net.nutch.io
Class MapFile.Reader

java.lang.Object
  net.nutch.io.MapFile.Reader

Direct Known Subclasses:

ArrayFile.Reader, SetFile.Reader

Enclosing class:

MapFile

public static class MapFile.Reader

extends Object

Provide access to an existing map.

Constructor Summary

MapFile.Reader(String dirName)
Construct a map reader for the named map.

MapFile.Reader(String dirName, WritableComparator comparator)
Construct a map reader for the named map using the named comparator.

Method Summary

void	close() Close the map.
Writable	get(WritableComparable key, Writable val) Return the value for the named key, or null if none exists.
Class	getKeyClass() Returns the class of keys in this file.
Class	getValueClass() Returns the class of values in this file.
boolean	next(WritableComparable key, Writable val) Read the next key/value pair in the map into key and val.
void	reset() Re-positions the reader before its first key.
boolean	seek(WritableComparable key) Positions the reader at the named key, or if none such exists, at the first entry after the named key.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MapFile.Reader

public MapFile.Reader(String dirName)
               throws IOException

Construct a map reader for the named map.

MapFile.Reader

public MapFile.Reader(String dirName,
                      WritableComparator comparator)
               throws IOException

Construct a map reader for the named map using the named comparator.

Method Detail

getKeyClass

public Class getKeyClass()

Returns the class of keys in this file.

getValueClass

public Class getValueClass()

Returns the class of values in this file.

reset

public void reset()
           throws IOException

Re-positions the reader before its first key.

Throws:

IOException

seek

public boolean seek(WritableComparable key)
             throws IOException

Positions the reader at the named key, or if none such exists, at the first entry after the named key. Returns true iff the named key exists in this map.

Throws:

IOException

next

public boolean next(WritableComparable key,
                    Writable val)
             throws IOException

Read the next key/value pair in the map into key and val. Returns true if such a pair exists and false when at the end of the map

Throws:

IOException

get

public Writable get(WritableComparable key,
                    Writable val)
             throws IOException

Return the value for the named key, or null if none exists.

Throws:

IOException

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Close the map.

Throws:

IOException