com.sun.labs.minion.indexer.dictionary
Class DateNameHandler

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.labs.minion.indexer.dictionary.LongNameHandler
      com.sun.labs.minion.indexer.dictionary.DateNameHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

NameDecoder, NameEncoder

public class DateNameHandler
extends LongNameHandler

Constructor Summary

DateNameHandler()

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	decodeName(java.lang.Object prev, ReadableBuffer b) Decodes the name of an entry, given a buffer of encoded names and the name of the previous entry in the dictionary.
void	encodeName(java.lang.Object prev, java.lang.Object curr, WriteableBuffer b) Encodes the name of an entry, given the name of the previous entry in the dictionary.

Methods inherited from class com.sun.labs.minion.indexer.dictionary.LongNameHandler

getShared, startsWith

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateNameHandler

public DateNameHandler()

Method Detail

encodeName

public void encodeName(java.lang.Object prev,
                       java.lang.Object curr,
                       WriteableBuffer b)

Encodes the name of an entry, given the name of the previous entry in the dictionary.

Specified by:

encodeName in interface NameEncoder

Overrides:

encodeName in class LongNameHandler

Parameters:

prev - The name of the previous entry in the dictionary.

curr - The name of the entry to encode.

b - The buffer onto which the name of the term should be encoded.

decodeName

public java.lang.Object decodeName(java.lang.Object prev,
                                   ReadableBuffer b)

Decodes the name of an entry, given a buffer of encoded names and the name of the previous entry in the dictionary.

Specified by:

decodeName in interface NameDecoder

Overrides:

decodeName in class LongNameHandler

Parameters:

prev - The name of the previous entry in the dictionary.

b - The buffer onto which the name of the term should be encoded.

Returns:

The decoded name.