ORG.oclc.zsorts
Class DefaultSortKey

java.lang.Object
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public class DefaultSortKey

extends Object

implements IDbSortKey

DefaultSortKey is the default class for building a sortkey in ZBase when no class= is specified for the sort key in the database configuration file. It builds the key from the fields listed in the input sort parameters.

Constructor Summary

DefaultSortKey()

Method Summary

String

getKey(DataDir record, String[] sortParms, int inputDataCharacterset, int keyDataLen) Builds a sortkey String from the input record, list of fields, input data characterset, and maximum datalength for the key.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultSortKey

public DefaultSortKey()

Method Detail

getKey

public String getKey(DataDir record,
                     String[] sortParms,
                     int inputDataCharacterset,
                     int keyDataLen)

Builds a sortkey String from the input record, list of fields, input data characterset, and maximum datalength for the key.

Specified by:

getKey in interface IDbSortKey

Parameters:

record - input record

sortParms - String array defining the list of fields in the record to build the key from.

inputDataCharacterset - the characterset of the input data (ASCII or EBCDIC)

keyDataLen - the maximum length of the sort key

Returns:

String