com.bigdata.btree.keys
Interface ISortKeyBuilder<E>

Type Parameters:

E - The generic type of the object whose sort keys will be generated.

All Known Subinterfaces:

IKeyBuilder

All Known Implementing Classes:

BindingSetSortKeyBuilder, DelegateSortKeyBuilder, KeyBuilder, SPOSortKeyBuilder

public interface ISortKeyBuilder<E>

An interface for generating unsigned byte[] sort keys.

Version:

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

Author:

Bryan Thompson

Method Summary

byte[]

getSortKey(E e) Return an unsigned byte[] sort key.

Method Detail

getSortKey

byte[] getSortKey(E e)

Return an unsigned byte[] sort key.

Parameters:

e - Some object (required).

Returns:

The unsigned byte[] sort key.