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Class TupleOutput</H2>
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<DT><PRE>public class <B>TupleOutput</B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/util/FastOutputStream.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.util">FastOutputStream</A></DL>
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An <code>OutputStream</code> with <code>DataOutput</code>-like methods for
 writing tuple fields.  It is used by <code>TupleBinding</code>.

 <p>This class has many methods that have the same signatures as methods in
 the <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/io/DataOutput.html" title="class or interface in java.io"><CODE>DataOutput</CODE></A> interface.  The reason this class does not
 implement <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/io/DataOutput.html" title="class or interface in java.io"><CODE>DataOutput</CODE></A> is because it would break the interface
 contract for those methods because of data format differences.</p>

 <p>Signed numbers are stored in the buffer in MSB (most significant byte
 first) order with their sign bit (high-order bit) inverted to cause negative
 numbers to be sorted first when comparing values as unsigned byte arrays,
 as done in a database.  Unsigned numbers, including characters, are stored
 in MSB order with no change to their sign bit.  BigInteger values are stored
 with a preceding length having the same sign as the value.</p>

 <p>Strings and character arrays are stored either as a fixed length array of
 unicode characters, where the length must be known by the application, or as
 a null-terminated UTF byte array.</p>
 <ul>
 <li>Null strings are UTF encoded as { 0xFF }, which is not allowed in a
 standard UTF encoding.  This allows null strings, as distinct from empty or
 zero length strings, to be represented in a tuple.  Using the default
 comparator, null strings will be ordered last.</li>
 <li>Zero (0x0000) character values are UTF encoded as non-zero values, and
 therefore embedded zeros in the string are supported.  The sequence { 0xC0,
 0x80 } is used to encode a zero character.  This UTF encoding is the same
 one used by native Java UTF libraries.  However, this encoding of zero does
 impact the lexicographical ordering, and zeros will not be sorted first (the
 natural order) or last.  For all character values other than zero, the
 default UTF byte ordering is the same as the Unicode lexicographical
 character ordering.</li>
 </ul>

 <p>Floats and doubles are stored using two different representations: sorted
 representation and integer-bit (IEEE 754) representation.  If you use
 negative floating point numbers in a key, you should use sorted
 representation; alternatively you may use integer-bit representation but you
 will need to implement and configure a custom comparator to get correct
 numeric ordering for negative numbers.</p>

 <p>To use sorted representation use this set of methods:</p>
 <ul>
 <li><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html#writeSortedFloat(float)"><CODE>writeSortedFloat(float)</CODE></A></li>
 <li><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html#readSortedFloat()"><CODE>TupleInput.readSortedFloat()</CODE></A></li>
 <li><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html#writeSortedDouble(double)"><CODE>writeSortedDouble(double)</CODE></A></li>
 <li><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html#readSortedDouble()"><CODE>TupleInput.readSortedDouble()</CODE></A></li>
 </ul>

 <p>To use integer-bit representation use this set of methods:</p>
 <ul>
 <li><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html#writeFloat(float)"><CODE>writeFloat(float)</CODE></A></li>
 <li><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html#readFloat()"><CODE>TupleInput.readFloat()</CODE></A></li>
 <li><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html#writeDouble(double)"><CODE>writeDouble(double)</CODE></A></li>
 <li><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html#readDouble()"><CODE>TupleInput.readDouble()</CODE></A></li>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html#TupleOutput()">TupleOutput</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Creates a tuple output object for writing a byte array of tuple data.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Creates a tuple output object for writing a byte array of tuple data,
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html#getBigIntegerByteLength(java.math.BigInteger)">getBigIntegerByteLength</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/math/BigInteger.html" title="class or interface in java.math">BigInteger</A>&nbsp;val)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the byte length of a given <code>BigInteger</code> value.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Writes a <code>BigInteger</code>.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Writes a boolean (one byte) unsigned value to the buffer, writing one
 if the value is true and zero if it is false.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Writes an signed byte (one byte) value to the buffer.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Writes the specified bytes to the buffer, converting each character to
 an unsigned byte value.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Writes the specified bytes to the buffer, converting each character to
 an unsigned byte value.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html#writeChar(int)">writeChar</A></B>(int&nbsp;val)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Writes a char (two byte) unsigned value to the buffer.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Writes the specified characters to the buffer, converting each character
 to a two byte unsigned value.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Writes the specified characters to the buffer, converting each character
 to a two byte unsigned value.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Writes an signed double (eight byte) value to the buffer.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Writes an signed float (four byte) value to the buffer.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Writes an signed int (four byte) value to the buffer.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Writes an signed long (eight byte) value to the buffer.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html#writePackedInt(int)">writePackedInt</A></B>(int&nbsp;val)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Writes a packed integer.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Writes a packed long integer.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Writes an signed short (two byte) value to the buffer.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Writes a signed double (eight byte) value to the buffer, with support
 for correct default sorting of all values.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Writes a signed float (four byte) value to the buffer, with support for
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Writes the specified characters to the buffer, converting each character
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Writes the specified characters to the buffer, converting each character
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Writes an unsigned byte (one byte) value to the buffer.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Writes an unsigned int (four byte) value to the buffer.</TD>
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TupleOutput</H3>
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TupleOutput</H3>
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public <B>TupleOutput</B>(byte[]&nbsp;buffer)</PRE>
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<DD>Creates a tuple output object for writing a byte array of tuple data,
 using a given buffer.  A new buffer will be allocated only if the number
 of bytes needed is greater than the length of this buffer.  A reference
 to the byte array will be kept by this object and therefore the byte
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writeBytes</H3>
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public final <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>writeBytes</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A>&nbsp;val)</PRE>
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<DD>Writes the specified bytes to the buffer, converting each character to
 an unsigned byte value.
 Writes values that can be read using <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html#readBytes(int)"><CODE>TupleInput.readBytes(int)</CODE></A>.
 Only characters with values below 0x100 may be written using this
 method, since the high-order 8 bits of all characters are discarded.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>val</CODE> - is the string containing the values to be written.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>this tuple output object.
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/NullPointerException.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">NullPointerException</A></CODE> - if the val parameter is null.</DL>
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writeChars</H3>
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public final <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>writeChars</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A>&nbsp;val)</PRE>
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<DD>Writes the specified characters to the buffer, converting each character
 to a two byte unsigned value.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>val</CODE> - is the string containing the characters to be written.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>this tuple output object.
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/NullPointerException.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">NullPointerException</A></CODE> - if the val parameter is null.</DL>
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writeString</H3>
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public final <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>writeString</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A>&nbsp;val)</PRE>
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<DD>Writes the specified characters to the buffer, converting each character
 to UTF format, and adding a null terminator byte.
 Note that zero (0x0000) character values are encoded as non-zero values
 and a null String parameter is encoded as 0xFF.
 Writes values that can be read using <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html#readString()"><CODE>TupleInput.readString()</CODE></A>.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>val</CODE> - is the string containing the characters to be written.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>this tuple output object.</DL>
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<A NAME="writeChar(int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
writeChar</H3>
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public final <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>writeChar</B>(int&nbsp;val)</PRE>
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<DD>Writes a char (two byte) unsigned value to the buffer.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>val</CODE> - is the value to write to the buffer.
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writeBoolean</H3>
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public final <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>writeBoolean</B>(boolean&nbsp;val)</PRE>
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<DD>Writes a boolean (one byte) unsigned value to the buffer, writing one
 if the value is true and zero if it is false.
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writeByte</H3>
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public final <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>writeByte</B>(int&nbsp;val)</PRE>
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<DD>Writes an signed byte (one byte) value to the buffer.
 Writes values that can be read using <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html#readByte()"><CODE>TupleInput.readByte()</CODE></A>.
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writeShort</H3>
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public final <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>writeShort</B>(int&nbsp;val)</PRE>
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<DD>Writes an signed short (two byte) value to the buffer.
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writeInt</H3>
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public final <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>writeInt</B>(int&nbsp;val)</PRE>
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<DD>Writes an signed int (four byte) value to the buffer.
 Writes values that can be read using <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html#readInt()"><CODE>TupleInput.readInt()</CODE></A>.
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writeLong</H3>
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public final <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>writeLong</B>(long&nbsp;val)</PRE>
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<DD>Writes an signed long (eight byte) value to the buffer.
 Writes values that can be read using <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html#readLong()"><CODE>TupleInput.readLong()</CODE></A>.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>val</CODE> - is the value to write to the buffer.
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writeFloat</H3>
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public final <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>writeFloat</B>(float&nbsp;val)</PRE>
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<DD>Writes an signed float (four byte) value to the buffer.
 Writes values that can be read using <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html#readFloat()"><CODE>TupleInput.readFloat()</CODE></A>.
 <code>Float.floatToIntBits</code> is used to convert the signed float
 value.

 <p><em>Note:</em> This method produces byte array values that by default
 (without a custom comparator) do <em>not</em> sort correctly for
 negative values.  Only non-negative values are sorted correctly by
 default.  To sort all values correctly by default, use <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html#writeSortedFloat(float)"><CODE>writeSortedFloat(float)</CODE></A>.</p>
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>val</CODE> - is the value to write to the buffer.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>this tuple output object.</DL>
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writeDouble</H3>
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public final <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>writeDouble</B>(double&nbsp;val)</PRE>
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<DD>Writes an signed double (eight byte) value to the buffer.
 Writes values that can be read using <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html#readDouble()"><CODE>TupleInput.readDouble()</CODE></A>.
 <code>Double.doubleToLongBits</code> is used to convert the signed
 double value.

 <p><em>Note:</em> This method produces byte array values that by default
 (without a custom comparator) do <em>not</em> sort correctly for
 negative values.  Only non-negative values are sorted correctly by
 default.  To sort all values correctly by default, use <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html#writeSortedDouble(double)"><CODE>writeSortedDouble(double)</CODE></A>.</p>
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<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>val</CODE> - is the value to write to the buffer.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>this tuple output object.</DL>
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writeSortedFloat</H3>
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public final <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>writeSortedFloat</B>(float&nbsp;val)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Writes a signed float (four byte) value to the buffer, with support for
 correct default sorting of all values.
 Writes values that can be read using <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html#readSortedFloat()"><CODE>TupleInput.readSortedFloat()</CODE></A>.

 <p><code>Float.floatToIntBits</code> and the following bit manipulations
 are used to convert the signed float value to a representation that is
 sorted correctly by default.</p>
 <pre>
  int intVal = Float.floatToIntBits(val);
  intVal ^= (intVal &lt; 0) ? 0xffffffff : 0x80000000;
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writeSortedDouble</H3>
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public final <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>writeSortedDouble</B>(double&nbsp;val)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Writes a signed double (eight byte) value to the buffer, with support
 for correct default sorting of all values.
 Writes values that can be read using <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html#readSortedDouble()"><CODE>TupleInput.readSortedDouble()</CODE></A>.

 <p><code>Float.doubleToLongBits</code> and the following bit
 manipulations are used to convert the signed double value to a
 representation that is sorted correctly by default.</p>
 <pre>
  long longVal = Double.doubleToLongBits(val);
  longVal ^= (longVal &lt; 0) ? 0xffffffffffffffffL : 0x8000000000000000L;
 </pre>
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>this tuple output object.</DL>
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<A NAME="writeBytes(char[])"><!-- --></A><H3>
writeBytes</H3>
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public final <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>writeBytes</B>(char[]&nbsp;chars)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Writes the specified bytes to the buffer, converting each character to
 an unsigned byte value.
 Writes values that can be read using <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html#readBytes(int)"><CODE>TupleInput.readBytes(int)</CODE></A>.
 Only characters with values below 0x100 may be written using this
 method, since the high-order 8 bits of all characters are discarded.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>chars</CODE> - is the array of values to be written.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>this tuple output object.
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/NullPointerException.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">NullPointerException</A></CODE> - if the chars parameter is null.</DL>
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<A NAME="writeChars(char[])"><!-- --></A><H3>
writeChars</H3>
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public final <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>writeChars</B>(char[]&nbsp;chars)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Writes the specified characters to the buffer, converting each character
 to a two byte unsigned value.
 Writes values that can be read using <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html#readChars(int)"><CODE>TupleInput.readChars(int)</CODE></A>.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>chars</CODE> - is the array of characters to be written.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>this tuple output object.
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/NullPointerException.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">NullPointerException</A></CODE> - if the chars parameter is null.</DL>
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<A NAME="writeString(char[])"><!-- --></A><H3>
writeString</H3>
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public final <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>writeString</B>(char[]&nbsp;chars)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Writes the specified characters to the buffer, converting each character
 to UTF format.
 Note that zero (0x0000) character values are encoded as non-zero values.
 Writes values that can be read using <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html#readString(int)"><CODE>TupleInput.readString(int)</CODE></A>
 or <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html#readString(char[])"><CODE>TupleInput.readString(char[])</CODE></A>.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>chars</CODE> - is the array of characters to be written.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>this tuple output object.
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/NullPointerException.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">NullPointerException</A></CODE> - if the chars parameter is null.</DL>
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<A NAME="writeUnsignedByte(int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
writeUnsignedByte</H3>
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public final <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>writeUnsignedByte</B>(int&nbsp;val)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Writes an unsigned byte (one byte) value to the buffer.
 Writes values that can be read using <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html#readUnsignedByte()"><CODE>TupleInput.readUnsignedByte()</CODE></A>.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>val</CODE> - is the value to write to the buffer.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>this tuple output object.</DL>
</DD>
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<A NAME="writeUnsignedShort(int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
writeUnsignedShort</H3>
<PRE>
public final <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>writeUnsignedShort</B>(int&nbsp;val)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Writes an unsigned short (two byte) value to the buffer.
 Writes values that can be read using <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html#readUnsignedShort()"><CODE>TupleInput.readUnsignedShort()</CODE></A>.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>val</CODE> - is the value to write to the buffer.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>this tuple output object.</DL>
</DD>
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<A NAME="writeUnsignedInt(long)"><!-- --></A><H3>
writeUnsignedInt</H3>
<PRE>
public final <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>writeUnsignedInt</B>(long&nbsp;val)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Writes an unsigned int (four byte) value to the buffer.
 Writes values that can be read using <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleInput.html#readUnsignedInt()"><CODE>TupleInput.readUnsignedInt()</CODE></A>.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>val</CODE> - is the value to write to the buffer.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>this tuple output object.</DL>
</DD>
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writePackedInt</H3>
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writePackedLong</H3>
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public final void <B>writePackedLong</B>(long&nbsp;val)</PRE>
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writeBigInteger</H3>
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public final <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/tuple/TupleOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.tuple">TupleOutput</A> <B>writeBigInteger</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/math/BigInteger.html" title="class or interface in java.math">BigInteger</A>&nbsp;val)</PRE>
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getBigIntegerByteLength</H3>
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public static int <B>getBigIntegerByteLength</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/math/BigInteger.html" title="class or interface in java.math">BigInteger</A>&nbsp;val)</PRE>
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<DD>Returns the byte length of a given <code>BigInteger</code> value.
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