cascading.tuple
Class Tuple

java.lang.Object
  cascading.tuple.Tuple

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Object>, Iterable<Object>

Direct Known Subclasses:

IndexTuple, TuplePair

public class Tuple
extends Object
implements Comparable<Object>, Iterable<Object>, Serializable

A Tuple represents a set of values. Consider a Tuple the same as a data base record where every value is a column in that table. A Tuple stream would be a set of Tuple instances, which are passed consecutively through a Pipe assembly.

A Tuple is a collection of elements. These elements must be of type Comparable, so that Tuple instances can be compared. Tuple itself is Comparable and subsequently can hold elements of type Tuple.

Tuples are mutable for sake of efficiency. Since Tuples are mutable, it is not a good idea to hold an instance around with out first copying it via its copy constructor, a subsequent Pipe could change the Tuple in place. This is especially true for Aggregator operators.

Because a Tuple can hold any Comparable type, it is suitable for storing custom types. But all custom types must have a serialization support per the underlying framework.

For Hadoop, a Serialization implementation must be registered with Hadoop. For further performance improvements, see the SerializationToken Java annotation.

See Also:

Comparable, Serialization, SerializationToken, Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected List<Object>	elements Field elements
protected boolean	isUnmodifiable Field isUnmodifiable
static Tuple	NULL A constant empty Tuple instance.

Constructor Summary

	Tuple() Constructor Tuple creates a new Tuple instance.
protected	Tuple(List<Object> elements)
	Tuple(Object... values) Constructor Tuple creates a new Tuple instance with all the given values.
	Tuple(Tuple tuple) Copy constructor.

Method Summary

void	add(Comparable value) Method add adds a new element value to this instance.
void	add(Object value) Method add adds a new element value to this instance.
void	addAll(Object... values) Method addAll adds all given values to this instance.
void	addAll(Tuple tuple) Method addAll adds all the element values of the given Tuple instance to this instance.
void	addBoolean(boolean value) Method addBoolean adds a new element value to this instance.
void	addDouble(double value) Method addDouble adds a new element value to this instance.
void	addFloat(float value) Method addFloat adds a new element value to this instance.
void	addInteger(int value) Method addInteger adds a new element value to this instance.
void	addLong(long value) Method addLong adds a new element value to this instance.
void	addShort(short value) Method addShort adds a new element value to this instance.
void	addString(String value) Method addString adds a new element value to this instance.
Tuple	append(Tuple... tuples) Method append appends all the values of the given Tuple instances to a copy of this instance.
void	clear() Method clear empties this Tuple instance.
int	compareTo(Comparator[] comparators, Tuple other)
int	compareTo(Object other) Method compareTo implements the Comparable.compareTo(Object) method.
int	compareTo(Tuple other) Method compareTo compares this Tuple to the given Tuple instance.
static List<Object>	elements(Tuple tuple) Returns a reference to the private elements of the given Tuple.
boolean	equals(Object object)
String	format(String format) Method format uses the Formatter class for formatting this tuples values into a new string.
Tuple	get(Fields declarator, Fields selector) Method get returns a new Tuple populated with only those values whose field names are specified in the given selector.
Comparable	get(int pos) Deprecated.
Tuple	get(int[] pos) Method get will return a new Tuple instance populated with element values from the given array of positions.
boolean	getBoolean(int pos) Method getBoolean returns the element at the given position as a boolean.
double	getDouble(int pos) Method getDouble returns the element at the given position i as a double.
float	getFloat(int pos) Method getFloat returns the element at the given position i as a float.
int	getInteger(int pos) Method getInteger returns the element at the given position i as an int.
long	getLong(int pos) Method getLong returns the element at the given position i as an long.
Object	getObject(int pos) Method get returns the element at the given position i.
int[]	getPos(Fields declarator, Fields selector)
short	getShort(int pos) Method getShort returns the element at the given position i as an short.
String	getString(int pos) Method getString returns the element at the given position i as a String.
Class[]	getTypes() Method getTypes returns an array of the element classes.
int	hashCode()
protected void	internalSet(int index, Object value)
boolean	isEmpty() Method isEmpty returns true if this Tuple instance has no values.
boolean	isUnmodifiable() Method isUnmodifiable returns true if this Tuple instance is unmodifiable.
Iterator<Object>	iterator() Method iterator returns an Iterator over this Tuple instances values.
Tuple	leave(int[] pos) Method is the inverse of remove(int[]).
static Tuple	parse(String string) Deprecated.
String	print() Method print returns a parsable String representation of this Tuple instance.
StringBuffer	printTo(StringBuffer buffer)
void	put(Fields declarator, Fields fields, Tuple tuple) Method put places the values of the given tuple into the positions specified by the fields argument.
Tuple	remove(Fields declarator, Fields selector) Method remove removes the values specified by the given selector.
Tuple	remove(int[] pos) Method remove removes the values specified by the given pos array and returns a new Tuple containing the removed values.
void	set(Fields declarator, Fields selector, Tuple tuple) Method set sets the values in the given selector positions to the values from the given Tuple.
void	set(int index, Object value) Method set sets the given value to the given index position in this instance.
void	setAll(Tuple... tuples) Method setAll sets each element value of the given Tuple instances into the corresponding position of this instance.
void	setAll(Tuple tuple) Method setAll sets each element value of the given Tuple instance into the corresponding position of this instance.
void	setBoolean(int index, boolean value) Method setBoolean sets the given value to the given index position in this instance.
void	setDouble(int index, double value) Method setDouble sets the given value to the given index position in this instance.
void	setFloat(int index, float value) Method setFloat sets the given value to the given index position in this instance.
void	setInteger(int index, int value) Method setInteger sets the given value to the given index position in this instance.
void	setLong(int index, long value) Method setLong sets the given value to the given index position in this instance.
void	setShort(int index, short value) Method setShort sets the given value to the given index position in this instance.
void	setString(int index, String value) Method setString sets the given value to the given index position in this instance.
int	size() Method size returns the number of values in this Tuple instance.
static Tuple	size(int size) Method size returns a new Tuple instance of the given size with nulls as its element values.
static Tuple	size(int size, Comparable value) Method size returns a new Tuple instance of the given size with the given Comparable as its element values.
String	toString()
String	toString(String delim) Method toString writes this Tuple instance values out to a String delimited by the given String value.
String	toString(String delim, boolean printNull) Method toString writes this Tuple instance values out to a String delimited by the given String value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

NULL

public static final Tuple NULL

A constant empty Tuple instance. This instance is immutable.

isUnmodifiable

protected boolean isUnmodifiable

Field isUnmodifiable

elements

protected List<Object> elements

Field elements

Constructor Detail

Tuple

protected Tuple(List<Object> elements)

Tuple

public Tuple()

Constructor Tuple creates a new Tuple instance.

Tuple

@ConstructorProperties(value="tuple")
public Tuple(Tuple tuple)

Copy constructor. Does not nest the given Tuple instance within this new instance. Use add(Object).

Parameters:

tuple - of type Tuple

Tuple

@ConstructorProperties(value="values")
public Tuple(Object... values)

Constructor Tuple creates a new Tuple instance with all the given values.

Parameters:

values - of type Object...

Method Detail

size

public static Tuple size(int size)

Method size returns a new Tuple instance of the given size with nulls as its element values.

Parameters:

size - of type int

Returns:

Tuple

size

public static Tuple size(int size,
                         Comparable value)

Method size returns a new Tuple instance of the given size with the given Comparable as its element values.

Parameters:

size - of type int

value - of type Comparable

Returns:

Tuple

parse

@Deprecated
public static Tuple parse(String string)

Deprecated.

Method parse will parse the print() String representation of a Tuple instance and return a new Tuple instance.

This method has been deprecated as it doesn't properly handle nulls, and any types other than primitive types.

Parameters:

string - of type String

Returns:

Tuple

elements

public static List<Object> elements(Tuple tuple)

Returns a reference to the private elements of the given Tuple.

This method is for internal use and is subject to change scope in a future release.

Parameters:

tuple - of type Tuple

Returns:

List

isUnmodifiable

public boolean isUnmodifiable()

Method isUnmodifiable returns true if this Tuple instance is unmodifiable.

Returns:

boolean

get

@Deprecated
public Comparable get(int pos)

Deprecated.

Method get returns the element at the given position i.

This method assumes the element implements Comparable in order to maintain backwards compatibility. See getObject(int) for an alternative.

This method is deprecated, use getObject(int) instead.

Parameters:

pos - of type int

Returns:

Comparable

getObject

public Object getObject(int pos)

Method get returns the element at the given position i.

Parameters:

pos - of type int

Returns:

Object

getString

public String getString(int pos)

Method getString returns the element at the given position i as a String.

Parameters:

pos - of type int

Returns:

String

getFloat

public float getFloat(int pos)

Method getFloat returns the element at the given position i as a float. Zero if null.

Parameters:

pos - of type int

Returns:

float

getDouble

public double getDouble(int pos)

Method getDouble returns the element at the given position i as a double. Zero if null.

Parameters:

pos - of type int

Returns:

double

getInteger

public int getInteger(int pos)

Method getInteger returns the element at the given position i as an int. Zero if null.

Parameters:

pos - of type int

Returns:

int

getLong

public long getLong(int pos)

Method getLong returns the element at the given position i as an long. Zero if null.

Parameters:

pos - of type int

Returns:

long

getShort

public short getShort(int pos)

Method getShort returns the element at the given position i as an short. Zero if null.

Parameters:

pos - of type int

Returns:

long

getBoolean

public boolean getBoolean(int pos)

Method getBoolean returns the element at the given position as a boolean. If the value is (case ignored) the string 'true', a true value will be returned. false if null.

Parameters:

pos - of type int

Returns:

boolean

get

public Tuple get(int[] pos)

Method get will return a new Tuple instance populated with element values from the given array of positions.

Parameters:

pos - of type int[]

Returns:

Tuple

get

public Tuple get(Fields declarator,
                 Fields selector)

Method get returns a new Tuple populated with only those values whose field names are specified in the given selector. The declarator Fields instance declares the fields and positions in the current Tuple instance.

Parameters:

declarator - of type Fields

selector - of type Fields

Returns:

Tuple

getPos

public int[] getPos(Fields declarator,
                    Fields selector)

leave

public Tuple leave(int[] pos)

Method is the inverse of remove(int[]).

Parameters:

pos - of type int[]

Returns:

Tuple

clear

public void clear()

Method clear empties this Tuple instance. A subsequent call to size() will return zero (0).

add

public void add(Comparable value)

Method add adds a new element value to this instance.

Parameters:

value - of type Comparable

add

public void add(Object value)

Method add adds a new element value to this instance.

Parameters:

value - of type Object

addBoolean

public void addBoolean(boolean value)

Method addBoolean adds a new element value to this instance.

Parameters:

value - of type boolean

addShort

public void addShort(short value)

Method addShort adds a new element value to this instance.

Parameters:

value - of type short

addInteger

public void addInteger(int value)

Method addInteger adds a new element value to this instance.

Parameters:

value - of type int

addLong

public void addLong(long value)

Method addLong adds a new element value to this instance.

Parameters:

value - of type long

addFloat

public void addFloat(float value)

Method addFloat adds a new element value to this instance.

Parameters:

value - of type float

addDouble

public void addDouble(double value)

Method addDouble adds a new element value to this instance.

Parameters:

value - of type double

addString

public void addString(String value)

Method addString adds a new element value to this instance.

Parameters:

value - of type String

addAll

public void addAll(Object... values)

Method addAll adds all given values to this instance.

Parameters:

values - of type Object...

addAll

public void addAll(Tuple tuple)

Method addAll adds all the element values of the given Tuple instance to this instance.

Parameters:

tuple - of type Tuple

setAll

public void setAll(Tuple tuple)

Method setAll sets each element value of the given Tuple instance into the corresponding position of this instance.

Parameters:

tuple - of type Tuple

setAll

public void setAll(Tuple... tuples)

Method setAll sets each element value of the given Tuple instances into the corresponding position of this instance.

All given tuple instances after the first will be offset by the length of the prior tuple instances.

Parameters:

tuples - of type Tuple[]

set

public void set(int index,
                Object value)

Method set sets the given value to the given index position in this instance.

Parameters:

index - of type int

value - of type Object

setBoolean

public void setBoolean(int index,
                       boolean value)

Method setBoolean sets the given value to the given index position in this instance.

Parameters:

index - of type int

value - of type boolean

setShort

public void setShort(int index,
                     short value)

Method setShort sets the given value to the given index position in this instance.

Parameters:

index - of type int

value - of type short

setInteger

public void setInteger(int index,
                       int value)

Method setInteger sets the given value to the given index position in this instance.

Parameters:

index - of type int

value - of type int

setLong

public void setLong(int index,
                    long value)

Method setLong sets the given value to the given index position in this instance.

Parameters:

index - of type int

value - of type long

setFloat

public void setFloat(int index,
                     float value)

Method setFloat sets the given value to the given index position in this instance.

Parameters:

index - of type int

value - of type float

setDouble

public void setDouble(int index,
                      double value)

Method setDouble sets the given value to the given index position in this instance.

Parameters:

index - of type int

value - of type double

setString

public void setString(int index,
                      String value)

Method setString sets the given value to the given index position in this instance.

Parameters:

index - of type int

value - of type String

internalSet

protected final void internalSet(int index,
                                 Object value)

put

public void put(Fields declarator,
                Fields fields,
                Tuple tuple)

Method put places the values of the given tuple into the positions specified by the fields argument. The declarator Fields value declares the fields in this Tuple instance.

Parameters:

declarator - of type Fields

fields - of type Fields

tuple - of type Tuple

remove

public Tuple remove(int[] pos)

Method remove removes the values specified by the given pos array and returns a new Tuple containing the removed values.

Parameters:

pos - of type int[]

Returns:

Tuple

remove

public Tuple remove(Fields declarator,
                    Fields selector)

Method remove removes the values specified by the given selector. The declarator declares the fields in this instance.

Parameters:

declarator - of type Fields

selector - of type Fields

Returns:

Tuple

set

public void set(Fields declarator,
                Fields selector,
                Tuple tuple)

Method set sets the values in the given selector positions to the values from the given Tuple.

Parameters:

declarator - of type Fields

selector - of type Fields

tuple - of type Tuple

iterator

public Iterator<Object> iterator()

Method iterator returns an Iterator over this Tuple instances values.

Specified by:

iterator in interface Iterable<Object>

Returns:

Iterator

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()

Method isEmpty returns true if this Tuple instance has no values.

Returns:

the empty (type boolean) of this Tuple object.

size

public int size()

Method size returns the number of values in this Tuple instance.

Returns:

int

getTypes

public Class[] getTypes()

Method getTypes returns an array of the element classes. Null if the element is null.

Returns:

the types (type Class[]) of this Tuple object.

append

public Tuple append(Tuple... tuples)

Method append appends all the values of the given Tuple instances to a copy of this instance.

Parameters:

tuples - of type Tuple

Returns:

Tuple

compareTo

public int compareTo(Tuple other)

Method compareTo compares this Tuple to the given Tuple instance.

Parameters:

other - of type Tuple

Returns:

int

compareTo

public int compareTo(Comparator[] comparators,
                     Tuple other)

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object other)

Method compareTo implements the Comparable.compareTo(Object) method.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<Object>

Parameters:

other - of type Object

Returns:

int

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

toString

public String toString(String delim)

Method toString writes this Tuple instance values out to a String delimited by the given String value.

Parameters:

delim - of type String

Returns:

String

toString

public String toString(String delim,
                       boolean printNull)

Method toString writes this Tuple instance values out to a String delimited by the given String value.

Parameters:

delim - of type String

printNull - of type boolean

Returns:

String

format

public String format(String format)

Method format uses the Formatter class for formatting this tuples values into a new string.

Parameters:

format - of type String

Returns:

String

print

public String print()

Method print returns a parsable String representation of this Tuple instance.

Returns:

String

printTo

public StringBuffer printTo(StringBuffer buffer)