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package org.apache.hadoop.record;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableComparable;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableComparator;
/**
* A raw record comparator base class
*
* @deprecated Replaced by Avro.
*/
@Deprecated
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Stable
public abstract class RecordComparator extends WritableComparator {
/**
* Construct a raw {@link Record} comparison implementation. */
protected RecordComparator(Class recordClass) {
super(recordClass);
}
// inheric JavaDoc
@Override
public abstract int compare(byte[] b1, int s1, int l1, byte[] b2, int s2, int l2);
/**
* Register an optimized comparator for a {@link Record} implementation.
*
* @param c record classs for which a raw comparator is provided
* @param comparator Raw comparator instance for class c
*/
public static synchronized void define(Class c, RecordComparator comparator) {
WritableComparator.define(c, comparator);
}
}