Package com.sleepycat.collections

Interface PrimaryKeyAssigner

public interface PrimaryKeyAssigner

An interface implemented to assign new primary key values. An implementation of this interface is passed to the StoredMap or StoredSortedMap constructor to assign primary keys for that store. Key assignment occurs when StoredMap.append() is called.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	assignKey(DatabaseEntry keyData)	Assigns a new primary key value into the given buffer.

Method Detail

assignKey

void assignKey(DatabaseEntry keyData)
        throws DatabaseException

Assigns a new primary key value into the given buffer.

Parameters:

keyData - the buffer.

Throws:

DatabaseException - to stop the operation and cause this exception to be propagated to the caller of StoredMap.append().