org.treetank.bucket.interfaces

Interface IBucket

All Known Subinterfaces:

IReferenceBucket

All Known Implementing Classes:

DataBucket, IndirectBucket, MetaBucket, RevisionRootBucket, UberBucket

public interface IBucket

Interface to represent one bucket. A bucket is the atomic unique to be serializible and represents one bucket when stored. Pointers as well as any datas may be stored within one bucket.

Author:

Sebastian Graf, University of Konstanz

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	getBucketKey() Getting the key of a bucket for dereferencing over any pointers as well, the access in the log and for retrieving buckets from the persistent storage.
com.google.common.hash.HashCode	secureHash() Getting a secure hash for a bucket.
void	serialize(DataOutput pOutput) Serializing to given dataput

Method Detail

getBucketKey

long getBucketKey()

Getting the key of a bucket for dereferencing over any pointers as well, the access in the log and for retrieving buckets from the persistent storage.

Returns:

the key of the bucket

serialize

void serialize(DataOutput pOutput)
               throws TTIOException

Serializing to given dataput

Parameters:

pOutput - to serialize to

Throws:

TTIOException

secureHash

com.google.common.hash.HashCode secureHash()

Getting a secure hash for a bucket.

Returns:

the bytes representing a secure hash