org.apache.hadoop.io
Class Text.Comparator

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableComparator
      org.apache.hadoop.io.Text.Comparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator, RawComparator

Enclosing class:

Text

public static class Text.Comparator
extends WritableComparator

A WritableComparator optimized for Text keys.

Constructor Summary

Text.Comparator()

Method Summary

int	compare(byte[] b1, int s1, int l1, byte[] b2, int s2, int l2) Optimization hook.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableComparator

compare, compare, compareBytes, define, get, getKeyClass, hashBytes, hashBytes, newKey, readDouble, readFloat, readInt, readLong, readUnsignedShort, readVInt, readVLong

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals

Constructor Detail

Text.Comparator

public Text.Comparator()

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(byte[] b1,
                   int s1,
                   int l1,
                   byte[] b2,
                   int s2,
                   int l2)

Description copied from class: WritableComparator

Optimization hook. Override this to make SequenceFile.Sorter's scream.

The default implementation reads the data into two WritableComparables (using Writable.readFields(DataInput), then calls WritableComparator.compare(WritableComparable,WritableComparable).

Specified by:

compare in interface RawComparator

Overrides:

compare in class WritableComparator

Parameters:

b1 - The first byte array.

s1 - The position index in b1. The object under comparison's starting index.

l1 - The length of the object in b1.

b2 - The second byte array.

s2 - The position index in b2. The object under comparison's starting index.

l2 - The length of the object under comparison in b2.

Returns:

An integer result of the comparison.