de.uniba.wiai.lspi.chord.service
Interface Key
- All Known Implementing Classes:
- Key
public interface Key
Key under which an object is stored in the chord network. This may either be
a unique identifier if the object to be stored is unique (e.g. for white
pages) or a known keyword or metadata information under which the object
should be retrieved together with others (e.g. for yellow pages).
Note that this key is different to the Chord ID, since the ID is calculated
by applying a hash function on this key. Thus, this key may return an
arbitrary long byte array with uniquely identifies the object to be stored.
- Version:
- 1.0.5
- Author:
- Sven Kaffille, Karsten Loesing
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Method Summary |
byte[] |
getBytes()
Returns the byte for this key which is then used to calculate a unique ID
for storage in the chord network. |
getBytes
byte[] getBytes()
- Returns the byte for this key which is then used to calculate a unique ID
for storage in the chord network.
- Returns:
- Byte representation of the key.