com.bigdata.btree
Interface IOverflowHandler

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BlobOverflowHandler

public interface IOverflowHandler
extends Serializable

An interface that allows you to inspect index entries during an IndexSegmentBuilder operation.

Version:

$Id: IOverflowHandler.java 2265 2009-10-26 12:51:06Z thompsonbry $

Author:

Bryan Thompson

Method Summary

void	close() Notified when overflow processing is done for a given source and target.
byte[]	handle(ITuple tuple, IRawStore target) Invoked for each index entry.

Method Detail

handle

byte[] handle(ITuple tuple,
              IRawStore target)

Invoked for each index entry.

Parameters:

tuple - The index entry.

target - The target store on which you can write additional data.

Returns:

The new value to be stored under the key in the generated IndexSegment.

close

void close()

Notified when overflow processing is done for a given source and target.