org.apache.hadoop.io
Interface RawComparator<T>

Type Parameters:

T -

All Superinterfaces:

Comparator<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanWritable.Comparator, BytesWritable.Comparator, ByteWritable.Comparator, DeserializerComparator, DoubleWritable.Comparator, FloatWritable.Comparator, IntWritable.Comparator, JavaSerializationComparator, KeyFieldBasedComparator, KeyFieldBasedComparator, LongWritable.Comparator, LongWritable.DecreasingComparator, MD5Hash.Comparator, NullWritable.Comparator, RecordComparator, SecondarySort.FirstGroupingComparator, SecondarySort.IntPair.Comparator, Text.Comparator, UTF8.Comparator, WritableComparator

public interface RawComparator<T>
extends Comparator<T>

A Comparator that operates directly on byte representations of objects.

See Also:

DeserializerComparator

Method Summary

int	compare(byte[] b1, int s1, int l1, byte[] b2, int s2, int l2)

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

compare, equals

Method Detail

compare

int compare(byte[] b1,
            int s1,
            int l1,
            byte[] b2,
            int s2,
            int l2)