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Class au.com.pharos.gdbm.GdbmDictionary 

au.com.pharos.gdbm.GdbmDictionary
public class GdbmDictionary
implements Closeable
A GDBM database, presented as a Java dictionary.

This is a separate class which defers most operations to GdbmFile because GdbmFile can throw IO exceptions, and because the interface assumptions for Dictionary are not the same as those of the IO library. Perhaps they should be the same.

The Dictionary class will be partially replaced by the much more elegant Collections API in JDK1.2, at which time a GDBM Collections interface will probably be available.

Version:
$Revision: 3.5 $
Author:
Martin Pool
See Also:
Dictionary, GdbmFile

Constructor Index

o GdbmDictionary(GdbmFile)

Method Index

o checkError()
o close()
Write outstanding changes to the underlying database, and close the database.
o elements()
o get(Object)
o isEmpty()
o keys()
o put(Object, Object)
o remove(Object)
o size()
o sync()
Write outstanding changes to the underlying database, but leave the database open.

Constructors

o GdbmDictionary 
 public GdbmDictionary(GdbmFile db)

Methods

o checkError 
 public Exception checkError()
o size 
 public int size()
o isEmpty 
 public boolean isEmpty()
o keys 
 public Enumeration keys()
o elements 
 public Enumeration elements()
o get 
 public Object get(Object key)
o put 
 public Object put(Object key,
                   Object value)
o remove 
 public Object remove(Object key)
o close 
 public void close()
Write outstanding changes to the underlying database, and close the database.

See Also:
Closeable
o sync 
 public void sync()
Write outstanding changes to the underlying database, but leave the database open.

See Also:
Closeable 
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