org.apache.hadoop.record
Class RecordComparator

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableComparator
      extended by org.apache.hadoop.record.RecordComparator
All Implemented Interfaces:
Comparator, RawComparator

public abstract class RecordComparator
extends WritableComparator

A raw record comparator base class


Constructor Summary
protected RecordComparator(Class<? extends WritableComparable> recordClass)
          Construct a raw Record comparison implementation.
 
Method Summary
abstract  int compare(byte[] b1, int s1, int l1, byte[] b2, int s2, int l2)
          Optimization hook.
static void define(Class c, RecordComparator comparator)
          Register an optimized comparator for a Record implementation.
 
Methods inherited from class org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableComparator
compare, compare, compareBytes, define, get, getKeyClass, hashBytes, hashBytes, newKey, readDouble, readFloat, readInt, readLong, readUnsignedShort, readVInt, readVLong
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator
equals
 

Constructor Detail

RecordComparator

protected RecordComparator(Class<? extends WritableComparable> recordClass)
Construct a raw Record comparison implementation.

Method Detail

compare

public abstract int compare(byte[] b1,
                            int s1,
                            int l1,
                            byte[] b2,
                            int s2,
                            int l2)
Description copied from class: WritableComparator
Optimization hook. Override this to make SequenceFile.Sorter's scream.

The default implementation reads the data into two WritableComparables (using Writable.readFields(DataInput), then calls WritableComparator.compare(WritableComparable,WritableComparable).

Specified by:
compare in interface RawComparator
Overrides:
compare in class WritableComparator

define

public static void define(Class c,
                          RecordComparator comparator)
Register an optimized comparator for a Record implementation.

Parameters:
c - record classs for which a raw comparator is provided
comparator - Raw comparator instance for class c


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