Package org.apache.hadoop.hbase

Interface KeyValue.SamePrefixComparator<T>

Enclosing class:

KeyValue

public static interface KeyValue.SamePrefixComparator<T>

Avoids redundant comparisons for better performance. TODO get rid of this wart

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	compareIgnoringPrefix(int commonPrefix, byte[] left, int loffset, int llength, byte[] right, int roffset, int rlength)	Compare two keys assuming that the first n bytes are the same.

Method Details

compareIgnoringPrefix

int compareIgnoringPrefix(int commonPrefix,
 byte[] left,
 int loffset,
 int llength,
 byte[] right,
 int roffset,
 int rlength)

Compare two keys assuming that the first n bytes are the same.

Parameters:

commonPrefix - How many bytes are the same.