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Class SerialSerialKeyExtractor</H2>
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java.lang.Object
<IMG SRC="../../../../../resources/inherit.gif" ALT="extended by "><B>com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.serial.SerialSerialKeyExtractor</B>
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<DT><B>All Implemented Interfaces:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind">KeyExtractor</A></DD>
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<DT><PRE>public abstract class <B>SerialSerialKeyExtractor</B><DT>extends java.lang.Object<DT>implements <A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind">KeyExtractor</A></DL>
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A abstract key extractor that uses a serial key and a serial value. This
class takes care of serializing and deserializing the key and value data
automatically. Its two abstract methods must be implemented by a concrete
subclass to extract/clear the index key from the deserialized data objects.
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<li> <A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialSerialKeyExtractor.html#extractIndexKey(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)"><CODE>extractIndexKey(Object,Object)</CODE></A> </li>
<li> <A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialSerialKeyExtractor.html#clearIndexKey(java.lang.Object)"><CODE>clearIndexKey(Object)</CODE></A> </li>
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<CODE>protected <A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialFormat.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.serial">SerialFormat</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialSerialKeyExtractor.html#indexKeyFormat">indexKeyFormat</A></B></CODE>
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<CODE>protected <A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialFormat.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.serial">SerialFormat</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialSerialKeyExtractor.html#primaryKeyFormat">primaryKeyFormat</A></B></CODE>
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<CODE>protected <A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialFormat.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.serial">SerialFormat</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialSerialKeyExtractor.html#SerialSerialKeyExtractor(com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.serial.SerialFormat, com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.serial.SerialFormat, com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.serial.SerialFormat)">SerialSerialKeyExtractor</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialFormat.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.serial">SerialFormat</A> primaryKeyFormat,
<A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialFormat.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.serial">SerialFormat</A> valueFormat,
<A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialFormat.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.serial">SerialFormat</A> indexKeyFormat)</CODE>
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Creates a serial-serial entity binding.</TD>
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<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialSerialKeyExtractor.html#clearIndexKey(com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer)">clearIndexKey</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/DataBuffer.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind">DataBuffer</A> valueData)</CODE>
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Clears the index key in a value buffer.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialSerialKeyExtractor.html#clearIndexKey(java.lang.Object)">clearIndexKey</A></B>(java.lang.Object valueData)</CODE>
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Clears the index key in a value data object.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialSerialKeyExtractor.html#extractIndexKey(com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer, com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer, com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer)">extractIndexKey</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/DataBuffer.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind">DataBuffer</A> primaryKeyData,
<A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/DataBuffer.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind">DataBuffer</A> valueData,
<A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/DataBuffer.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind">DataBuffer</A> indexKeyData)</CODE>
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Extracts the index key data from primary key and value buffers.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialSerialKeyExtractor.html#extractIndexKey(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)">extractIndexKey</A></B>(java.lang.Object primaryKeyData,
java.lang.Object valueData)</CODE>
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Extracts the index key data object from primary key and value data
objects.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialSerialKeyExtractor.html#getIndexKeyFormat()">getIndexKeyFormat</A></B>()</CODE>
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Returns the format of the index key data.</TD>
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Returns the format of the primary key data or null if the index key data
is not derived from the primary key data.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialSerialKeyExtractor.html#getValueFormat()">getValueFormat</A></B>()</CODE>
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Returns the format of the value data or null if the index key data is
not derived from the value data.</TD>
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primaryKeyFormat</H3>
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protected <A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialFormat.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.serial">SerialFormat</A> <B>primaryKeyFormat</B></PRE>
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valueFormat</H3>
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protected <A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialFormat.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.serial">SerialFormat</A> <B>valueFormat</B></PRE>
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indexKeyFormat</H3>
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protected <A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialFormat.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.serial">SerialFormat</A> <B>indexKeyFormat</B></PRE>
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SerialSerialKeyExtractor</H3>
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public <B>SerialSerialKeyExtractor</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialFormat.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.serial">SerialFormat</A> primaryKeyFormat,
<A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialFormat.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.serial">SerialFormat</A> valueFormat,
<A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/serial/SerialFormat.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.serial">SerialFormat</A> indexKeyFormat)</PRE>
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<DD>Creates a serial-serial entity binding.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>primaryKeyFormat</CODE> - is the primary key format, or null if no
primary key data is used to construct the index key.<DD><CODE>valueFormat</CODE> - is the value format, or null if no value data is
used to construct the index key.<DD><CODE>indexKeyFormat</CODE> - is the index key format.</DL>
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getPrimaryKeyFormat</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/DataFormat.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind">DataFormat</A> <B>getPrimaryKeyFormat</B>()</PRE>
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<DD><B>Description copied from interface: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html#getPrimaryKeyFormat()">KeyExtractor</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Returns the format of the primary key data or null if the index key data
is not derived from the primary key data. If this method returns null,
then null will be passed for the <code>primaryKeyData</code> parameter
of <A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html#extractIndexKey(com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer, com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer, com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer)"><CODE>KeyExtractor.extractIndexKey(com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer, com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer, com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer)</CODE></A>.
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<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html#getPrimaryKeyFormat()">getPrimaryKeyFormat</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind">KeyExtractor</A></CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the format of the primary key data or null.</DL>
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getValueFormat</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/DataFormat.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind">DataFormat</A> <B>getValueFormat</B>()</PRE>
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<DD><B>Description copied from interface: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html#getValueFormat()">KeyExtractor</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Returns the format of the value data or null if the index key data is
not derived from the value data. If this method returns null, then null
will be passed for the <code>valueData</code> parameter of <A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html#extractIndexKey(com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer, com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer, com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer)"><CODE>KeyExtractor.extractIndexKey(com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer, com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer, com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer)</CODE></A>.
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<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html#getValueFormat()">getValueFormat</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind">KeyExtractor</A></CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the format of the value data or null.</DL>
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getIndexKeyFormat</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/DataFormat.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind">DataFormat</A> <B>getIndexKeyFormat</B>()</PRE>
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<DD><B>Description copied from interface: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html#getIndexKeyFormat()">KeyExtractor</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Returns the format of the index key data.
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<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html#getIndexKeyFormat()">getIndexKeyFormat</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind">KeyExtractor</A></CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the format of the index key data.</DL>
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extractIndexKey</H3>
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public void <B>extractIndexKey</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/DataBuffer.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind">DataBuffer</A> primaryKeyData,
<A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/DataBuffer.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind">DataBuffer</A> valueData,
<A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/DataBuffer.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind">DataBuffer</A> indexKeyData)
throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
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<DD><B>Description copied from interface: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html#extractIndexKey(com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer, com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer, com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer)">KeyExtractor</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Extracts the index key data from primary key and value buffers.
The index key is extracted when saving the data record identified by the
primary key and value buffers, in order to add or remove an index
entry in the database for that data record.
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<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html#extractIndexKey(com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer, com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer, com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer)">extractIndexKey</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind">KeyExtractor</A></CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>primaryKeyData</CODE> - is the source primary key data, or null if no
primary key data is used to construct the index key, in which case
<A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html#getPrimaryKeyFormat()"><CODE>KeyExtractor.getPrimaryKeyFormat()</CODE></A> should also return null.<DD><CODE>valueData</CODE> - is the source value data, or null if no value data is
used to construct the index key, in which case <A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html#getValueFormat()"><CODE>KeyExtractor.getValueFormat()</CODE></A>
should also return null.<DD><CODE>indexKeyData</CODE> - is the destination index key buffer. For index keys
which are optionally present, the buffer's length should be set to zero
to indicate that the key is not present or null.
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE></DL>
</DD>
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clearIndexKey</H3>
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public void <B>clearIndexKey</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/DataBuffer.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind">DataBuffer</A> valueData)
throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
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<DD><B>Description copied from interface: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html#clearIndexKey(com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer)">KeyExtractor</A></CODE></B></DD>
<DD>Clears the index key in a value buffer. The index key is cleared when
the index is for a foreign key identifying a record that has been
deleted. This method is called only if the <A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/ForeignKeyIndex.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bdb"><CODE>ForeignKeyIndex</CODE></A> is configured with <A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/ForeignKeyIndex.html#ON_DELETE_CLEAR"><CODE>ForeignKeyIndex.ON_DELETE_CLEAR</CODE></A>. It is never called
for index keys that are derived from primary key data, since in this
case <A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/ForeignKeyIndex.html#ON_DELETE_CLEAR"><CODE>ForeignKeyIndex.ON_DELETE_CLEAR</CODE></A> is not
allowed.
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<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html#clearIndexKey(com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer)">clearIndexKey</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bdb.bind">KeyExtractor</A></CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>valueData</CODE> - is the source and destination value data. On entry
this contains the index key to be cleared. It should be changed by this
method such that <A HREF="../../../../../com/sleepycat/bdb/bind/KeyExtractor.html#extractIndexKey(com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer, com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer, com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer)"><CODE>KeyExtractor.extractIndexKey(com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer, com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer, com.sleepycat.bdb.bind.DataBuffer)</CODE></A> will extract a null key (set
the buffer length to zero). Other data in the buffer should remain
unchanged.
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<A NAME="extractIndexKey(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)"><!-- --></A><H3>
extractIndexKey</H3>
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public abstract java.lang.Object <B>extractIndexKey</B>(java.lang.Object primaryKeyData,
java.lang.Object valueData)
throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
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<DD>Extracts the index key data object from primary key and value data
objects.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>primaryKeyData</CODE> - is the deserialized source primary key data, or
null if no primary key data is used to construct the index key.<DD><CODE>valueData</CODE> - is the deserialized source value data, or null if no
value data is used to construct the index key.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the destination index key data object, or null to indicate that
the key is not present.
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE></DL>
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<A NAME="clearIndexKey(java.lang.Object)"><!-- --></A><H3>
clearIndexKey</H3>
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public abstract java.lang.Object <B>clearIndexKey</B>(java.lang.Object valueData)
throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>valueData</CODE> - is the source and destination value data object.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the destination value data object, or null to indicate that the
key is not present and no change is necessary. The value returned may
be the same object passed as the valueData parameter or a newly created
object.
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE>java.io.IOException</CODE></DL>
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