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com.sleepycat.db
Class SecondaryConfig

java.lang.Object
  com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseConfig
      com.sleepycat.db.SecondaryConfig

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable

public class SecondaryConfig

extends DatabaseConfig

The configuration properties of a SecondaryDatabase extend those of a primary Database. The secondary database configuration is specified when calling Environment.openSecondaryDatabase.

To create a configuration object with default attributes:

    SecondaryConfig config = new SecondaryConfig();

To set custom attributes:

    SecondaryConfig config = new SecondaryConfig();
    config.setAllowCreate(true);
    config.setAllowPopulate(true);

NOTE: There are two situations where the use of secondary databases without transactions requires special consideration. When using a transactional database or when doing read operations only, this note does not apply.

• If secondary is configured to not allow duplicates, when the secondary is being updated it is possible that an error will occur when the secondary key value in a record being added is already present in the database. A DatabaseException will be thrown in this situation.
• If a foreign key constraint is configured with the delete action ABORT (the default setting), a DatabaseException will be thrown if an attempt is made to delete a referenced foreign key.

In both cases, the operation will be partially complete because the primary database record will have already been updated or deleted. In the presence of transactions, the exception will cause the transaction to abort. Without transactions, it is the responsibility of the caller to handle the results of the incomplete update or to take steps to prevent this situation from happening in the first place.

See Also:

Environment.openSecondaryDatabase, SecondaryDatabase

Field Summary

static SecondaryConfig

DEFAULT

Constructor Summary

SecondaryConfig()
Creates an instance with the system's default settings.

Method Summary

boolean	getAllowPopulate() Returns whether automatic population of the secondary is allowed.
boolean	getImmutableSecondaryKey() Returns whether the secondary key is immutable.
SecondaryKeyCreator	getKeyCreator() Returns the user-supplied object used for creating secondary keys.
void	setAllowPopulate(boolean allowPopulate) Specifies whether automatic population of the secondary is allowed.
void	setImmutableSecondaryKey(boolean immutableSecondaryKey) Specifies whether the secondary key is immutable.
void	setKeyCreator(SecondaryKeyCreator keyCreator) Specifies the user-supplied object used for creating secondary keys.

Methods inherited from class com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseConfig

getAllowCreate, getBtreeComparator, getBtreeMinKey, getBtreePrefixCalculator, getBtreeRecordNumbers, getByteOrder, getByteSwapped, getCacheCount, getCacheSize, getChecksum, getDirtyRead, getDuplicateComparator, getEncrypted, getErrorHandler, getErrorPrefix, getErrorStream, getExclusiveCreate, getFeedbackHandler, getHasher, getHashFillFactor, getHashNumElements, getMessageHandler, getMessageStream, getMode, getNoMMap, getPageSize, getPanicHandler, getQueueExtentSize, getQueueInOrder, getReadOnly, getReadUncommitted, getRecordDelimiter, getRecordLength, getRecordNumberAppender, getRecordPad, getRecordSource, getRenumbering, getReverseSplitOff, getSnapshot, getSortedDuplicates, getTransactional, getTransactionNotDurable, getTruncate, getType, getUnsortedDuplicates, getXACreate, setAllowCreate, setBtreeComparator, setBtreeMinKey, setBtreePrefixCalculator, setBtreeRecordNumbers, setByteOrder, setCacheCount, setCacheSize, setChecksum, setDirtyRead, setDuplicateComparator, setEncrypted, setErrorHandler, setErrorPrefix, setErrorStream, setExclusiveCreate, setFeedbackHandler, setHasher, setHashFillFactor, setHashNumElements, setMessageHandler, setMessageStream, setMode, setNoMMap, setPageSize, setPanicHandler, setQueueExtentSize, setQueueInOrder, setReadOnly, setReadUncommitted, setRecordDelimiter, setRecordLength, setRecordNumberAppender, setRecordPad, setRecordSource, setRenumbering, setReverseSplitOff, setSnapshot, setSortedDuplicates, setTransactional, setTransactionNotDurable, setTruncate, setType, setUnsortedDuplicates, setXACreate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT

public static final SecondaryConfig DEFAULT

Constructor Detail

SecondaryConfig

public SecondaryConfig()

Creates an instance with the system's default settings.

Method Detail

setKeyCreator

public void setKeyCreator(SecondaryKeyCreator keyCreator)

Specifies the user-supplied object used for creating secondary keys.

Unless the primary database is read-only, a key creator is required when opening a secondary database.

Parameters:

keyCreator - the user-supplied object used for creating secondary keys.

getKeyCreator

public SecondaryKeyCreator getKeyCreator()

Returns the user-supplied object used for creating secondary keys.

Returns:

the user-supplied object used for creating secondary keys.

See Also:

setKeyCreator(com.sleepycat.db.SecondaryKeyCreator)

setAllowPopulate

public void setAllowPopulate(boolean allowPopulate)

Specifies whether automatic population of the secondary is allowed.

If automatic population is allowed, when the secondary database is opened it is checked to see if it is empty. If it is empty, the primary database is read in its entirety and keys are added to the secondary database using the information read from the primary.

If this property is set to true and the environment is transactional, the secondary database must be opened within a transaction.

Parameters:

allowPopulate - whether automatic population of the secondary is allowed.

getAllowPopulate

public boolean getAllowPopulate()

Returns whether automatic population of the secondary is allowed. If setAllowPopulate(boolean) has not been called, this method returns false.

Returns:

whether automatic population of the secondary is allowed.

See Also:

setAllowPopulate(boolean)

setImmutableSecondaryKey

public void setImmutableSecondaryKey(boolean immutableSecondaryKey)

Specifies whether the secondary key is immutable.

Specifying that a secondary key is immutable can be used to optimize updates when the secondary key in a primary record will never be changed after that primary record is inserted. For immutable secondary keys, a best effort is made to avoid calling SecondaryKeyCreator.createSecondaryKey when a primary record is updated. This optimization may reduce the overhead of an update operation significantly if the createSecondaryKey operation is expensive.

Be sure to set this property to true only if the secondary key in the primary record is never changed. If this rule is violated, the secondary index will become corrupted, that is, it will become out of sync with the primary.

Parameters:

immutableSecondaryKey - whether the secondary key is immutable.

getImmutableSecondaryKey

public boolean getImmutableSecondaryKey()

Returns whether the secondary key is immutable. If setImmutableSecondaryKey(boolean) has not been called, this method returns false.

Returns:

whether the secondary key is immutable.

See Also:

setImmutableSecondaryKey(boolean)