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com.sleepycat.bind
Interface EntryBinding

All Known Implementing Classes:

ByteArrayBinding, RecordNumberBinding, SerialBinding, TupleBinding, TupleInputBinding

public interface EntryBinding

A binding between a key or data entry and a key or data object.

Method Summary

Object	entryToObject(DatabaseEntry entry) Converts a entry buffer into an Object.
void	objectToEntry(Object object, DatabaseEntry entry) Converts an Object into a entry buffer.

Method Detail

entryToObject

public Object entryToObject(DatabaseEntry entry)

Converts a entry buffer into an Object.

Parameters:

entry - is the source entry buffer.

Returns:

the resulting Object.

objectToEntry

public void objectToEntry(Object object,
                          DatabaseEntry entry)

Converts an Object into a entry buffer.

Parameters:

object - is the source Object.

entry - is the destination entry buffer.