com.sleepycat.bind.serial
Class SerialBase

java.lang.Object
  com.sleepycat.bind.serial.SerialBase

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SerialBinding

public class SerialBase
extends Object

A base class for serial bindings creators that provides control over the allocation of the output buffer.

Serial bindings append data to a FastOutputStream instance. This object has a byte array buffer that is resized when it is full. The reallocation of this buffer can be a performance factor for some applications using large objects. To manage this issue, the setSerialBufferSize(int) method may be used to control the initial size of the buffer, and the getSerialOutput(java.lang.Object) method may be overridden by subclasses to take over creation of the FastOutputStream object.

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Class Evolution

SerialBase

public SerialBase()

Initializes the initial output buffer size to zero.

Unless setSerialBufferSize(int) is called, the default FastOutputStream.DEFAULT_INIT_SIZE size will be used.

setSerialBufferSize

public void setSerialBufferSize(int byteSize)

Sets the initial byte size of the output buffer that is allocated by the default implementation of getSerialOutput(java.lang.Object).

If this property is zero (the default), the default FastOutputStream.DEFAULT_INIT_SIZE size is used.

Parameters:

byteSize - the initial byte size of the output buffer, or zero to use the default size.

getSerialBufferSize

public int getSerialBufferSize()

Returns the initial byte size of the output buffer.

Returns:

the initial byte size of the output buffer.

See Also:

setSerialBufferSize(int)

getSerialOutput

protected FastOutputStream getSerialOutput(Object object)

Returns an empty SerialOutput instance that will be used by the serial binding or key creator.

The default implementation of this method creates a new SerialOutput with an initial buffer size that can be changed using the setSerialBufferSize(int) method.

This method may be overridden to return a FastOutputStream instance. For example, an instance per thread could be created and returned by this method. If a FastOutputStream instance is reused, be sure to call its FastOutputStream.reset() method before each use.

Parameters:

object - is the object to be written to the serial output, and may be used by subclasses to determine the size of the output buffer.

Returns:

an empty FastOutputStream instance.

See Also:

setSerialBufferSize(int)