Package uk.ac.starlink.table.storage
Class DiskRowStore
java.lang.Object
uk.ac.starlink.table.storage.ByteStoreRowStore
uk.ac.starlink.table.storage.DiskRowStore
Implementation of RowStore which stores data on disk.
The temporary file is deleted by the finalizer (if it runs) or failing
that at JVM exit. Since there's no guarantee when or if the finalizer
will run even after this object is a candidate for garbage collection,
this does raise the possibility that large numbers of potentially large
temporary files will accumulate during JVM operation.
It depends on your GC.
- Since:
- 3 Aug 2004
- Author:
- Mark Taylor (Starlink)
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Constructor Summary
ConstructorsConstructorDescriptionConstructs a new DiskRowStore which uses a temporary file as backing store.DiskRowStore
(File file) Constructs a new DiskRowStore which uses the given file as a backing store. -
Method Summary
Methods inherited from class uk.ac.starlink.table.storage.ByteStoreRowStore
acceptMetadata, acceptRow, endRows, finalize, getByteStore, getStarTable
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Constructor Details
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DiskRowStore
Constructs a new DiskRowStore which uses the given file as a backing store. Nothing is done to mark this file as temporary. Since the storage format is not public, specifying the file like this isn't very useful except for test purposes.- Parameters:
file
- location of the backing file which will be used- Throws:
IOException
- if there is some I/O-related problem with opening the fileSecurityException
- if the current security context does not allow writing to a temporary file
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DiskRowStore
Constructs a new DiskRowStore which uses a temporary file as backing store. The temporary file will be written to the default temporary directory, given by the value of the java.io.tmpdir system property.- Throws:
IOException
- if there is some I/O-related problem with opening the fileSecurityException
- if the current security context does not allow writing to a temporary file
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