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org.apache.derby.impl.store.access

public Class UTF

extends UserType
Class Inheritance
Imports
org.apache.derby.shared.common.sanity.SanityManager, org.apache.derby.iapi.types.DataValueDescriptor, .UserType
A class that is used to store java.lang.Strings and provide ordering capability.
See Also
org.apache.derby.iapi.services.io.FormatIdOutputStream

Constructor Summary

AccessConstructor and Description
public
UTF()

public
UTF(String value)

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public int
compare(DataValueDescriptor
The Orderable to compare this one to.
other)

Overrides org.apache.derby.iapi.types.UserType.compare.

Implements org.apache.derby.iapi.types.DataValueDescriptor.compare.

Orderable interface

Inherited from org.apache.derby.iapi.types.UserType:
cloneValuecompareequalsestimateMemoryUsagegetBooleangetBytegetBytesgetDategetDoublegetFloatgetIntgetLengthgetLonggetNewNullgetObjectgetShortgetStringgetTimegetTimestampgetTypeFormatIdgetTypeNamehashCodeisNullnotEqualsreadExternalrestoreToNullsetBigDecimalsetFromsetValuesetValuesetValueFromResultSettoStringtypePrecedencewriteExternal

Constructor Detail

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public UTF()
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public UTF(String value)

Method Detail

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public int compare(DataValueDescriptor other)

Overrides org.apache.derby.iapi.types.UserType.compare.

Implements org.apache.derby.iapi.types.DataValueDescriptor.compare.

Doc from org.apache.derby.iapi.types.UserType.compare.

Orderable interface

Parameters
other:DataValueDescriptor

Doc from org.apache.derby.iapi.types.DataValueDescriptor.compare.

The Orderable to compare this one to.

Returns:int

Doc from org.apache.derby.iapi.types.DataValueDescriptor.compare.

<0 - this Orderable is less than other. 0 - this Orderable equals other. >0 - this Orderable is greater than other. The code should not explicitly look for -1, or 1.