org.apache.xindice.util
Class SymbolDeserializer

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.xindice.util.SymbolDeserializer

public final class SymbolDeserializer

extends Object

SymbolDeserializer is a utility class for managing SymbolTables in the client context of Wire Compression.

Version:

$Revision: 595817 $, $Date: 2007-11-16 15:49:03 -0500 (Fri, 16 Nov 2007) $

Constructor Summary

SymbolDeserializer()

Method Summary

org.w3c.dom.Document	convertToDocument(Hashtable buffer) convertToDocument converts the compressed Hashtable to a DOM Document.
long	getLastModified() getLastModified returns the last modified time stamp of the client's image of the managed Symbol Table.
SymbolTable	getSymbols(Map buffer) getSymbols returns the current SymbolTable image for the server-side Collection that is being managed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SymbolDeserializer

public SymbolDeserializer()

Method Detail

convertToDocument

public org.w3c.dom.Document convertToDocument(Hashtable buffer)

convertToDocument converts the compressed Hashtable to a DOM Document.

Parameters:

buffer - The Hashtable

Returns:

The Document

getSymbols

public SymbolTable getSymbols(Map buffer)

getSymbols returns the current SymbolTable image for the server-side Collection that is being managed. The Symbol table is shipped as part of an Hashtable when the server has determined that its image of the SymbolTable is out of date. This method either returns the current image or extracts the new image from the Hashtable.

Parameters:

buffer - The Hashtable

Returns:

The Symbol Table

getLastModified

public long getLastModified()

getLastModified returns the last modified time stamp of the client's image of the managed Symbol Table.

Returns:

The last modified stamp