org.egothor.dir
Class BufferedTanker

java.lang.Object
  org.egothor.dir.BufferedTanker

public class BufferedTanker
extends java.lang.Object

The BufferedTanker object uses a small memory barrel as a cache. This object should be used when creating a new index, because it significantly improves speed of indexing.

Author:

Leo Galambos

Constructor Summary

BufferedTanker(int cacheSize, Tanker orig)
Constructor for the BufferedTanker object.

BufferedTanker(Tanker orig)

Method Summary

void	append(BarrelReader a) Add the contents of the given Barrel to the cache.
void	close()
void	commit() Store the actual state of this Tanker.
void	optimize() Description of the Method

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BufferedTanker

public BufferedTanker(int cacheSize,
                      Tanker orig)

Constructor for the BufferedTanker object. Calling this constructor merely creates an instance of the superclass.

Parameters:

dis - the Distributor

dyn - the Dynamizer

BufferedTanker

public BufferedTanker(Tanker orig)

Method Detail

commit

public void commit()

Store the actual state of this Tanker. In addition to the global properties of this Tanker, the ID of each Barrel in this Tanker is written to this Tanker's configuration file. If the location of the Tanker is null it does nothing.

optimize

public void optimize()

Description of the Method

append

public void append(BarrelReader a)

Add the contents of the given Barrel to the cache.

Parameters:

a - the Barrel to add to the cache

close

public void close()