Berkeley DB Collections Tutorial

Table of Contents

Preface

Conventions Used in this Book

For More Information

1. Introduction

Features

Developing a DB Collections Application

Tutorial Introduction

2. The Basic Program

Defining Serialized Key and Value Classes

Opening and Closing the Database Environment

Opening and Closing the Class Catalog

Opening and Closing Databases

Creating Bindings and Collections

Implementing the Main Program

Using Transactions

Adding Database Items

Retrieving Database Items

Handling Exceptions

3. Using Secondary Indices

Opening Secondary Key Indices

More Secondary Key Indices

Creating Indexed Collections

Retrieving Items by Index Key

4. Using Entity Classes

Defining Entity Classes

Creating Entity Bindings

Creating Collections with Entity Bindings

Using Entities with Collections

5. Using Tuples

Using the Tuple Format

Using Tuples with Key Creators

Creating Tuple Key Bindings

Creating Tuple-Serial Entity Bindings

Using Sorted Collections

6. Using Serializable Entities

Using Transient Fields in an Entity Class

Using Transient Fields in an Entity Binding

Removing the Redundant Value Classes

7. Summary

A. API Notes and Details

Using Data Bindings

Selecting Binding Formats

Record Number Bindings

Selecting Data Bindings

Implementing Bindings

Using Bindings

Secondary Key Creators

Using the Java Collections API

Using Transactions

Transaction Rollback

Selecting Access Methods

Access Method Restrictions

Using Stored Collections

Stored Collection and Access Methods

Stored Collections Versus Standard Java Collections

Other Stored Collection Characteristics

Why Java Collections for Berkeley DB

Serialized Object Storage