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This object has a byte array buffer that is resized when it is 110 full. The reallocation of this buffer can be a performance factor for 111 some applications using large objects. To manage this issue, the <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#setTupleBufferSize(int)"><CODE>setTupleBufferSize(int)</CODE></A> method may be used to control the initial size of the 112 buffer, and the <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#getTupleOutput(java.lang.Object)"><CODE>getTupleOutput(java.lang.Object)</CODE></A> method may be overridden by 113 subclasses to take over creation of the TupleOutput object.</p> 114<P> 115 116<P> 117<HR> 118 119<P> 120 121<!-- ======== CONSTRUCTOR SUMMARY ======== --> 122 123<A NAME="constructor_summary"><!-- --></A> 124<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 125<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 126<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 127<B>Constructor Summary</B></FONT></TH> 128</TR> 129<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 130<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#TupleBase()">TupleBase</A></B>()</CODE> 131 132<BR> 133 Initializes the initial output buffer size to zero.</TD> 134</TR> 135</TABLE> 136 137<!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== --> 138 139<A NAME="method_summary"><!-- --></A> 140<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 141<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 142<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 143<B>Method Summary</B></FONT></TH> 144</TR> 145<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 146<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 147<CODE>static <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleInput</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 148<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#entryToInput(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">entryToInput</A></B>(<A HREF="/com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</CODE> 149 150<BR> 151 Utility method to create a new tuple input object for reading the data 152 from a given buffer.</TD> 153</TR> 154<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 155<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 156<CODE> int</CODE></FONT></TD> 157<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#getTupleBufferSize()">getTupleBufferSize</A></B>()</CODE> 158 159<BR> 160 Returns the initial byte size of the output buffer.</TD> 161</TR> 162<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 163<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 164<CODE>protected <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 165<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.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> 166 167<BR> 168 Returns an empty TupleOutput instance that will be used by the tuple 169 binding or key creator.</TD> 170</TR> 171<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 172<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 173<CODE>static void</CODE></FONT></TD> 174<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#inputToEntry(com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleInput, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">inputToEntry</A></B>(<A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleInput</A> input, 175 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</CODE> 176 177<BR> 178 Utility method to set the data in a entry buffer to the data in a tuple 179 input object.</TD> 180</TR> 181<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 182<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 183<CODE>static <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 184<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#newOutput()">newOutput</A></B>()</CODE> 185 186<BR> 187 <B>Deprecated.</B> <I>replaced by <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#getTupleOutput(java.lang.Object)"><CODE>getTupleOutput(java.lang.Object)</CODE></A></I></TD> 188</TR> 189<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 190<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 191<CODE>static <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 192<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#newOutput(byte[])">newOutput</A></B>(byte[] buffer)</CODE> 193 194<BR> 195 <B>Deprecated.</B> <I>replaced by <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#getTupleOutput(java.lang.Object)"><CODE>getTupleOutput(java.lang.Object)</CODE></A></I></TD> 196</TR> 197<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 198<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 199<CODE>static void</CODE></FONT></TD> 200<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#outputToEntry(com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">outputToEntry</A></B>(<A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> output, 201 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</CODE> 202 203<BR> 204 Utility method to set the data in a entry buffer to the data in a tuple 205 output object.</TD> 206</TR> 207<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 208<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 209<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD> 210<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#setTupleBufferSize(int)">setTupleBufferSize</A></B>(int byteSize)</CODE> 211 212<BR> 213 Sets the initial byte size of the output buffer that is allocated by the 214 default implementation of <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#getTupleOutput(java.lang.Object)"><CODE>getTupleOutput(java.lang.Object)</CODE></A>.</TD> 215</TR> 216</TABLE> 217 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_java.lang.Object"><!-- --></A> 218<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 219<TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 220<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> 221</TR> 222<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 223<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()" 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used.</p> 248<P> 249</DL> 250 251<!-- ============ METHOD DETAIL ========== --> 252 253<A NAME="method_detail"><!-- --></A> 254<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 255<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 256<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="1"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 257<B>Method Detail</B></FONT></TH> 258</TR> 259</TABLE> 260 261<A NAME="setTupleBufferSize(int)"><!-- --></A><H3> 262setTupleBufferSize</H3> 263<PRE> 264public void <B>setTupleBufferSize</B>(int byteSize)</PRE> 265<DL> 266<DD>Sets the initial byte size of the output buffer that is allocated by the 267 default implementation of <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#getTupleOutput(java.lang.Object)"><CODE>getTupleOutput(java.lang.Object)</CODE></A>. 268 269 <p>If this property is zero (the default), the default <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/util/FastOutputStream.html#DEFAULT_INIT_SIZE"><CODE>FastOutputStream.DEFAULT_INIT_SIZE</CODE></A> size is used.</p> 270<P> 271<DD><DL> 272<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>byteSize</CODE> - the initial byte size of the output buffer, or zero to 273 use the default size.</DL> 274</DD> 275</DL> 276<HR> 277 278<A NAME="getTupleBufferSize()"><!-- --></A><H3> 279getTupleBufferSize</H3> 280<PRE> 281public int <B>getTupleBufferSize</B>()</PRE> 282<DL> 283<DD>Returns the initial byte size of the output buffer. 284<P> 285<DD><DL> 286 287<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the initial byte size of the output buffer.<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#setTupleBufferSize(int)"><CODE>setTupleBufferSize(int)</CODE></A></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>Returns an empty TupleOutput instance that will be used by the tuple 298 binding or key creator. 299 300 <p>The default implementation of this method creates a new TupleOutput 301 with an initial buffer size that can be changed using the <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#setTupleBufferSize(int)"><CODE>setTupleBufferSize(int)</CODE></A> method.</p> 302 303 <p>This method may be overridden to return a TupleOutput instance. For 304 example, an instance per thread could be created and returned by this 305 method. If a TupleOutput instance is reused, be sure to call its 306 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/util/FastOutputStream.html#reset()"><CODE>FastOutputStream.reset()</CODE></A> method before each 307 use.</p> 308<P> 309<DD><DL> 310<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>object</CODE> - is the object to be written to the tuple output, and may 311 be used by subclasses to determine the size of the output buffer. 312<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>setTupleBufferSize(int)</CODE></A></DL> 313</DD> 314</DL> 315<HR> 316 317<A NAME="outputToEntry(com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleOutput, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)"><!-- --></A><H3> 318outputToEntry</H3> 319<PRE> 320public static void <B>outputToEntry</B>(<A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> output, 321 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</PRE> 322<DL> 323<DD>Utility method to set the data in a entry buffer to the data in a tuple 324 output object. 325<P> 326<DD><DL> 327<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>output</CODE> - is the source tuple output object.<DD><CODE>entry</CODE> - is the destination entry buffer.</DL> 328</DD> 329</DL> 330<HR> 331 332<A NAME="inputToEntry(com.sleepycat.bind.tuple.TupleInput, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)"><!-- --></A><H3> 333inputToEntry</H3> 334<PRE> 335public static void <B>inputToEntry</B>(<A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleInput</A> input, 336 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</PRE> 337<DL> 338<DD>Utility method to set the data in a entry buffer to the data in a tuple 339 input object. 340<P> 341<DD><DL> 342<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>input</CODE> - is the source tuple input object.<DD><CODE>entry</CODE> - is the destination entry buffer.</DL> 343</DD> 344</DL> 345<HR> 346 347<A NAME="entryToInput(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)"><!-- --></A><H3> 348entryToInput</H3> 349<PRE> 350public static <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleInput</A> <B>entryToInput</B>(<A HREF="/com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</PRE> 351<DL> 352<DD>Utility method to create a new tuple input object for reading the data 353 from a given buffer. If an existing input is reused, it is reset before 354 returning it. 355<P> 356<DD><DL> 357<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>entry</CODE> - is the source entry buffer. 358<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the new tuple input object.</DL> 359</DD> 360</DL> 361<HR> 362 363<A NAME="newOutput()"><!-- --></A><H3> 364newOutput</H3> 365<PRE> 366public static <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>newOutput</B>()</PRE> 367<DL> 368<DD><B>Deprecated.</B> <I>replaced by <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#getTupleOutput(java.lang.Object)"><CODE>getTupleOutput(java.lang.Object)</CODE></A></I> 369<P> 370<DD>Utility method for use by bindings to create a tuple output object. 371<P> 372<DD><DL> 373 374<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new tuple output object.</DL> 375</DD> 376</DL> 377<HR> 378 379<A NAME="newOutput(byte[])"><!-- --></A><H3> 380newOutput</H3> 381<PRE> 382public static <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>newOutput</B>(byte[] buffer)</PRE> 383<DL> 384<DD><B>Deprecated.</B> <I>replaced by <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html#getTupleOutput(java.lang.Object)"><CODE>getTupleOutput(java.lang.Object)</CODE></A></I> 385<P> 386<DD>Utility method for use by bindings to create a tuple output object 387 with a specific starting size. 388<P> 389<DD><DL> 390 391<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a new tuple output object.</DL> 392</DD> 393</DL> 394<!-- ========= END OF CLASS DATA ========= --> 395<HR> 396 397 398<!-- ======= START OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ====== --> 399<A NAME="navbar_bottom"><!-- --></A> 400<A HREF="#skip-navbar_bottom" title="Skip navigation links"></A> 401<TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 402<TR> 403<TD COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> 404<A NAME="navbar_bottom_firstrow"><!-- --></A> 405<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="3" SUMMARY=""> 406 <TR ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top"> 407 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="/overview-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Overview</B></FONT></A> </TD> 408 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="package-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Package</B></FONT></A> </TD> 409 <TD BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1Rev"> <FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1Rev"><B>Class</B></FONT> </TD> 410 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="class-use/TupleBase.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Use</B></FONT></A> </TD> 411 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="package-tree.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Tree</B></FONT></A> </TD> 412 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="/deprecated-list.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Deprecated</B></FONT></A> </TD> 413 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="/index-all.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Index</B></FONT></A> </TD> 414 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="/help-doc.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Help</B></FONT></A> </TD> 415 </TR> 416</TABLE> 417</TD> 418<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN=3><EM> 419<b>Berkeley DB</b><br><font size="-1"> version 4.7.25</font></EM> 420</TD> 421</TR> 422 423<TR> 424<TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 425 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/StringBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple"><B>PREV CLASS</B></A> 426 <A HREF="/com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBinding.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple"><B>NEXT CLASS</B></A></FONT></TD> 427<TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 428 <A HREF="/index.html?com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleBase.html" target="_top"><B>FRAMES</B></A> 429 <A HREF="TupleBase.html" target="_top"><B>NO FRAMES</B></A> 430 <SCRIPT type="text/javascript"> 431 <!-- 432 if(window==top) { 433 document.writeln('<A HREF="/allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A>'); 434 } 435 //--> 436</SCRIPT> 437<NOSCRIPT> 438 <A HREF="/allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A> 439</NOSCRIPT> 440 441 442</FONT></TD> 443</TR> 444<TR> 445<TD VALIGN="top" CLASS="NavBarCell3"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 446 SUMMARY: NESTED | FIELD | <A HREF="#constructor_summary">CONSTR</A> | <A HREF="#method_summary">METHOD</A></FONT></TD> 447<TD VALIGN="top" CLASS="NavBarCell3"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 448DETAIL: FIELD | <A HREF="#constructor_detail">CONSTR</A> | <A HREF="#method_detail">METHOD</A></FONT></TD> 449</TR> 450</TABLE> 451<A NAME="skip-navbar_bottom"></A> 452<!-- ======== END OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ======= --> 453 454<HR> 455<font size=1>Copyright (c) 1996,2008 Oracle. 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