org.egothor.robot.index

Class DocumentsFastWriter

java.lang.Object

org.egothor.robot.index.DocumentsFastWriter

public class DocumentsFastWriter
extends Object

DocumentsFastWriter can also add an element to an already existing structure.

Author:

Leo Galambos

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DocumentsFastWriter(String location) Constructor for the DocumentsFastWriter.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	addElement(DocumentData obj) Appends a new object to the structure.
void	close() Close the two files opened in the constructor.
void	save(DocumentData doc)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DocumentsFastWriter

public DocumentsFastWriter(String location)
                    throws IOException

Constructor for the DocumentsFastWriter. The writer is constructed in the specified directory which must exist. Then it stores an empty bit map of removed documents to a bitmap file. Finally, it opens idocs and docs files for write. If the files exist, they are overwritten.

Parameters:

location - the directory to write to

Throws:

IOException - Description of the Exception

Method Detail

save

public void save(DocumentData doc)
          throws IOException

Parameters:

doc -

Throws:

IOException

addElement

public long addElement(DocumentData obj)
                throws IOException

Appends a new object to the structure. Its unique identification in the structure is returned. The object added must be of type Saveable.

Parameters:

obj - the element to add

Returns:

the unique identifier of the element

Throws:

IOException

close

public void close()

Close the two files opened in the constructor.