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// Copyright (c) 2011-present, Facebook, Inc. All rights reserved.
// This source code is licensed under both the GPLv2 (found in the
// COPYING file in the root directory) and Apache 2.0 License
// (found in the LICENSE.Apache file in the root directory).
package org.rocksdb;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
/**
* Comparators are used by RocksDB to determine
* the ordering of keys.
*
* Implementations of Comparators in Java should extend this class.
*/
public abstract class AbstractComparator
extends RocksCallbackObject {
AbstractComparator() {
super();
}
protected AbstractComparator(final ComparatorOptions comparatorOptions) {
super(comparatorOptions.nativeHandle_);
}
@Override
protected long initializeNative(final long... nativeParameterHandles) {
return createNewComparator(nativeParameterHandles[0]);
}
/**
* Get the type of this comparator.
*
* Used for determining the correct C++ cast in native code.
*
* @return The type of the comparator.
*/
ComparatorType getComparatorType() {
return ComparatorType.JAVA_COMPARATOR;
}
/**
* The name of the comparator. Used to check for comparator
* mismatches (i.e., a DB created with one comparator is
* accessed using a different comparator).
*
* A new name should be used whenever
* the comparator implementation changes in a way that will cause
* the relative ordering of any two keys to change.
*
* Names starting with "rocksdb." are reserved and should not be used.
*
* @return The name of this comparator implementation
*/
public abstract String name();
/**
* Three-way key comparison. Implementations should provide a
* total order
* on keys that might be passed to it.
*
* The implementation may modify the {@code ByteBuffer}s passed in, though
* it would be unconventional to modify the "limit" or any of the
* underlying bytes. As a callback, RocksJava will ensure that {@code a}
* is a different instance from {@code b}.
*
* @param a buffer containing the first key in its "remaining" elements
* @param b buffer containing the second key in its "remaining" elements
*
* @return Should return either:
* 1) < 0 if "a" < "b"
* 2) == 0 if "a" == "b"
* 3) > 0 if "a" > "b"
*/
public abstract int compare(final ByteBuffer a, final ByteBuffer b);
/**
*
Used to reduce the space requirements
* for internal data structures like index blocks.
*
* If start < limit, you may modify start which is a
* shorter string in [start, limit).
*
* If you modify start, it is expected that you set the byte buffer so that
* a subsequent read of start.remaining() bytes from start.position()
* to start.limit() will obtain the new start value.
*
* Simple comparator implementations may return with start unchanged.
* i.e., an implementation of this method that does nothing is correct.
*
* @param start the start
* @param limit the limit
*/
public void findShortestSeparator(final ByteBuffer start,
final ByteBuffer limit) {
// no-op
}
/**
* Used to reduce the space requirements
* for internal data structures like index blocks.
*
* You may change key to a shorter key (key1) where
* key1 ≥ key.
*
* Simple comparator implementations may return the key unchanged.
* i.e., an implementation of
* this method that does nothing is correct.
*
* @param key the key
*/
public void findShortSuccessor(final ByteBuffer key) {
// no-op
}
public final boolean usingDirectBuffers() {
return usingDirectBuffers(nativeHandle_);
}
private static native boolean usingDirectBuffers(final long nativeHandle);
private native long createNewComparator(final long comparatorOptionsHandle);
}