org.egothor.store
Class TermsWriter

java.lang.Object
  org.egothor.store.TermsWriter

public class TermsWriter
extends java.lang.Object

TermsWriter implements a writer of the structure that is described in Terms.

Author:

Leo Galambos

Constructor Summary

TermsWriter(java.lang.String location)
Constructor for the TermsWriter object.

Method Summary

boolean	addElement(IListMetadataWrite obj) Appends the given element with the given key to the structure.
void	close() Flush all open buffers and close the files of the data structure.
protected void	finalize() Close this object and mark resources for garbage collection.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TermsWriter

public TermsWriter(java.lang.String location)
            throws java.io.IOException

Constructor for the TermsWriter object. The writer will store the data structure to the given directory which must exist.

Parameters:

location - the directory to store the data structure in

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs

Method Detail

addElement

public boolean addElement(IListMetadataWrite obj)

Appends the given element with the given key to the structure.

Parameters:

obj - the element.

Returns:

Description of the Return Value

close

public void close()

Flush all open buffers and close the files of the data structure.

finalize

protected void finalize()
                 throws java.lang.Throwable

Close this object and mark resources for garbage collection.

Overrides:

finalize in class java.lang.Object

Throws:

java.lang.Throwable - who knows when trying to collect garbage?