE>objectToEntry(Object,TupleOutput)</CODE></A> </li> 117 </ul> 118 119 <p>For key or data entries which are Java primitive classes (String, 120 Integer, etc) <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#getPrimitiveBinding(java.lang.Class)"><CODE>getPrimitiveBinding(java.lang.Class)</CODE></A> may be used to return a built in 121 tuple binding. A custom tuple binding for these types is not needed. 122 <em>Note:</em> <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#getPrimitiveBinding(java.lang.Class)"><CODE>getPrimitiveBinding(java.lang.Class)</CODE></A> returns bindings that do not 123 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> 124 125 <p>When a tuple binding is used as a key binding, it produces key values 126 with a reasonable default sort order. For more information on the default 127 sort order, see <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple"><CODE>TupleOutput</CODE></A>.</p> 128<P> 129 130<P> 131<HR> 132 133<P> 134 135<!-- ======== CONSTRUCTOR SUMMARY ======== --> 136 137<A NAME="constructor_summary"><!-- --></A> 138<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 139<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 140<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 141<B>Constructor Summary</B></FONT></TH> 142</TR> 143<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 144<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#TupleBinding()">TupleBinding</A></B>()</CODE> 145 146<BR> 147 Creates a tuple binding.</TD> 148</TR> 149</TABLE> 150 151<!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== --> 152 153<A NAME="method_summary"><!-- --></A> 154<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 155<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 156<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 157<B>Method Summary</B></FONT></TH> 158</TR> 159<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 160<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 161<CODE> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 162<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> 163 164<BR> 165 Converts a entry buffer into an Object.</TD> 166</TR> 167<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 168<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 169<CODE>abstract <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 170<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> 171 172<BR> 173 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> 174</TR> 175<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 176<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 177<CODE>static <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleBinding</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 178<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" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A> cls)</CODE> 179 180<BR> 181 Creates a tuple binding for a primitive Java class.</TD> 182</TR> 183<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 184<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 185<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD> 186<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#objectToEntry(java.lang.Object, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">objectToEntry</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> object, 187 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</CODE> 188 189<BR> 190 Converts an Object into a entry buffer.</TD> 191</TR> 192<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 193<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 194<CODE>abstract void</CODE></FONT></TD> 195<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#objectToEntry(java.lang.Object, com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput)">objectToEntry</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> object, 196 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> output)</CODE> 197 198<BR> 199 Converts a key or data object to a tuple entry.</TD> 200</TR> 201</TABLE> 202 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleBase"><!-- --></A> 203<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 204<TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 205<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> 206</TR> 207<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 208<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(java.lang.Object)">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 HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#setTupleBufferSize(int)">setTupleBufferSize</A></CODE></TD> 209</TR> 210</TABLE> 211 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_java.lang.Object"><!-- --></A> 212<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 213<TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 214<TH ALIGN="left"><B>Methods inherited from class java.lang.<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></B></TH> 215</TR> 216<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 217<TD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#clone()" title="class or interface in java.lang">clone</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#equals(java.lang.Object)" title="class or interface in java.lang">equals</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#finalize()" title="class or interface in java.lang">finalize</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#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#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#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#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#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#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#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#wait(long, int)" title="class or interface in java.lang">wait</A></CODE></TD> 218</TR> 219</TABLE> 220 221<P> 222 223<!-- ========= CONSTRUCTOR DETAIL ======== --> 224 225<A NAME="constructor_detail"><!-- --></A> 226<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 227<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 228<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="1"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 229<B>Constructor Detail</B></FONT></TH> 230</TR> 231</TABLE> 232 233<A NAME="TupleBinding()"><!-- --></A><H3> 234TupleBinding</H3> 235<PRE> 236public <B>TupleBinding</B>()</PRE> 237<DL> 238<DD>Creates a tuple binding. 239<P> 240</DL> 241 242<!-- ============ METHOD DETAIL ========== --> 243 244<A NAME="method_detail"><!-- --></A> 245<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 246<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 247<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="1"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 248<B>Method Detail</B></FONT></TH> 249</TR> 250</TABLE> 251 252<A NAME="entryToObject(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)"><!-- --></A><H3> 253entryToObject</H3> 254<PRE> 255public <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> <B>entryToObject</B>(<A HREF="/com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</PRE> 256<DL> 257<DD><B>Description copied from interface: <CODE><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html#entryToObject(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">EntryBinding</A></CODE></B></DD> 258<DD>Converts a entry buffer into an Object. 259<P> 260<DD><DL> 261<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></CODE></DL> 262</DD> 263<DD><DL> 264<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>entry</CODE> - is the source entry buffer. 265<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the resulting Object.</DL> 266</DD> 267</DL> 268<HR> 269 270<A NAME="objectToEntry(java.lang.Object, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)"><!-- --></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/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> object, 274 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</PRE> 275<DL> 276<DD><B>Description copied from interface: <CODE><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html#objectToEntry(java.lang.Object, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">EntryBinding</A></CODE></B></DD> 277<DD>Converts an Object into a entry buffer. 278<P> 279<DD><DL> 280<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html#objectToEntry(java.lang.Object, 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></CODE></DL> 281</DD> 282<DD><DL> 283<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>object</CODE> - is the source Object.<DD><CODE>entry</CODE> - is the destination entry buffer.</DL> 284</DD> 285</DL> 286<HR> 287 288<A NAME="entryToObject(com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleInput)"><!-- --></A><H3> 289entryToObject</H3> 290<PRE> 291public abstract <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> <B>entryToObject</B>(<A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleInput</A> input)</PRE> 292<DL> 293<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. 294<P> 295<DD><DL> 296</DL> 297</DD> 298<DD><DL> 299<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>input</CODE> - is the tuple key or data entry. 300<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the key or data object constructed from the entry.</DL> 301</DD> 302</DL> 303<HR> 304 305<A NAME="objectToEntry(java.lang.Object, com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput)"><!-- --></A><H3> 306objectToEntry</H3> 307<PRE> 308public abstract void <B>objectToEntry</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> object, 309 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> output)</PRE> 310<DL> 311<DD>Converts a key or data object to a tuple entry. 312<P> 313<DD><DL> 314</DL> 315</DD> 316<DD><DL> 317<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 318 written.</DL> 319</DD> 320</DL> 321<HR> 322 323<A NAME="getPrimitiveBinding(java.lang.Class)"><!-- --></A><H3> 324getPrimitiveBinding</H3> 325<PRE> 326public static <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleBinding</A> <B>getPrimitiveBinding</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A> cls)</PRE> 327<DL> 328<DD>Creates a tuple binding for a primitive Java class. The following 329 Java classes are supported. 330 <ul> 331 <li><code>String</code></li> 332 <li><code>Character</code></li> 333 <li><code>Boolean</code></li> 334 <li><code>Byte</code></li> 335 <li><code>Short</code></li> 336 <li><code>Integer</code></li> 337 <li><code>Long</code></li> 338 <li><code>Float</code></li> 339 <li><code>Double</code></li> 340 </ul> 341 342 <p><em>Note:</em> <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#getPrimitiveBinding(java.lang.Class)"><CODE>getPrimitiveBinding(java.lang.Class)</CODE></A> returns bindings that do 343 not sort negative floating point numbers correctly by default. See 344 <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 345 details.</p> 346<P> 347<DD><DL> 348</DL> 349</DD> 350<DD><DL> 351<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>cls</CODE> - is the primitive Java class. 352<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new binding for the primitive class or null if the cls 353 parameter is not one of the supported classes.</DL> 354</DD> 355</DL> 356<!-- ========= END OF CLASS DATA ========= --> 357<HR> 358 359 360<!-- ======= START OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ====== --> 361<A NAME="navbar_bottom"><!-- --></A> 362<A HREF="#skip-navbar_bottom" title="Skip navigation links"></A> 363<TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 364<TR> 365<TD COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> 366<A NAME="navbar_bottom_firstrow"><!-- --></A> 367<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="3" SUMMARY=""> 368 <TR ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top"> 369 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="/overview-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Overview</B></FONT></A> </TD> 370 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="package-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Package</B></FONT></A> </TD> 371 <TD BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1Rev"> <FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1Rev"><B>Class</B></FONT> </TD> 372 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="class-use/TupleBinding.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Use</B></FONT></A> </TD> 373 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="package-tree.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Tree</B></FONT></A> </TD> 374 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="/deprecated-list.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Deprecated</B></FONT></A> </TD> 375 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="/index-all.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Index</B></FONT></A> </TD> 376 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="/help-doc.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Help</B></FONT></A> </TD> 377 </TR> 378</TABLE> 379</TD> 380<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN=3><EM> 381<b>Berkeley DB</b><br><font size="-1"> version 4.7.25</font></EM> 382</TD> 383</TR> 384 385<TR> 386<TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 387 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple"><B>PREV CLASS</B></A> 388 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple"><B>NEXT CLASS</B></A></FONT></TD> 389<TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 390 <A HREF="/index.html?com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html" target="_top"><B>FRAMES</B></A> 391 <A HREF="TupleBinding.html" target="_top"><B>NO FRAMES</B></A> 392 <SCRIPT type="text/javascript"> 393 <!-- 394 if(window==top) { 395 document.writeln('<A HREF="/allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A>'); 396 } 397 //--> 398</SCRIPT> 399<NOSCRIPT> 400 <A HREF="/allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A> 401</NOSCRIPT> 402 403 404</FONT></TD> 405</TR> 406<TR> 407<TD VALIGN="top" CLASS="NavBarCell3"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 408 SUMMARY: NESTED | FIELD | <A HREF="#constructor_summary">CONSTR</A> | <A HREF="#method_summary">METHOD</A></FONT></TD> 409<TD VALIGN="top" CLASS="NavBarCell3"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 410DETAIL: FIELD | <A HREF="#constructor_detail">CONSTR</A> | <A HREF="#method_detail">METHOD</A></FONT></TD> 411</TR> 412</TABLE> 413<A NAME="skip-navbar_bottom"></A> 414<!-- ======== END OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ======= --> 415 416<HR> 417<font size=1>Copyright (c) 1996,2008 Oracle. 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