NVBytes.java

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package com.bizosys.hsearch.hbase;

/**
 * bytes name value object. This helps working with raw byte arrays
 * and hence avoiding any intermediate objects and the data conversion process.
 * @author karan
 *
 */
public class NVBytes {

	/**
	 * Column Family
	 */
	public byte[] family = null;

	/**
	 * Column name
	 */
	public byte[] name = null;

	/**
	 * Column data
	 */
	public byte[] data = null;

	/**
	 * Constructor
	 * @param family	Column Family
	 * @param name	Column Name / Qualifier
	 */
	public NVBytes(byte[] family, byte[] name) {
		this.family = family;
		this.name = name;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Constructor
	 * @param family	Column Family
	 * @param name	Column Name / Qualifier
	 * @param data	Column Value
	 */
	public NVBytes(byte[] family, byte[] name, byte[] data) {
		this.family = family;
		this.name = name;
		this.data = data;
	}

	@Override
	public String toString() {
		return new String(family) + ":" + new String(name) +  ":" + new String(data);
	}
}