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| |
| package org.apache.hadoop.io.serial; |
| |
| import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience; |
| import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability; |
| |
| /** |
| * A compare function that compares two sets of bytes. |
| */ |
| @InterfaceAudience.Public |
| @InterfaceStability.Stable |
| public interface RawComparator { |
| |
| /** |
| * Compare the two serialized keys. This must be stable, so: |
| * compare(b1,s1,l1,b2,s2,l2) = -compare(b2,s2,l2,b1,s1,l2) for all buffers. |
| * @param b1 the left data buffer to compare |
| * @param s1 the first index in b1 to compare |
| * @param l1 the number of bytes in b1 to compare |
| * @param b2 the right data buffer to compare |
| * @param s2 the first index in b2 to compare |
| * @param l2 the number of bytes in b2 to compare |
| * @return negative if b1 is less than b2, 0 if they are equal, positive if |
| * b1 is greater than b2. |
| */ |
| public int compare(byte[] b1, int s1, int l1, byte[] b2, int s2, int l2); |
| |
| } |