ivory.bloomir.data

Class Signature

java.lang.Object

ivory.bloomir.data.Signature

All Implemented Interfaces:

Writable

Direct Known Subclasses:

BloomFilterHash, BloomFilterIdentityHash

public abstract class Signature
extends Object
implements Writable

An abstract signature.

Author:

Nima Asadi

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Signature()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract void	add(int key) Adds a key to this signature.
abstract boolean	membershipTest(int key) Queries the current signature and performs a membership test.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable

readFields, write

Constructor Detail

Signature

public Signature()

Method Detail

add

public abstract void add(int key)

Adds a key to this signature.

Parameters:

key - Key to be added.

membershipTest

public abstract boolean membershipTest(int key)

Queries the current signature and performs a membership test.

Parameters:

key - Key to be checked.

Returns:

A Boolean value indicating whether the key exists in the signature or not.