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Only non-negative values are sorted correctly by default. To sort 112 all values correctly by default, use <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/SortedFloatBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple"><CODE>SortedFloatBinding</CODE></A>.</p> 113 114 <p>There are two ways to use this class:</p> 115 <ol> 116 <li>When using the <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/db/package-summary.html"><CODE>com.sleepycat.db</CODE></A> package directly, the static 117 methods in this class can be used to convert between primitive values and 118 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db"><CODE>DatabaseEntry</CODE></A> objects.</li> 119 <li>When using the <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/collections/package-summary.html"><CODE>com.sleepycat.collections</CODE></A> package, an instance of 120 this class can be used with any stored collection. The easiest way to 121 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)</CODE></A> method.</li> 122 </ol> 123<P> 124 125<P> 126<HR> 127 128<P> 129 130<!-- ======== CONSTRUCTOR SUMMARY ======== --> 131 132<A NAME="constructor_summary"><!-- --></A> 133<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 134<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 135<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 136<B>Constructor Summary</B></FONT></TH> 137</TR> 138<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 139<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/FloatBinding.html#FloatBinding()">FloatBinding</A></B>()</CODE> 140 141<BR> 142 </TD> 143</TR> 144</TABLE> 145 146<!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== --> 147 148<A NAME="method_summary"><!-- --></A> 149<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 150<TR 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CLASS="TableRowColor"> 180<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 181<CODE>protected <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 182<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/FloatBinding.html#getTupleOutput(java.lang.Object)">getTupleOutput</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)</CODE> 183 184<BR> 185 Returns an empty TupleOutput instance that will be used by the tuple 186 binding or key creator.</TD> 187</TR> 188<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 189<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 190<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD> 191<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/FloatBinding.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, 192 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> output)</CODE> 193 194<BR> 195 Converts a key or data object to a tuple entry.</TD> 196</TR> 197</TABLE> 198 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleBinding"><!-- --></A> 199<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 200<TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 201<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> 202</TR> 203<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 204<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(java.lang.Object, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">objectToEntry</A></CODE></TD> 205</TR> 206</TABLE> 207 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleBase"><!-- --></A> 208<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 209<TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 210<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> 211</TR> 212<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 213<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> 214</TR> 215</TABLE> 216 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_java.lang.Object"><!-- --></A> 217<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 218<TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 219<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> 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--></A><H3> 239FloatBinding</H3> 240<PRE> 241public <B>FloatBinding</B>()</PRE> 242<DL> 243</DL> 244 245<!-- ============ METHOD DETAIL ========== --> 246 247<A NAME="method_detail"><!-- --></A> 248<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 249<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 250<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="1"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 251<B>Method Detail</B></FONT></TH> 252</TR> 253</TABLE> 254 255<A NAME="entryToObject(com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleInput)"><!-- --></A><H3> 256entryToObject</H3> 257<PRE> 258public <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> 259<DL> 260<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> 261<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. 262<P> 263<DD><DL> 264<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></CODE></DL> 265</DD> 266<DD><DL> 267<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>input</CODE> - is the tuple key or data entry. 268<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the key or data object constructed from the entry.</DL> 269</DD> 270</DL> 271<HR> 272 273<A NAME="objectToEntry(java.lang.Object, com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput)"><!-- --></A><H3> 274objectToEntry</H3> 275<PRE> 276public 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, 277 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> output)</PRE> 278<DL> 279<DD><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#objectToEntry(java.lang.Object, com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput)">TupleBinding</A></CODE></B></DD> 280<DD>Converts a key or data object to a tuple entry. 281<P> 282<DD><DL> 283<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html#objectToEntry(java.lang.Object, 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></CODE></DL> 284</DD> 285<DD><DL> 286<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 287 written.</DL> 288</DD> 289</DL> 290<HR> 291 292<A NAME="getTupleOutput(java.lang.Object)"><!-- --></A><H3> 293getTupleOutput</H3> 294<PRE> 295protected <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/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> object)</PRE> 296<DL> 297<DD><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#getTupleOutput(java.lang.Object)">TupleBase</A></CODE></B></DD> 298<DD>Returns an empty TupleOutput instance that will be used by the tuple 299 binding or key creator. 300 301 <p>The default implementation of this method creates a new TupleOutput 302 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> 303 304 <p>This method may be overridden to return a TupleOutput instance. For 305 example, an instance per thread could be created and returned by this 306 method. If a TupleOutput instance is reused, be sure to call its 307 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/util/FastOutputStream.html#reset()"><CODE>FastOutputStream.reset()</CODE></A> method before each 308 use.</p> 309<P> 310<DD><DL> 311<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#getTupleOutput(java.lang.Object)">getTupleOutput</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleBase</A></CODE></DL> 312</DD> 313<DD><DL> 314<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>object</CODE> - is the object to be written to the tuple output, and may 315 be used by subclasses to determine the size of the output buffer. 316<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an empty TupleOutput instance.<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#setTupleBufferSize(int)"><CODE>TupleBase.setTupleBufferSize(int)</CODE></A></DL> 317</DD> 318</DL> 319<HR> 320 321<A NAME="entryToFloat(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)"><!-- --></A><H3> 322entryToFloat</H3> 323<PRE> 324public static float <B>entryToFloat</B>(<A HREF="/com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</PRE> 325<DL> 326<DD>Converts an entry buffer into a simple <code>float</code> value. 327<P> 328<DD><DL> 329<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>entry</CODE> - is the source entry buffer. 330<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the resulting value.</DL> 331</DD> 332</DL> 333<HR> 334 335<A NAME="floatToEntry(float, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)"><!-- --></A><H3> 336floatToEntry</H3> 337<PRE> 338public static void <B>floatToEntry</B>(float val, 339 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</PRE> 340<DL> 341<DD>Converts a simple <code>float</code> value into an entry buffer. 342<P> 343<DD><DL> 344<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>val</CODE> - is the source value.<DD><CODE>entry</CODE> - is the destination entry buffer.</DL> 345</DD> 346</DL> 347<!-- ========= END OF CLASS DATA ========= --> 348<HR> 349 350 351<!-- ======= START OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ====== --> 352<A NAME="navbar_bottom"><!-- --></A> 353<A HREF="#skip-navbar_bottom" title="Skip navigation links"></A> 354<TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 355<TR> 356<TD COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> 357<A NAME="navbar_bottom_firstrow"><!-- --></A> 358<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="3" SUMMARY=""> 359 <TR ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top"> 360 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="/overview-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Overview</B></FONT></A> </TD> 361 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="package-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Package</B></FONT></A> </TD> 362 <TD BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1Rev"> <FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1Rev"><B>Class</B></FONT> </TD> 363 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="class-use/FloatBinding.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Use</B></FONT></A> </TD> 364 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="package-tree.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Tree</B></FONT></A> </TD> 365 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="/deprecated-list.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Deprecated</B></FONT></A> </TD> 366 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="/index-all.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Index</B></FONT></A> </TD> 367 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="/help-doc.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Help</B></FONT></A> </TD> 368 </TR> 369</TABLE> 370</TD> 371<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN=3><EM> 372<b>Berkeley DB</b><br><font size="-1"> version 4.7.25</font></EM> 373</TD> 374</TR> 375 376<TR> 377<TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 378 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/DoubleBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple"><B>PREV CLASS</B></A> 379 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/IntegerBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple"><B>NEXT CLASS</B></A></FONT></TD> 380<TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 381 <A HREF="/index.html?com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/FloatBinding.html" target="_top"><B>FRAMES</B></A> 382 <A HREF="FloatBinding.html" target="_top"><B>NO FRAMES</B></A> 383 <SCRIPT type="text/javascript"> 384 <!-- 385 if(window==top) { 386 document.writeln('<A HREF="/allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A>'); 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