com.pushtechnology.diffusion.datatype.binary

Interface Binary

All Superinterfaces:

Bytes

public interface Binary
extends Bytes

A read-only binary value with support for binary deltas.

Values are effectively immutable. Instances can be backed by user-supplied byte arrays. Once a Binary has been constructed around an array, care must be taken not to modify the data in the array because doing so would violate immutability.

Since:

5.7

Author:

DiffusionData Limited

See Also:

BinaryDataType

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Binary	apply(BinaryDelta delta) Apply a binary delta to this value to create a new value.
BinaryDelta	diff(Binary original) Compare this value with an earlier version to calculate a binary delta.

Methods inherited from interface com.pushtechnology.diffusion.datatype.Bytes

asInputStream, copyTo, length, toByteArray

Method Detail

apply

Binary apply(BinaryDelta delta)
      throws InvalidDataException

Apply a binary delta to this value to create a new value.

Convenient equivalent to Diffusion.dataTypes().binary().binaryDeltaType().apply(this, delta).

Throws:

InvalidDataException - if the delta is invalid

diff

BinaryDelta diff(Binary original)

Compare this value with an earlier version to calculate a binary delta.

Convenient equivalent to Diffusion.dataTypes().binary().binaryDeltaType().diff(original, this).

Parameters:

original - the original Binary value to compare with this value

Returns:

a binary delta representing the difference between original and this Binary