org.apache.hadoop.io
Class BytesWritable.Comparator

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator, RawComparator

Enclosing class:

BytesWritable

public static class BytesWritable.Comparator
extends WritableComparator

A Comparator optimized for BytesWritable.

Constructor Summary

BytesWritable.Comparator()

Method Summary

int	compare(byte[] b1, int s1, int l1, byte[] b2, int s2, int l2) Compare the buffers in serialized form.

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

BytesWritable.Comparator

public BytesWritable.Comparator()

Method Detail

compare

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

Compare the buffers in serialized form.

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.