com.coyotegulch.itzam
Class Itzam

java.lang.Object
  com.coyotegulch.itzam.Itzam

Direct Known Subclasses:

Btree, Datafile, HashTable

public class Itzam
extends java.lang.Object

A collection of general-purpose functions and values used throughout the Itzam/Java package.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	ABOUT Text that describes the purpose of Itzam/Java.
static long	ITZAM_NULL_REF A file reference (position) the doesn't point to anything, used to mark empty list entries or to indicate that a record was not found.
static java.lang.String	LICENSE "GNU Public License", the license governing the distribution and use of Jisp.
static java.lang.String	VERSION Version number string.

Constructor Summary

Itzam()

Method Summary

static java.nio.ByteBuffer	getBufferFor(Itzamable object) Retrieves an appropriately-sized buffer for the reading an instance of the given object.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) The main function, run from itzam.jar to display version number and license.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ABOUT

public static final java.lang.String ABOUT

Text that describes the purpose of Itzam/Java.

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Constant Field Values

ITZAM_NULL_REF

public static final long ITZAM_NULL_REF

A file reference (position) the doesn't point to anything, used to mark empty list entries or to indicate that a record was not found.

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Constant Field Values

LICENSE

public static final java.lang.String LICENSE

"GNU Public License", the license governing the distribution and use of Jisp. This also contains a reference to the non-free license.

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Constant Field Values

VERSION

public static final java.lang.String VERSION

Version number string.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Itzam

public Itzam()

Method Detail

getBufferFor

public static java.nio.ByteBuffer getBufferFor(Itzamable object)

Retrieves an appropriately-sized buffer for the reading an instance of the given object. The buffer will use the native byte order of the current platform; normally, Java defaults to big-endian order, but this would make Itzam/Java incompatible with other implementations of the engine.

Parameters:

object - The object for which a buffer is required.

Returns:

An appropriate buffer based on object

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

The main function, run from itzam.jar to display version number and license.

Parameters:

args - Program arguments (ignored)