com.sleepycat.persist.impl
Interface Catalog

All Known Implementing Classes:

PersistCatalog, ReadOnlyCatalog, SimpleCatalog

interface Catalog

Catalog operation interface used by format classes.

Author:

Mark Hayes

See Also:

PersistCatalog, SimpleCatalog, ReadOnlyCatalog

Method Summary

Format	createFormat(Class type, Map<String,Format> newFormats)
Format	getFormat(Class cls) Returns a format for a given class, or throws an exception.
Format	getFormat(int formatId) Returns a format for a given ID, or throws an exception.
Format	getFormat(String className) Returns a format by class name.

Method Detail

getFormat

Format getFormat(int formatId)

Returns a format for a given ID, or throws an exception. This method is used when reading an object from the byte array format.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the formatId does not correspond to a persistent class. This is an internal consistency error.

getFormat

Format getFormat(Class cls)

Returns a format for a given class, or throws an exception. This method is used when writing an object that was passed in by the user.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the class is not persistent. This is a user error.

getFormat

Format getFormat(String className)

Returns a format by class name. Unlike getFormat(int), the format will not be created if it is not already known.

createFormat

Format createFormat(Class type,
                    Map<String,Format> newFormats)

See Also:

PersistCatalog.createFormat(java.lang.Class, java.util.Map)