Constructor Detail

• NullComparator

  public NullComparator()

Method Detail

• compareTo

  public int compareTo(byte[] value)

  Specified by:

  compareTo in interface Comparable<byte[]>

  Overrides:

  compareTo in class ByteArrayComparable

• equals

  public boolean equals(Object obj)

  Overrides:

  equals in class Object

• hashCode

  public int hashCode()

  Overrides:

  hashCode in class Object

• compareTo

  public int compareTo(byte[] value,
              int offset,
              int length)

  Description copied from class: ByteArrayComparable
  Special compareTo method for subclasses, to avoid copying byte[] unnecessarily.

  Specified by:

  compareTo in class ByteArrayComparable

  Parameters:

  value - byte[] to compare

  offset - offset into value

  length - number of bytes to compare

  Returns:

  a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.

• toByteArray

  public byte[] toByteArray()

  Specified by:

  toByteArray in class ByteArrayComparable

  Returns:

  The comparator serialized using pb

• parseFrom

  public static NullComparator parseFrom(byte[] pbBytes)
                                  throws DeserializationException

  Parameters:

  pbBytes - A pb serialized NullComparator instance

  Returns:

  An instance of NullComparator made from bytes

  Throws:

  DeserializationException

  See Also:

  toByteArray()