uk.ac.starlink.table
Interface RowStore

All Superinterfaces:
TableSink
All Known Implementing Classes:
ByteStoreRowStore, DiscardRowStore, DiskRowStore, ListRowStore, SidewaysRowStore

public interface RowStore
extends TableSink

Describes an object which can be used to store table data. If you have a RowStore you can stream table data into it, and then retrieve it as a random-access StarTable later. This interface abstracts that functionality so you don't need to worry how the storage is handled. You should usually obtain a RowStore instance from a StoragePolicy.

Since:
30 Jul 2004
See Also:
StoragePolicy

Method Summary
 StarTable getStarTable()
          Obtains a StarTable which contains the data and metadata that have been written into this sink.
 
Methods inherited from interface uk.ac.starlink.table.TableSink
acceptMetadata, acceptRow, endRows
 

Method Detail

getStarTable

StarTable getStarTable()
Obtains a StarTable which contains the data and metadata that have been written into this sink. In general it is only legal to call this method following a call to TableSink.endRows(); failing to observe this sequence may earn you an IllegalStateException

Returns:
a random-access StarTable containing the written rows

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