org.terrier.structures.seralization
Class FixedSizeTextFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.terrier.structures.seralization.FixedSizeTextFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

FixedSizeWriteableFactory<org.apache.hadoop.io.Text>, WriteableFactory<org.apache.hadoop.io.Text>

public class FixedSizeTextFactory
extends Object
implements FixedSizeWriteableFactory<org.apache.hadoop.io.Text>

Makes a Text object that has a fixed size when written using Writable methods.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Craig Macdonald

See Also:

Text, FixedSizeWriteableFactory, Writable

Field Summary

protected static org.apache.log4j.Logger

logger

Constructor Summary

FixedSizeTextFactory(int _termLength)
Make a factory object with the specified length

FixedSizeTextFactory(String _termLength)
Make a factory object with the specified length, decoded using Integer.parseInt()

Method Summary

static int	getMaximumTextLength(int charCount) For the Hadoop Text class, given a String of charCount, how long is the maximum encoded bytes?
int	getSize() Returns the size of instance of this class when written using Writable
org.apache.hadoop.io.Text	newInstance() Returns a new instance of Text with desired properties

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

logger

protected static final org.apache.log4j.Logger logger

Constructor Detail

FixedSizeTextFactory

public FixedSizeTextFactory(String _termLength)

Make a factory object with the specified length, decoded using Integer.parseInt()

FixedSizeTextFactory

public FixedSizeTextFactory(int _termLength)

Make a factory object with the specified length

Method Detail

getSize

public int getSize()

Returns the size of instance of this class when written using Writable

Specified by:

getSize in interface FixedSizeWriteableFactory<org.apache.hadoop.io.Text>

getMaximumTextLength

public static int getMaximumTextLength(int charCount)

For the Hadoop Text class, given a String of charCount, how long is the maximum encoded bytes?

Parameters:

charCount - maximum length of the String

Returns:

maximum number of bytes

newInstance

public org.apache.hadoop.io.Text newInstance()

Returns a new instance of Text with desired properties

Specified by:

newInstance in interface WriteableFactory<org.apache.hadoop.io.Text>