Package org.apache.hadoop.io

Interface RawComparator<T>

Type Parameters:

T - generic type.

All Superinterfaces:

java.util.Comparator<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanWritable.Comparator, BytesWritable.Comparator, ByteWritable.Comparator, DeserializerComparator, DoubleWritable.Comparator, FloatWritable.Comparator, IntWritable.Comparator, JavaSerializationComparator, LongWritable.Comparator, LongWritable.DecreasingComparator, MD5Hash.Comparator, NullWritable.Comparator, ShortWritable.Comparator, Text.Comparator, UTF8.Comparator, WritableComparator

@Public
@Stable
public interface RawComparator<T>
extends java.util.Comparator<T>

A Comparator that operates directly on byte representations of objects.

See Also:

DeserializerComparator

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	compare(byte[] b1, int s1, int l1, byte[] b2, int s2, int l2)	Compare two objects in binary.

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

compare, equals, reversed, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

Method Detail

compare

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

Compare two objects in binary. b1[s1:l1] is the first object, and b2[s2:l2] is the second object.

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.