org.terrier.structures.seralization
Interface FixedSizeWriteableFactory<T extends org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable>

Type Parameters:

T - Some Writable type of fixed size when written using Writable interface methods.

All Superinterfaces:

WriteableFactory<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicDocumentIndexEntry.Factory, BasicLexiconEntry.Factory, BlockFieldLexiconEntry.Factory, BlockLexiconEntry.Factory, FieldDocumentIndexEntry.Factory, FieldLexiconEntry.Factory, FixedSizeIntWritableFactory, FixedSizeTextFactory, SimpleBitIndexPointer.Factory, SimpleDocumentIndexEntry.Factory

public interface FixedSizeWriteableFactory<T extends org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable>
extends WriteableFactory<T>

Sub-interface for WritableFactory, where the Writable objects have a fixed size on disk.

Author:

Craig Macdonald

Method Summary

int	getSize() Returns the size in bytes when T is written to disk by Writable interface methods

Methods inherited from interface org.terrier.structures.seralization.WriteableFactory

newInstance

Method Detail

getSize

int getSize()

Returns the size in bytes when T is written to disk by Writable interface methods