com.bigdata.btree.keys

Interface ISortKeyBuilder<E>

Type Parameters:

E - The generic type of the object whose sort keys will be generated.

All Known Subinterfaces:

IKeyBuilder

All Known Implementing Classes:

BindingSetSortKeyBuilder, DelegateSortKeyBuilder, KeyBuilder, SPOSortKeyBuilder

public interface ISortKeyBuilder<E>

An interface for generating unsigned byte[] sort keys.

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Bryan Thompson

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte[]	getSortKey(E e) Return an unsigned byte[] sort key.

Method Detail

getSortKey

byte[] getSortKey(E e)

Return an unsigned byte[] sort key.

Parameters:

e - Some object (required).

Returns:

The unsigned byte[] sort key.