org.egothor.store

Class ThickBarrelSortedOut

java.lang.Object

org.egothor.store.ThickBarrelOut

org.egothor.store.ThickBarrelSortedOut

All Implemented Interfaces:

AutoCloseable, BarrelWriter

public class ThickBarrelSortedOut
extends ThickBarrelOut

This object implements a barrel that writes its inverted lists to a single file. This class is a core implementation of a barrel writer with sorted inverted list by some criteria.

Author:

Leo Galambos

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ThickBarrelSortedOut(String location, IntegerArray rank)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	append(BarrelReader old) Appends the given Barrel to this one.
void	close() Close this stream and mark resources for garbage collection.

Methods inherited from class org.egothor.store.ThickBarrelOut

appendIList, saveDocument, setListenBarrelWriter

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ThickBarrelSortedOut

public ThickBarrelSortedOut(String location,
                            IntegerArray rank)
                     throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

Method Detail

close

public void close()

Close this stream and mark resources for garbage collection.

Specified by:

close in interface AutoCloseable

Specified by:

close in interface BarrelWriter

Overrides:

close in class ThickBarrelOut

append

public void append(BarrelReader old)
            throws IOException

Appends the given Barrel to this one. Access to this method should be synchronized,

Specified by:

append in interface BarrelWriter

Overrides:

append in class ThickBarrelOut

Parameters:

old - the Barrel to add to this one

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs