org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter

Class BinaryPrefixComparator

java.lang.Object

org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.ByteArrayComparable

org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.BinaryPrefixComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<byte[]>

@InterfaceAudience.Public
public class BinaryPrefixComparator
extends ByteArrayComparable

A comparator which compares against a specified byte array, but only compares up to the length of this byte array. For the rest it is similar to BinaryComparator.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BinaryPrefixComparator(byte[] value) Constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compareTo(byte[] value, int offset, int length)
int	compareTo(ByteBuffer value, int offset, int length)
static BinaryPrefixComparator	parseFrom(byte[] pbBytes)
byte[]	toByteArray() Returns The comparator serialized using pb

Methods inherited from class org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.ByteArrayComparable

compareTo, getValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BinaryPrefixComparator

public BinaryPrefixComparator(byte[] value)

Constructor

Parameters:

value - value

Method Detail

compareTo

public int compareTo(byte[] value,
                     int offset,
                     int length)

Specified by:

compareTo in class ByteArrayComparable

compareTo

public int compareTo(ByteBuffer value,
                     int offset,
                     int length)

Overrides:

compareTo in class ByteArrayComparable

toByteArray

public byte[] toByteArray()

Returns The comparator serialized using pb

Specified by:

toByteArray in class ByteArrayComparable

parseFrom

public static BinaryPrefixComparator parseFrom(byte[] pbBytes)
                                        throws DeserializationException

Parameters:

pbBytes - A pb serialized BinaryPrefixComparator instance

Returns:

An instance of BinaryPrefixComparator made from bytes

Throws:

DeserializationException

See Also:

toByteArray()