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The easiest way to 115 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> 116 </ol> 117<P> 118 119<P> 120<HR> 121 122<P> 123 124<!-- ======== CONSTRUCTOR SUMMARY ======== --> 125 126<A NAME="constructor_summary"><!-- --></A> 127<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 128<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 129<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 130<B>Constructor Summary</B></FONT></TH> 131</TR> 132<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 133<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/StringBinding.html#StringBinding()">StringBinding</A></B>()</CODE> 134 135<BR> 136 </TD> 137</TR> 138</TABLE> 139 140<!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== --> 141 142<A NAME="method_summary"><!-- --></A> 143<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 144<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 145<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 146<B>Method Summary</B></FONT></TH> 147</TR> 148<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 149<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 150<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> 151<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> 152 153<BR> 154 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> 155</TR> 156<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 157<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 158<CODE>static <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 159<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> 160 161<BR> 162 Converts an entry buffer into a simple <code>String</code> value.</TD> 163</TR> 164<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 165<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 166<CODE>protected <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 167<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/StringBinding.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> 168 169<BR> 170 Returns an empty TupleOutput instance that will be used by the tuple 171 binding or key creator.</TD> 172</TR> 173<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 174<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 175<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD> 176<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/StringBinding.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, 177 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> output)</CODE> 178 179<BR> 180 Converts a key or data object to a tuple entry.</TD> 181</TR> 182<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 183<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 184<CODE>static void</CODE></FONT></TD> 185<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" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> val, 186 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</CODE> 187 188<BR> 189 Converts a simple <code>String</code> value into an entry buffer.</TD> 190</TR> 191</TABLE> 192 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleBinding"><!-- --></A> 193<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 194<TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 195<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> 196</TR> 197<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 198<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> 199</TR> 200</TABLE> 201 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleBase"><!-- --></A> 202<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 203<TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 204<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> 205</TR> 206<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 207<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> 208</TR> 209</TABLE> 210 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_java.lang.Object"><!-- --></A> 211<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 212<TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 213<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> 214</TR> 215<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 216<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> 217</TR> 218</TABLE> 219 220<P> 221 222<!-- ========= CONSTRUCTOR DETAIL ======== --> 223 224<A NAME="constructor_detail"><!-- --></A> 225<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 226<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 227<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="1"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 228<B>Constructor Detail</B></FONT></TH> 229</TR> 230</TABLE> 231 232<A NAME="StringBinding()"><!-- --></A><H3> 233StringBinding</H3> 234<PRE> 235public <B>StringBinding</B>()</PRE> 236<DL> 237</DL> 238 239<!-- ============ METHOD DETAIL ========== --> 240 241<A NAME="method_detail"><!-- --></A> 242<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 243<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 244<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="1"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 245<B>Method Detail</B></FONT></TH> 246</TR> 247</TABLE> 248 249<A NAME="entryToObject(com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleInput)"><!-- --></A><H3> 250entryToObject</H3> 251<PRE> 252public <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> 253<DL> 254<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> 255<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. 256<P> 257<DD><DL> 258<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> 259</DD> 260<DD><DL> 261<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>input</CODE> - is the tuple key or data entry. 262<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the key or data object constructed from the entry.</DL> 263</DD> 264</DL> 265<HR> 266 267<A NAME="objectToEntry(java.lang.Object, com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput)"><!-- --></A><H3> 268objectToEntry</H3> 269<PRE> 270public 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, 271 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> output)</PRE> 272<DL> 273<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> 274<DD>Converts a key or data object to a tuple entry. 275<P> 276<DD><DL> 277<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> 278</DD> 279<DD><DL> 280<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 281 written.</DL> 282</DD> 283</DL> 284<HR> 285 286<A NAME="getTupleOutput(java.lang.Object)"><!-- --></A><H3> 287getTupleOutput</H3> 288<PRE> 289protected <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> 290<DL> 291<DD><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#getTupleOutput(java.lang.Object)">TupleBase</A></CODE></B></DD> 292<DD>Returns an empty TupleOutput instance that will be used by the tuple 293 binding or key creator. 294 295 <p>The default implementation of this method creates a new TupleOutput 296 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> 297 298 <p>This method may be overridden to return a TupleOutput instance. For 299 example, an instance per thread could be created and returned by this 300 method. If a TupleOutput instance is reused, be sure to call its 301 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/util/FastOutputStream.html#reset()"><CODE>FastOutputStream.reset()</CODE></A> method before each 302 use.</p> 303<P> 304<DD><DL> 305<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> 306</DD> 307<DD><DL> 308<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>object</CODE> - is the object to be written to the tuple output, and may 309 be used by subclasses to determine the size of the output buffer. 310<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> 311</DD> 312</DL> 313<HR> 314 315<A NAME="entryToString(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)"><!-- --></A><H3> 316entryToString</H3> 317<PRE> 318public static <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> <B>entryToString</B>(<A HREF="/com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</PRE> 319<DL> 320<DD>Converts an entry buffer into a simple <code>String</code> value. 321<P> 322<DD><DL> 323<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>entry</CODE> - is the source entry buffer. 324<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the resulting value.</DL> 325</DD> 326</DL> 327<HR> 328 329<A NAME="stringToEntry(java.lang.String, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)"><!-- --></A><H3> 330stringToEntry</H3> 331<PRE> 332public static void <B>stringToEntry</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> val, 333 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</PRE> 334<DL> 335<DD>Converts a simple <code>String</code> value into an entry buffer. 336<P> 337<DD><DL> 338<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>val</CODE> - is the source value.<DD><CODE>entry</CODE> - is the destination entry buffer.</DL> 339</DD> 340</DL> 341<!-- ========= END OF CLASS DATA ========= --> 342<HR> 343 344 345<!-- ======= START OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ====== --> 346<A NAME="navbar_bottom"><!-- --></A> 347<A HREF="#skip-navbar_bottom" title="Skip navigation links"></A> 348<TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 349<TR> 350<TD COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> 351<A NAME="navbar_bottom_firstrow"><!-- --></A> 352<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="3" SUMMARY=""> 353 <TR ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top"> 354 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="/overview-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Overview</B></FONT></A> </TD> 355 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="package-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Package</B></FONT></A> </TD> 356 <TD BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1Rev"> <FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1Rev"><B>Class</B></FONT> </TD> 357 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="class-use/StringBinding.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Use</B></FONT></A> </TD> 358 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="package-tree.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Tree</B></FONT></A> </TD> 359 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="/deprecated-list.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Deprecated</B></FONT></A> </TD> 360 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="/index-all.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Index</B></FONT></A> </TD> 361 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="/help-doc.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Help</B></FONT></A> </TD> 362 </TR> 363</TABLE> 364</TD> 365<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN=3><EM> 366<b>Berkeley DB</b><br><font size="-1"> version 4.7.25</font></EM> 367</TD> 368</TR> 369 370<TR> 371<TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 372 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/SortedFloatBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple"><B>PREV CLASS</B></A> 373 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple"><B>NEXT CLASS</B></A></FONT></TD> 374<TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 375 <A HREF="/index.html?com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/StringBinding.html" target="_top"><B>FRAMES</B></A> 376 <A HREF="StringBinding.html" target="_top"><B>NO FRAMES</B></A> 377 <SCRIPT type="text/javascript"> 378 <!-- 379 if(window==top) { 380 document.writeln('<A HREF="/allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A>'); 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