btreevaluecomparator.java

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/*  Sesame - Storage and Querying architecture for RDF and RDF Schema
 *  Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Aduna
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package org.openrdf.sesame.sailimpl.nativerdf.btree;

/**
 *
 **/
public interface BTreeValueComparator {

	/**
	 * Compares the supplied <tt>key</tt> to the value of length <tt>length</tt>,
	 * starting at offset <tt>offset</tt> in the supplied <tt>data</tt> array.
	 *
	 * @param key A byte array representing the search key.
	 * @param data A byte array containing the value to compare the key to.
	 * @param offset The offset (0-based) of the value in <tt>data</tt>.
	 * @param length The length of the value.
	 * @return A negative integer when the key is smaller than the value, a
	 * positive integer when the key is larger than the value, or <tt>0</tt>
	 * when the key is equal to the value.
	 **/
	public int compareBTreeValues(byte[] key, byte[] data, int offset, int length);
}