uk.ac.starlink.table

Interface RowStore

All Superinterfaces:

TableSink

All Known Implementing Classes:

ByteStoreRowStore, DiscardRowStore, DiskRowStore, ListRowStore, SidewaysRowStore

public interface RowStore
extends TableSink

Describes an object which can be used to store table data. If you have a RowStore you can stream table data into it, and then retrieve it as a random-access StarTable later. This interface abstracts that functionality so you don't need to worry how the storage is handled. You should usually obtain a RowStore instance from a StoragePolicy.

Since:

30 Jul 2004

See Also:

StoragePolicy

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
StarTable	getStarTable() Obtains a StarTable which contains the data and metadata that have been written into this sink.

Methods inherited from interface uk.ac.starlink.table.TableSink

acceptMetadata, acceptRow, endRows

Method Detail

getStarTable

StarTable getStarTable()

Obtains a StarTable which contains the data and metadata that have been written into this sink. In general it is only legal to call this method following a call to TableSink.endRows(); failing to observe this sequence may earn you an IllegalStateException

Returns:

a random-access StarTable containing the written rows