Package com.sleepycat.db

Interface BtreePrefixCalculator

public interface BtreePrefixCalculator

An interface specifying how Btree prefixes should be calculated.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	prefix(Database db, DatabaseEntry dbt1, DatabaseEntry dbt2)	The application-specific Btree prefix callback.

Method Detail

prefix

int prefix(Database db,
           DatabaseEntry dbt1,
           DatabaseEntry dbt2)

The application-specific Btree prefix callback.

Parameters:

db - The enclosing database handle.

dbt1 - A database entry representing a database key.

dbt2 - A database entry representing a database key.

Returns:

the number of bytes of the second key parameter that would be required by the Btree key comparison function to determine the second key parameter's ordering relationship with respect to the first key parameter